Source: Time By Aryn Baker According to the International Organization for Migration, Eritreans and Somalis make up some of the largest numbers of African refugees who have attempted to reach Europe by rubber boat and overloaded dinghy over the past two years. But most of them are not coming straight from […]
ASYLUM STUDY SEP 23, 2016 – 09:14 Europe is in the grip of a migration crisis. Here, Italian officers rescue a woman from a crowded wooden boat carrying more than 700 migrants (Keystone) Europeans are more likely to accept asylum seekers who have a higher employability, have been persecuted […]
Source: The Guardian Pontiff says journalists must go the extra mile to seek the truth and ensure they don’t spread rumours which can ‘kill a person with your tongue’ Journalism […]
Source: The Local AfD candidate Kay Nerstheimer was elected on Sunday to Berlin’s state parliament, but quickly came under pressure over controversial posts he made on Facebook as well as his background as a former member of the far-right German Defence League. After labelling Syrian refugees “disgusting worms” last year, […]
Let’s Squash the Myth That the Irish Were Ever American Slaves Madeleine Davies Éirinn go Brách and Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to my fellow children of the Emerald Isle! From oppression by the British to oppression in the United States to oppression on cereal boxes, we have endured a lot […]
Source: BBC Cigarette and alcohol use among 15- and 16-year-olds is declining across Europe but the numbers using cannabis are growing, an EU survey shows. The Espad report for 2015 […]
Source: http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/tag/dame-susan-devoy/ Pete and I visited New Zealand’s largest mosque which belongs to the Ahmadiyya Muslim community April this year. They spoke of their commitment to peace with all faiths. A recent meeting that they arranged in Auckland is a testimony to their actions matching their words. I was interested to […]
As ceasefire sits on the brink of collapse, MPs’ report paints a damning picture of Britain’s bombing campaign Patrick Cockburn @indyworld The Government is failing to implement its policy of making war on Isis in Syria which it was supposed to have launched nine months ago after rancorous debate. A […]
OPINION How a Swiss NGO teaches humanitarian law to Syrian rebels By Vony Rambolamanana POLITICS Conflict IN DEPTH: OPINIO SEP 19, 2016 – 12:54 Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters in Jarablus, Syria: Swiss NGO Geneva Call works mainly with Sunni factions of the FSA, a coalition of armed groups affiliated with […]
Source: Time BY Vivienne Walt / Calais As world leaders gather at the UN to tackle the migrant crisis, the displaced in Calais consider desperate measures Aged 16, Sameer has endured […]
Source: http://www.akdn.org/our-agencies/aga-khan-foundation ABOUT US WHAT WE DO WHERE WE WORK OUR AGENCIES PRESS CENTRE Home | Our Agencies | Aga Khan Foundation READING FOR CHILDREN The Reading for Children […]
PARIS: A young French Muslim woman who lost three family members in the July 14 jihadist attack on Nice made an impassioned plea yesterday not to confuse the Islamic faith with terrorism. Yasmine Bouzegan Marzouk, 21, told a national ceremony in tribute to the French victims of terror attacks […]
The head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov wowed his all-female audience in Grozny by turning up to a ceremonial event dressed as a medieval warrior, complete with a rather large spear. To celebrate Chechen Women’s Day on Sunday, he turned up to the Safiya Palace of celebrations in the […]
Source: Brookings By Matthew Groh and Tara Vishwanath For Syrian refugees, Europe is the land of hopes, dreams, and contradictions. On one hand, the job opportunities, formalized asylum processes, and relatively […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Sara C Nelson Senior Editor, The Huffington Post UK Harry Potter author JK Rowling has taken a swipe at former French presidentNicolas Sarkozy after he added fuel to the burkini ban row. Sarkozy, who this week announced he is running for the presidency again in next spring’s election, declared the […]
FEATURE The Death of the Most Generous Nation on Earth Little Sweden has taken in far more refugees per capita than any country in Europe. But in doing so, it’s tearing itself apart. BY JAMES TRAUB FEBRUARY 10, 2016 The Swedish Migration Agency in Malmo, the southern port city on […]
Source: BBC By Mark Mardell The Italian political system is a joke. Quite absurd. Not my judgement but that of the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Laws are made at a […]
Source: The Local “From today onwards the competition between the AfD and the CDU for the leadership of the middle class camp has been set alight,” AfD deputy leader Beatrix von Storch wrote on Facebook on Sunday.Von Storch was responding to news that the AfD had won 14.2 percent of […]
Source: The Local The 36-year-old refugee is suspected of attempted murder after hurling the children out the window of the asylum centre where the family lived. His seven-year-old daughter and five-year-old son suffered broken bones and skull fractures in the fall. His one-year-old daughter landed on her brother and escaped […]
Photo: DPA Restaurant suffers backlash for throwing out veiled woman Published: 15 Sep 2016 17:15 GMT+02:00 A restaurant owner in western Germany has been accused on social media of racism after he threw a Muslim woman wearing a niqab out of his establishment. Last Saturday the woman went to the […]