The Price of Hope: Traffickers Profit as Asylum Seekers Head for Europe By Walter Mayr
Behind the La Grotta bar, Italy comes to an end. But a narrow road continues onward across the border into France, hugging a cliff above the sea. It is a […]
Former Tory PM Sir John Major says ‘we would not have an NHS without migrants’
ADAM WITHNALL Sunday 16 November 2014 The former Prime Minister Sir John Major has warned that Britain would not have an NHS without migrants and faces a “lesser future” if […]
Residents should throw a street party and mix with immigrant neighbours, councils told
Jane Merrick political editor THE INDEPENDENT Councils should offer their local residents cash to hold street parties with their new immigrant neighbours to foster friendship and integration, a new report […]
Migrant boat carrying 100 capsizes off Libya
Associated Press The Daily Star, Lebanon TRIPOLI, Libya: A Libyan coast guard official says a boat carrying more than 100 migrants has capsized off the coast near the capital. Abdel-Latif […]
Switzerland's Muslim football heroes
World Bulletin / News Desk Despite crashing out of the World Cup on Tuesday, Switzerland’s national football team is currently ranked sixth in the world. Players such as Xherdan Shaqiri […]
Switzerland’s Muslim football heroes
World Bulletin / News Desk Despite crashing out of the World Cup on Tuesday, Switzerland’s national football team is currently ranked sixth in the world. Players such as Xherdan Shaqiri […]
IMMIGRATION QUESTIONS : Swiss launch enquiry after Syrian stillbirth tragedy
Swiss border guards have been accused of failing to help a pregnant Syrian migrant sent back to Italy who later lost her child, according to Swiss public television SRF. The […]
RETURNING ASYLUM SEEKERS : A fresh start in Nigeria, brought to you by Switzerland
by Veronica DeVore, swissinfo.ch June 6, 2014 – 11:00 Thousands of asylum seekers have come to Switzerland from Nigeria in the past decade, often with all their family’s hopes on […]
Italy rescues 4,000 immigrants in the past 48 hours
AFP , Wednesday 9 Apr 2014 AHRAMONLINE Migrants stand on a boat as two Italian navy dinghies and a ship approach to give assistance, in the waters off Capo Passero, Sicily, Thursday, March 27, 2014 (Photo: AP) Italy has rescued about 4,000 immigrants trying to cross the Mediterranean by boats […]
Missing Nida Naseer: Police to ID body found at Newport
The body was discovered at Newport Wetlands off West Nash Road on Thursday morning, say police Police are still trying to identify a body found about four miles (6.5km) […]
Immigration demo: Crowd shows solidarity ‘for an open Switzerland’
swissinfo.ch and agencies March 1, 2014 – 17:12 Almost 60 parties and organisations, including the Greens, the Social Democrats, unions and foreigner associations, had called for people to attend. They warned that […]
Public Divided Over Increased Deportations Of Unauthorized Immigrants
Public Divided Over Increased Deportation of Unauthorized Immigrants Immigration legislation is stalled in the House, but the public continues to broadly support a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants. At the same time, however, Americans are evenly divided over the growing number of undocumented immigrants who have been deported from […]
The Swiss Virus: Europe Gripped by Immigration Worries
The Swiss aren’t the only ones in Europe deeply concerned about immigration. Many across the Continent would also like to see limits placed on newcomers from elsewhere in the EU. […]
Special report: An immigration crisis on Britain’s doorstep in Calais
Special report: An immigration crisis on Britain’s doorstep in Calais Armed with nothing more than the hope of building a life in the UK, hundreds of refugees from Syria, Egypt, and other war-torn countries have risked their lives to reach the other side of the Channel CAHAL MILMO CALAIS Saturday 15 […]
A Land of Money and Fear: The Swiss Vote Against ‘Mass Migration’
A Commentary by David Nauer SPIEGEL.DE REUTERS A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain. Switzerland’s economic success is enviable, yet its people fear decline. On Sunday, voters approved a plan to reintroduce immigration quotas. The […]
Quotas and questions: Swiss agree to curb immigration and rethink EU deal
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch February 9, 2014 – 17:33 Voters in Switzerland have narrowly approved a rightwing proposal to curb immigration. It imposes limits on the number of foreigners allowed in and may signal an end to the country’s free movement accord with the European Union. The initiative was approved by […]
Germany: Asylum Policy: New Coalition Cements Status Quo for Refugees – An Analysis by Maximilian Popp
German politicians claim Berlin’s new government coalition agreement will offer progress on asylum policies. In truth the policies solidify the status quo and ignore the most important issues. The migration-policy experts in Germany’s center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) put on quite a show of being pugnacious and principled. Against the […]
Struggles of Muslim Immigrants in the USA Explored in New Anthology
Maine (PRWEB) November 22, 2013 Immigrants have played a crucial role in the historical narrative of America. The nation itself was founded by people who voyaged across the oceans in search of the proverbial American Dream, and who gave their all to realize it. Their story, the story of the […]
Switzerland: SVP Voters narrowly back immigration quotas: poll
A plan to reimpose immigration quotas in Switzerland and give existing residents an advantage in the job market could pass in a plebiscite next February, an opinion poll shows. Fifty-two […]
Switzerland: INTEGRATION QUESTION: Should schools teach all mother tongues?
by Abdelhafidh Abdeleli, swissinfo.ch October 2, 2013 – 11:00 Although Swiss public schools are required to teach in national languages, about 60 per cent of children born in Switzerland to […]