This content was published on December 8, 2017 Detained African migrants at the Abu Salim detention centre in Gasr Garabulli, 60 km east of Tripoli (Keystone) Switzerland has agreed to take […]
Reuters International This content was published on December 6, 2017 By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s executive will sue Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in […]
By Anand Chandrasekhar November 23, 2017 Bugti (centre) applied for asylum in Switzerland in 2010 (swissinfo.ch) Brahumdagh Bugti, the leader of the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) who is currently in exile in Geneva, has been denied political asylum by the Swiss authorities. He has been campaigning for the independence […]
Nov 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES By Yanis Varoufakis and George Tyrikos-Ergas In 2015, hundreds of thousands of refugees landed on Greece’s island shores. Many had perished at sea. Today, […]
This content was published on October 21, 2017 Psychological distress can often cause physical symptoms such as pain and difficulty breathing in asylum-seekers, the researchers found.(Keystone) Asylum-seekers often experience traumatic events before migrating to Europe, but even after they obtain refugee status, stressful conditions can foster or exacerbate mental health […]
By Carlo Pisani http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43323830&locale=en EMBED CODE JUL 14, 2017 Find and execute a design concept that solves a concrete problem, with minimal resources, in one month, inside a transit centre for asylum seekers. That’s the challenge facing students at the Zurich University of the Arts. (Carlo Pisani, swissinfo.ch) […]
Reuters International MAY 16, 2017 Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim makes a speech during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, April 19, 2017. Ali Balikci/Prime Minister’s Press Office/Handout via REUTERS (reuters_tickers) By Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) – Germany’s decision to grant asylum to Turks accused of participating in last year’s failed […]
John R Campbell, SOAS “Already, I’m informed by very well informed guys and girls who are working on the area, and in the area at the moment, that there’s potentially […]
By swissinfo.ch FEB 15, 2016 (Keystone) Anyone can apply for asylum – protection from persecution – in Switzerland, but applicants must prove or at least credibly demonstrate their refugee […]
MAY 2, 2017 – The intelligence service, headquartered in Bern, released the new category and figures as part of its annual report. (Keystone) Switzerland’s intelligence service has created a new category for identifying and describing the estimated 90 individuals who could have connections to terrorist activity. The new “at risk” […]
The 17-year-old among three more people picked up by police, bringing the total number of arrests to nine Chantal Da Silva @chantaladasilva A teenage girl was among three more people arrested over a “brutal” suspected hate crime which left a teenage asylum seeker with a fractured skull and a blood […]
By Duc-Quang Nguyen, Stefania Summermatter MAR 29, 2017 – 15:43 In 2015, Europe had a record number of asylum requests with more than 1.3 million registered first-time claimants. New numbers show a slight decline since, but demands are still twice the number from 2014. https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/31vho/3/ More than 1.23 million […]
MAR 5, 2017 Many asylum seekers are accommodated in special centres (Keystone) A project to house asylum seekers and refugees with Swiss families has been deemed a success, with 234 people living with host families and 22 cantons taking part – up from just four cantons two years ago. The […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch 28 February 2017 An asylum seeker centre in Switzerland. Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP Certain measures limiting the freedom of movement of asylum seekers in Switzerland are too restrictive and violate their fundamental rights, according to a new report. Undertaken by the University of Zurich but commissioned by the […]
MIGRANT INFORMATION By Stefania Summermatter, SRF FEB 21, 2017 – Welcome to Switzerland: a border guard and migrant in Chiasso (Keystone) Debunking the myth of “Paradise Switzerland” and informing African migrants about the risks of travelling to Europe is the goal of a Swiss-funded television series set in Nigeria. The […]
REFUGEE FEE FEB 19, 2017 – Many foreigners are fleeing the US for Canada, sometimes straight into the arms of Canadian police at the border. (Keystone) Rather than blocking their entry, nations should charge migrants a fee for being taken in, suggest two Swiss economists in a joint opinion […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch 17 February 2017 Minors are among those applying for asylum. File photo: Federal Office for Migraiton A Swiss government pilot project expected to launch this year promises to improve care and accommodation for underage asylum seekers. In a written answer on Thursday to a parliamentary question the […]
Image copyrightAPImage captionArmy Captain Matthew Ball (R) hugs his former interpreter Qismat Amin at San Francisco International Airport A US Army officer has brought his former Afghan interpreter to live with him in America amid fears he could fall foul of new immigration restrictions. Capt Matthew Ball paid for Qismat […]
Switzerland: ASYLUM POLITIC FEB 2, 2017 – No more automatic entry for Eritreans illegally fleeing (Keystone) A Swiss court has ruled that the nation’s policy toward Eritrean refugees needs tightening. The Federal Administrative Court’s decision handed down on Thursday says Switzerland will no longer recognize Eritreans as refugees solely […]
Reuters International JAN 25, 2017 – U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a meeting with business leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (reuters_tickers) By Julia Edwards Ainsley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting […]