Migrant crisis: ’24 dead’ off Turkey as boat sinks
Source: BBC At least 24 migrants have died off the Turkish coast trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, Turkish media say. The victims, including children, drowned when their […]
Cameron’s proposals for Muslim women are dangerous, dog-whistling nonsense
Source: The Telegraph The Prime Minister has reignited public debate over the integration of British Muslims by raising the contentious issues of gender segregation, face veils, and fluency in English […]
Making money out of the migrant crisis
Source: BBC Last year a record 1.1 million people sought asylum in Germany – and while politicians have been busy arguing over how best to deal with the influx of […]
Migrant crisis: More than 10,000 children ‘missing’
Source: BBC More than 10,000 migrant children may have disappeared after arriving in Europe over the past two years, the EU’s police intelligence unit says. Europol said thousands of vulnerable […]
Sweden masked gang ‘targeted migrants’ in Stockholm
Source: BBC Up to 100 masked men, dressed in black, gathered in central Stockholm to attack people from immigrant backgrounds, reports say. Swedish police say the large gang distributed leaflets […]
Denmark approves controversial migrant assets bill
Source: BBC The Danish parliament has backed a controversial proposal to confiscate asylum seekers’ valuables to pay for their upkeep. Police will be able to seize valuables worth more than […]
Teaching migrants how to behave
Source: BBC Migrants arriving in Finland are being offered classes on Finnish values and how to behave towards women. Concerned about a rise in the number of sexual assaults in […]
Muslim migrant women with poor English skills may be told to leave Britain
Source: Religion News Service LONDON (USA Today) — Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday attacked what he called “passive tolerance” of some people in Britain’s Muslim communities who support segregation and discrimination against women, and said […]
Pope says Europe can rise to challenge of integrating migrants
Source: Reuters The migrant crisis engulfing Europe poses a big challenge to Europe’s values and traditions but the continent should be able to integrate the newcomers without undermining the safety […]
Waiting to leave Libya’s ‘cemetery of the unknown’
By AFP – Dec 23,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – AFP Abdelhamid Al Swei, who is in charge of transporting bodies to the cemetery for the Red Crescent, looks at the grave of an unidentified migrant at the Bir El Osta Milad Cemetery, dubbed by locals as the ‘cemetery of the […]
Over a million migrants and refugees have reached Europe this year, says IOM
Source: The Guardian More than a million people have now reached Europe through irregular means in 2015, the International Organisation for Migration has announced, in what constitutes the continent’s biggest […]
Video: MINI HOMES: Ikea units brought in for asylum seekers
For the video please click here OCT 30, 2015 – 16:00 Canton Aargau is short of asylum shelters. The authorities now want to set up mobile Ikea units as temporary homes for 300 people. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The units are small, but easy to install. They offer space for at least four […]