SAFE HAVEN Switzerland good first refuge for asylum seekers MAY 17, 2015 – 12:24 The majority of asylum seekers allowed into Switzerland last year did not qualify for refugee status (Keystone) Proportionally Switzerland admits more asylum seekers into the country on a provisional basis than most other European nations. […]
Nasir Jamal. Dawn.com The number of asylum seekers Pakistan has been producing since 2010 has risen phenomenally.—AFP/File The number of asylum seekers Pakistan has been producing since 2010 has risen phenomenally. But the government seems least interested in arresting the trend and is, intentionally or unintentionally, trying to obscure the […]
IMMIGRATION Amnesty asks Swiss to help end European migrant crisis APR 22, 2015 – 16:35 Amnesty International is urging the Swiss and other European nations to create a new rescue operation in the Mediterranean for migrants like these disembarking from an Italian Coast Guard ship on April 22 (Keystone) Amnesty […]
ABDULATEEF AL-MULHIM Published — Thursday 23 April 2015 Last update 22 April 2015 11:42 pm Ask any African why is he in Europe. His reply would be: The Africans are in Europe because the Europeans were in Africa. Nowadays we learn about one tragic incident after another involving Africans desperately […]
Agence France Presse LUXEMBOURG: EU foreign ministers will be joined Monday by their interior minister colleagues to discuss the latest migrant disaster in the Mediterranean which may have cost 700 lives, an EU official said. The foreign ministers were originally due to meet on their own but the agenda had […]
B PERMIT Starting over in Switzerland By Catherine McLean swissinfo.ch FEB 4, 2015 – 11:00 Jwan Othman and Media Joulak attend German classes each day, taking turns watching the children (Catherine McLean / swissinfo.ch) Jwan Othman and Media Joulak sit down on a black couch in the tidy main […]
MAR 16, 2015 – 19:09 Similarities: Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga (left) and Kosovan counterpart Atifete Jahjaga (Keystone) Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga has expressed concern about continuing mass emigration from Kosovo during an official visit from Kosovan President Atifete Jahjaga. “The republic needs its own young, qualified citizens,” Sommaruga said in Bern […]
MAR 12, 2015 – 19:38 The Swiss want to focus on established migration routes to tackle illegal immigration (Keystone) Swiss president Simonetta Sommaruga, called for thinking beyond the EU to stem illegal immigration at the Schengen Mixed Committee Meeting held in Brussels on Thursday. She also urged the use of […]
More than 200 migrants are dead after the motorboats they were travelling on sank in the Mediterranean Sea, the UN’s refugee agency says. “Nine were saved after four days at […]
By Luigi Jorio Swissinfo.ch The number of refugees and internally displaced persons continues to rise worldwide. The war in Syria is one of the main reasons. While Lebanon and Jordan are strained to the limit by the influx of refugees, the question being asked in Switzerland is how can help […]
The short man told Sherko that he always had to be prepared. That’s why Sherko is now sitting on the bed in his fluorescent-lit hotel room in Mersin, a port […]
Source: The Arab News By Javier Solana, who is a Spanish physicist and Socialist politician. He was Secretary General of the Council of the European Union and Secretary-General of the Western European […]
The Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) is reviewing asylum applications as a measure to prevent potential terrorists from entering Switzerland, checking into applicants‘ backgrounds for signs of jihadist activities. “Asylum applications from people from certain countries are sent to the FIS for review,” Martin Reichlin, spokesperson for the Federal Migration Office, […]
Published: 09 Jan 2015 11:44 GMT+01:00 The politician behind the successful campaign to ban the construction of new minarets in Switzerland is now calling for a ban on certain […]
A Syrian boy chops scrap wood outside of his tent at a refugee camp in Lebanon (Keystone) In an open letter to the authorities, 27 organisations have urged Switzerland to […]
Teacher Teresa Price gives instructions as students take notes in English as a second language class at the Alta Vista Learning Center. (Photo courtesy: Associated Press) Associated Press, Texas Sunday, 4 January 2015 A new Thai and sushi restaurant sits on a busy corner, not far from the vast prairie […]
Reuters / New York Post The Cologne cathedral in Germany.Photo: Getty Images One of Germany’s most famous landmarks, Cologne Cathedral, will be plunged into darkness on Monday evening to protest a march by a growing grassroots anti-Muslim movement through the western German city, cathedral authorities said. The rise of the […]
By ERIC AASEN & STELLA M. CHÁVEZ Irum Ali decided to wear a hijab to Liberty High School in Frisco. Mark Birnbaum KERA Growing up in a traditional immigrant family can be rewarding and challenging for kids born in the United States. Meet a Frisco high school student who’s managing to practice her religious […]
Many leave Hungary and the rest of East-Central Europe in search of opportunity; others arrive in search of better lives. By John Feffer, December 19, 2014. People have been leaving East-Central Europe in droves to get better jobs and opportunities further to the west. These diaspora populations are now very visible in […]
Sport is not only a means of integrating foreigners into Swiss society – the country’s teams also benefit from immigration, according to Sports Minister Ueli Maurer. In an interview with […]