Undocumented Immigrants Have Much Lower Crime Rates Than US Citizens
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS LIKE THESE IN EL PASO OFTEN GET LOCKED UP OUT OF THE FEAR THEY WILL COMMIT OFFENSES, BUT A STUDY SHOWS IN TEXAS THEY ACTUALLY REDUCE THE RATE […]
Almost as many Turks as Iraqis want EU asylum. Why?
When Europe’s migrant crisis first erupted six years ago, the continent was inundated with a wave of asylum applicants, the bulk of whom hailed from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. In […]
Scores of migrants try to swim to Spain’s Ceuta enclave
BY FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP Spanish Guardia Civil members stand guard in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta bordering Morocco, after an attempt by migrants to breach the border fence, […]
Rejected Afghan interpreters ‘facing death’ after UK exit
2 hrs ago AJ has been scared to leave his home in Kabul for months – he fears the Taliban want him and his family dead. © Getty Images UK and […]
Three Teenage Refugees on Trial in Malta”How Are We Supposed to Be Terrorists?”
International Three Teenage Refugees on Trial in Malta“How Are We Supposed to Be Terrorists?” Three teenagers stand accused of hijacking a merchant vessel to get to Malta. They face stiff […]
UN religious freedom expert blasts Swiss move to ban burqa
BY ANADOLU AGENCY GENEVA EUROPE MAR 08, 2021 A poster of the initiative “Yes to the burqa-ban” is seen in Oberdorf, in the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland, Feb. 16, 2021. […]
Denmark says Syria is safe for return of refugees
1,250 Syrians living in Denmark will be sent to deportation camps and although their return is voluntary human rights groups fear that some will feel pressured to leave March 3, […]
Covid Germany: ‘90% of severely ill patients have migrant background’
Tim Stickings For Mailonline Coronavirus infections fall in England by two thirds during lockdown, research… More than 90 per cent of severely ill coronavirus patients in Germany have a ‘migrant […]
29 irregular migrants brutally beaten by Greek soldiers
The Pazarkule Border Crossing in Edirne, western Turkey. (DHA Photo) At least 29 irregular migrants trying to reach Europe were brutally beaten by Greek soldiers and pushed back to Turkey, […]
Illegal Pushbacks: Children Caught in “The Game” on the Croatian Border
Among the thousands of people trying to cross the border from Bosnia-Herzegovina into Croatia are numerous families. The children are forced to watch as their parents are beaten and humiliated. […]
Pressure grows on Frontex head after new accusations
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AFP ISTANBUL EUROPE FEB 07, 2021 Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri addresses participants of the European Coast Guard Cooperation Network meeting in Warsaw, Poland, Nov. 8, […]
‘They were good enough for our brave soldiers’: Priti slams migrants held at ex-army barracks as they ‘start riot, and torch buildings’
Saturday, Jan 30th 2021 ‘They were good enough for our brave soldiers’: Priti slams migrants held at ex-army barracks as they ‘start riot, and torch buildings’ – after being told […]
UN voices concern over refugee treatment at EU borders
The United Nations refugee agency has warned that the idea of asylum is under attack in Europe, with refugee pushbacks at external borders increasingly common. Police check a migrant disembarked […]
Ocean Viking ship rescues hundreds of migrants off Libya coast
Al Jazeera English More than 370 migrants and refugees have been rescued off the coast of Libya by the Ocean Viking humanitarian vessel in two days, a French NGO running […]
Asylum seekers in Switzerland need more protection experts say
Federal asylum centres must do more to protect asylum seekers from violence and improve training for security personnel, says a government advisory group. During monitoring visits in 2019 and 2020, the National Commission for the Prevention of Torture (NCPT) repeatedly found that conflict was part of everyday life in eight […]
Dutch child care subsidies scandal exposes country’s systematic xenophobia, Turkophobia
BY ŞEYMA NAZLI GÜRBÜZ ISTANBUL NEWS ANALYSIS JAN 19, 2021 Seemingly a simple case of tax fraud at first glance, the recent child subsidies scandal that ousted the Dutch government […]
Greece wants EU pressure on Turkey to take back migrants
A migrant takes cover behind an umbrella during clashes with Greek police in the buffer zone on the Turkish-Greek border at Pazarkule. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/mw4aq Under an EU-Turkey 2016 […]
Denmark to Hold Impeachment Trial Vote on Ex-Minister
Denmark’s ruling party says it will back a vote in parliament on whether a former immigration minister in the previous government can be tried before the rarely used Court of Impeachment for a 2016 order to separate asylum-seeking couples when one of the pair was a minor. By Associated Press, […]
Inhumanity on Europe’s doorstep
Author CORNELIA MEYER January 09, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/pyfdx While the world is preoccupied with outrageous scenes in the US Capitol and the economic consequences of new lockdowns to curb the spread of virulent new variants of the coronavirus, unspeakable human suffering on the fringes of Europe has gone largely […]
Study: Germany needs 260,000 immigrants a year to meet labor demand
A study has found that migrant labor from within the European Union will fall short of the economy’s needs. To plug the gap, Germany will need 146,000 workers per year […]