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. […]
UK charities seek injunction to halt Rwandan migrant deportations
News|Migration Rights groups ask the High Court in London to halt next week’s planned deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda. Published On 8 Jun 20228 Jun 2022 Human rights groups […]
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 […]
EU sees ‘progress’ on migrant crisis after Belarus flight ban
By AFP PublishedNovember 12, 2021Hundreds of migrants, mainly Kurds, have been stuck for days on the Belarusian-Polish border in near-freezing temperatures – Copyright AFPMichael MAINVILLE The European Union said on […]
Worsening droughts will lead to more migration in Middle East
Kerry Boyd Anderson January 29, 2019 Throughout human history, people have moved in response to changing climatic conditions. Today, anthropogenic climate change is exacerbating changes in the environment. In the […]
Trump Administration May Have Separated Thousands More Migrant Families Than Initially Thought
Source: Time By COLLEEN LONG AND RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR / AP (WASHINGTON) — Thousands more migrant children may have been split from their families than the Trump administration previously reported, in part […]
2019: Predictions for Europe, the US and the region (Middle East)
Dec 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Political analysts like to make predictions. This is, after all, what they are expected to do. This commentator is no exception. As […]
UNICEF warns of ‘dire’ winter risks for 1 million children in Middle East and North Africa
AFP November 27, 2018 The UN agency said it was facing a $33-million funding gap for assistance to children across the region this winter Cold and rainy weather would […]
‘Solidarity, understanding, humanity’ welcome refugees in Bosnia
Velika Kladusa, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Unlike in other European countries, where protests against migrants and refugees have been taking place in recent years, Bosnians see their arrival as a test of humanity, having been in a similar situation in the early 1990s when war ravaged their country. Read more: […]
Migrant crisis: Scores drown off Libyan coast
Source: BBC News More than 100 migrants died in a shipwreck off the Libyan coastline earlier this month, an aid agency says. Two rubber boats set off on 1 September […]
Despite government’s prevention, Italy’s Catholic bishops offered to care for a majority of 140 migrants
Italy: Catholic leaders reject politics at migrants’ expense Source: Associated Press By FRANCES D’EMILIO ROME (AP) — Italy’s Catholic bishops offered to care for a majority of 140 migrants the […]
Illegal migrants removed from National Citizens Registry in India , officials deny targeting muslims
Indian officials say Assam register does not target Muslims Source: BBC News Indian officials leading a charge to identify illegal migrants in the north-eastern state of Assam have said that […]
The loudest opponent of Italy’s new anti-migrant policy? The Catholic Church.
Source: The Washington Post By Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli ROME — In a small church in central Italy, a priest told his congregation one recent Sunday morning that the […]
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 […]
Malta: Teachers schooling migrants to help them integrate not given the right training
No adequate structure in place Migrants arriving in Malta risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean in rickety boats, often after spending months or even years in squalid Libyan detention centres. […]
This Jewish Latina wants to bridge political divides at the border
Source: Fast Company BY RINA RAPHAEL Alma Hernandez doesn’t fit the description of a traditional politician. She’s Jewish, Latina, 25 years old, and she’s fundraising for migrant families at the border. Which […]
Thousands oppose Indian citizenship for Hindu migrants
Source: Associated Press GAUHATI, India (AP) — Thousands of people are holding a street protest against a decision by the Indian government to grant citizenship mainly to Hindus who have […]
UN warns of ‘catastrophe’ as 160,000 flee southern Syria push
Source: Al Jazeera News The United Nations has warned of a looming “catastrophe” in southern Syria, as it raised the number of people fleeing a fierce government offensive aimed at retaking […]
EU deeply divided over migration as key summit nears
Source: Al Jazeera News by Annette Ekin Brussels – The European Union’s 28 leaders are expected to meet for the European Council in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to discuss migration, […]
US border agents halt migrant family prosecutions
Source: BBC News A US border security chief says he has temporarily stopped launching criminal prosecutions of migrants who illegally enter the country with children. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) […]