The Muatis are one of hundreds of thousands of refugee families who have come to Germany from Syria since the war broke out. They desperately want to fit in and contribute to society, but even as the children relish their newfound freedoms, the parents worry about their future. By Claas Relotius […]
BY PHILLIP CONNOR AND JENS MANUEL KROGSTADLEAVE A COMMENT More Christian than Muslim refugees have been admitted to the United States in the first months of the Trump administration, reversing a trend that had seen Muslims outnumber Christians in the final fiscal year under President Barack Obama, a Pew Research […]
July 5, 2017 Only one Australian suburb, Lakemba in Sydney, has a population that is more than half Muslim. AAP/Jane Dempster Author James Forrest Associate Professor of Geography and Planning, Macquarie University Disclosure statement James Forrest does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any […]
This report claims that many British people believe Muslims have not integrated – but does this not tell us more about those British people than it does about British Muslims? How many of these Brits criticising their Muslim compatriots actually know that sharia law dictates a person should obey the […]
We were in Yarl’s Wood for 26 days with no idea when we were getting out. I felt like killing myself Teofil Muntean and Marineta Olariu We come from Romania. We left for the reasons most people do. It’s a corrupt country. If you have money you can do what […]
By Luigi Jorio JUL 3, 2017 – 10:39 In the first six months of this year, 85,000 refugees from North Africa arrived in Italy.(Keystone) Switzerland is strengthening the police […]
By Susan Misicka, Zollikofen JUL 3, 2017 – 11:00 Learning to ride a bike in a fun and safe environment in Bern, Switzerland(Susan Misicka / swissinfo.ch) As easy as […]
JUN 15, 2017 – Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. Tama’s mum, who was a structural draughtswoman back home in Colombo, found a job as a cleaner in Switzerland. She has given up on attempts to arrange a marriage for her daughter. […]
JUN 14, 2017 – The head of the initiative committee, Richard Koller, (centre) explaining the aims of his campaign (Keystone) Opponents of the government’s immigration policy are making a new attempt at protecting domestic labour in Switzerland from foreign nationals. A committee, led by a local member of the […]
http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43225676&locale=en EMBED CODE JUN 1, 2017 – 15:05 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. Her friend Mondher is also Swiss, but with Tunisian roots. He’s a Muslim and doesn’t look Swiss. That leads to all sorts of problems, as we find out in this […]
Evie Burrows-Taylor evie.burrows-taylor@thelocal.com 19 May 2017 women Share this article Photo by The Local Women took to the streets of one of the poorest areas of Paris on Friday to protest at what they say has become an all-male “no-go zone”, where any female daring to venture out alone is […]
Washington, May 7http://tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-american-doctor-shot-dead-in-michigan/403599.html A 32-year-old Indian-American doctor has been shot dead under mysterious circumstances in a car in the US state of Michigan. Rakesh Kumar, who worked in the Urology Department of the Henry Ford Hospital, was found dead on the passenger seat of a car in a rest area, some 90 […]
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 […]
Reuters International MAY 2, 2017 Immigrants are escorted by German police to a registration centre, after crossing the Austrian-German border in Wegscheid near Passau, Germany, October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo (reuters_tickers) BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s interior minister has caused a furore five months before an election for saying migrants […]
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 […]
Source: New Statesman Three new books reflect on the complexities, and challenges, faced by Muslims in Britain. Letters to a Young Muslim by Omar Saif Ghobash is published by Picador (245pp, £16.99) The Battle for British Islam: Reclaiming Muslim Identity from Extremism by Sara Khan with Tony McMahon is published […]
The debate over migration is plagued by a variety of inaccuracies and misunderstandings — on both the right and the left. Here is what the research really shows. By Hein de Haas AFP Migrants at the Greece-Macedonia border in March 2016 March 21, 2017 Migration was the issue of the […]
By Stefania Summermatter and Ester Unterfinger MAR 29, 2017 – 11:00 A goal of Bern’s Catholic mission is to collect donations to allow young Eritreans to practise their faith. (Ester Unterfinger/swissinfo.ch) Italians in Switzerland are considered an integration success story even though they used to face violence and racism. […]
Because the deportation of rejected asylum-seekers from Germany is the responsibility of the states, a highly arbitrary system not unlike a lottery. For the close to a half-million people expected to receive orders to be deported this year, whether they must leave or not may depend on where they live. […]
ALI ÜNAL@ali_unal ANKARA In an exclusive interview with Daily Sabah, EU Minister Ömer Çelik said Ankara’s EU bid depends on developments that will take place in the EU in 2017, saying that the bloc did not keep its promises to Turkey regarding the migrant deal. He added that Turkey cannot […]