The UK’s Middle East migrant shame
CHRISTOPHER PHILLIPS June 18, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/25zhw The British government’s plans to deport people seeking asylum in the country to Rwanda has been widely criticized at home and abroad. […]
Relocating UK’s migrants to Rwanda will not work
MOHAMED CHEBARO June 08, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/yqtez The first flight carrying asylum seekers and migrants from the UK to Rwanda was initially due to remove dozens for processing in […]
Children who come to Canada more likely than those born here to enter post-secondary education
By Jeremiah Rodriguez CTVNews When Sara Asalya immigrated to Canada with her young family from the Palestinian territories nine years ago, she knew very little English and she had few […]
Fears over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act are unfounded
The huge hullabaloo over the CAA is difficult to understand unless it is a cynical campaign to rouse communal passions under the garb of protecting the secular nature of the Constitution. POLITICS 16-01-2020 Kanwal Sibal The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been passed by Parliament after a thorough debate in […]
India, Pakistan sign pact on cross-border temple visits
Oct 24, 2019 – swissinfo.ch KARACHI (Reuters) – India and Pakistan signed an agreement on Thursday allowing Indian pilgrims to cross the border to a Sikh shrine in Pakistan, rare […]
Immigrant-run manufacturing co-op aims to change culture of fast fashion, starting with Muslims
Source: Religion News Service By Aysha Khan CHICAGO (RNS) — Perhaps no item of clothing so immediately expresses a person’s values as a hijab. Why then, asks Hoda Katebi, do […]
First, Immigration Authorities Fed A Muslim Man Pork For Days. Now, He’s Being Deported.
Source: Huffington Post By Roque Planas The Trump administration deported a Muslim man Thursday who was detained by Border Patrol even though he was married to a U.S. citizen, held […]
Trump’s New Plan Would Require Immigrants to Pass a Test. Here’s What Happened When the U.S. Tried That Before
Source: Time BY ABIGAIL ABRAMS When President Donald Trump introduced a new immigration plan last Thursday, he told Americans that he wanted to shift the focus of the U.S. immigration system, going from […]
Trump proposes new US immigration plan favoring ‘merit’ over family ties – as it happened
Source: The Guardian By Vivian Ho (now) and Jamiles Lartey(earlier) The Mueller team unsealed evidence today that indicated that Michael Flynn told them of several instances of “persons connected to the Administration or Congress” interfering with the […]
MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS SUE ICE FOR GETTING IN THE WAY OF RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE
Source: The Intercept By Maryam Saleh MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS DETAINED at a Florida jail made more than 20 requests — orally and in writing — for religious accommodation throughout last year. Their […]
Majority of U.S. Public Supports High-Skilled Immigration
Source: Pew Research Center But U.S. trails other economically advanced nations in share of immigrants with high skills BY PHILLIP CONNOR AND NEIL G. RUIZ Like publics in other economically advanced countries with […]
German government backs controversial UN migration pact
Source: The Local MPs including Chancellor Angela Merkel voting in the Bundestag on Thursday. Photo: DPA It has sparked a split of opinions among politicians in Germany. But on Thursday the Bundestag voted in favour of the controversial UN migration pact. In the ballot 372 MPs voted in favour of […]
Several white evangelical leaders reject anti-immigrant rhetoric. Why do their flocks embrace it?
Source: Vox By Tara Isabella Burton Members of the Central American caravan wait in line for food and other items while in a camp on October 31, 2018, in Juchitan, de […]
Israel to approve immigration for 1,000 Ethiopian Jews
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government announced Monday that it agreed to absorb 1,000 Ethiopian Jews — accepting just a fraction of the African country’s 8,000 remaining […]
The E.U. Is Planning a 10,000-Strong Armed Force to Protect Its Borders. Here’s What to Know
Source: Time By BILLY PERRIGO The European Union will deploy 10,000 armed border guards to tackle unlawful migration by 2020, the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced in a speech on Wednesday. The […]
Unprecedented mass denials from a U.S. asylum program leave Christians from Iran stranded in Vienna
Source: Los Angeles Times By SARAH PARVINI Even as it cracked down on immigration from predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East and Africa, the Trump administration stressed that the safety […]
Australian senator calls for ‘final solution to immigration problem’
Source: The Guardian Crossbencher Fraser Anning widely condemned for speech praising white Australia policy and pushing for plebiscite on Muslim immigration An Australian crossbench senator has invoked the term “the […]
Stephen Miller’s Uncle Calls Him An ‘Immigration Hypocrite’ in a New Column
Source: Time BY BILLY PERRIGO Stephen Miller, a senior advisor to President Donald Trump, has been branded an “immigration hypocrite” by his uncle, David S. Glosser, in a column in which […]
711 kids in custody haven’t been reunited with their parents. What happens to them now?
Source: CNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN)We haven’t seen their faces. We don’t know their names. We only know a number: 711. That’s how many immigrant kids from separated families […]
For American Muslims, family border separations are personal
Source: Religion News Service BY Aysha Khan (RNS) — When Imam Arjan Abu Sa’ad turned on the news to see reports of toddlers being pulled from their families and detained in […]