Death in the Channel – what led a 14-year-old boy to make fatal journey?
bbc.com Related Topics By Andrew Harding BBC News On the night he drowned, 14-year-old Obada Abd Rabbo was having doubts once again. “I can’t swim,” he kept telling the men […]
Germany Has Revamped Its Approach To Migrants, But Acceptance, Integration Are As Hard As Ever
FEATURES Germany Has Revamped Its Approach To Migrants, But Acceptance, Integration Are As Hard As Evershare December 18, 2023 05:09 GMTUPDATED January 09, 2024 11:58 GMT Afghan Seema Stanikzai sits […]
Italy to set up two reception centres for migrants in Albania
Rome, Nov. 7, (dpa/GNA) – The Italian government is planning to open two reception centres for migrants in Albania to house irregular migrants who come across the Mediterranean from North […]
Migrants from Muslim countries disproportionately targeted in Texas border prosecutions, Times analysis finds
Story by Hamed Aleaziz • After seeking asylum in Texas in 2022, Shamsuddin Shams, a 25-year-old Afghan man, was prosecuted under an obscure law in a federal effort that disproportionately locked up migrants from Muslim-majority countries. ((Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times))© Provided by LA Times Each time he escaped danger on the journey […]
Migrant hunters in Greece show off captured ‘trophies’ after wildfire season
By Laura Llach Published on 30/08/2023 – 07:00 Share this articleComments As the popular belief spreads that migrants are to blame for the fires that have ravaged Greece, self-organised civilian ‘militias’ […]
How Britain’s hardening stance on migration could end up emboldening Europe’s far right
A member of the UK Border Force (R) helps child migrants on a beach in Dungeness, on the south-east coast of England, on November 24, 2021 after being rescued while […]
A NEW BOOK OF MIGRANT STORIES EXPOSES EUROPE’S WAR ON REFUGEES
POSTED INTHE CHRIS HEDGES REPORT In their book, ‘Map of Hope and Sorrow,’ co-authors Helen Benedict and Eyad Awwadawnan trace the stories of five refugees trapped in Greece’s brutal refugee […]
The mind of the asylum seeker is like an engine – always turning, always trying to find ways to survive
The heat or eat diaries Immigration and asylum Paul It feels like the UK government hopes we will just give up and go home. But that would put my family’s […]
Greece boat disaster leaves at least 79 dead and hundreds missing
bbc.com Related Topics By George Wright & Laura Gozzi BBC News At least 79 people have died and more than 100 have been rescued after their fishing vessel capsized off […]
UK government has no immigration policy but panic attacks
YOSSI MEKELBERG June 06, 2023 Two of the leading politicians in the current UK government might be expected to be the poster children for the merits of immigration, for the […]
The Guardian view on asylum policy: cruelty is a feature not a bug of the system
OpinionRefugees Editorial Dehumanising language is key to legislating brutality for Rishi Sunak’s governmentMon 5 Jun 2023 18.29 BST Contrary to popular opinion, Britain is a country with few asylum seekers, […]
Weaponization of the refugee crisis must be addressed
KHALED ABOU ZAHR June 01, 2023 During the Turkiye presidential elections, the status of Syrian refugees became a central topic. The winner of the election, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took a […]
UK sums up rich world’s increasingly hostile attitude to refugees
CHRIS DOYLE May 01, 2023 Another war. Another disaster. Another series of desperate evacuations. Another bolted door in the face of desperate refugees. How many times in recent years have […]
‘Horror beyond words’: how Channel distress calls were ‘ignored’ 19 times before 2021 disaster
The ObserverImmigration and asylum Investigation reveals that understaffed Dover control room was overwhelmed by calls from people in trouble before 27 died at sea Read more: UK coastguard ‘left Channel migrants […]
Finland to Grant Asylum to All Afghani Women & Girls
March 23, 2023 The Finnish Immigration Service has updated its guideline for Afghanistan, including suspending issuing negative decisions to Afghan citizens, especially girls and women, as Afghanistan’s security situation […]
US and Canada reach deal to reject asylum seekers
Published6 hours agoShare IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERS By Madeline HalpertBBC News, New York The US and Canada have reached a deal to reject asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings, officials say.US […]
‘Record’ 100,000 people seeking asylum who remain in Australia
Australian immigration and asylum Of that number, 72,875 have had their claims refused but are yet to be deported according to government figures Paul Karp Chief political correspondent @Paul_KarpMon 20 Mar […]
Why asylum in Switzerland remains elusive for Afghan refugees
Foreign affairs Despite the deteriorating human rights situation in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime, Swiss authorities continue to turn away the vast majority of Afghans seeking protection – a policy […]
Asylum cases increased in 2022, not counting Ukrainians
Identities Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) says it received 24,511 asylum applications in 2022, without counting Ukrainians who are eligible for a special protection status.This content was published on February 13, […]
After the cowardly attack on migrants in Knowsley, a warning to ministers: your words can start fires
OpinionImmigration and asylum Diane Taylor Violence against asylum seekers does not happen in a vacuum: politicians are fanning the flames that lead to terror and disorder Mon 13 Feb 2023 […]