Pope sends aid to migrants stranded at the US border
Thousands of Central American migrants in Mexico are in need of assistance. By Vatican News Pope Francis has donated 500,000 dollars to assist migrants in Mexico. The funds, from the […]
AP Interview: Sri Lanka’s PM says potential bombers at large
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS PUBLISHED 3:06 PM ET APR. 25, 2019 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister said Thursday that suspects linked to the coordinated Easter Sunday bomb […]
Sri Lankan Ahmadi Muslims flee feared backlash
Sri Lankan navy soldiers perform security checks on motorists at a road in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 25, 2019. Sri Lanka banned drones and unmanned aircraft and set off more controlled detonations of suspicious items Thursday four days after suicide bombing attacks killed more than 350 people in and […]
After Sri Lanka Easter massacre, local Muslims, refugees fear backlash
Communities worry the Islamic State-claimed attack that killed around 250 people will bring both government and mob retaliation 25 April 2019 Ahmadi Muslim refugees at a community center where […]
Muslims in hiding in Sri Lanka as tensions rise after bombings
Group of about 500 Muslims being sheltered in one city after fleeing Negomobo, as communal tensions rise Michael Safi in Colombo @safimichael Fri 26 Apr 2019 A Sri Lankan […]
Muslim refugees flee Sri Lankan homes over attack fears
APR 25, 2019 AFP ARTICLE HISTORY COLOMBO – Hundreds of Muslim refugees in western Sri Lanka have taken refuge in mosques and a police station after facing intimidation following the […]
What can past civil wars tell us about Syria and its road to recovery?
As the conflict sputters on, Robert Fisk wonders whether eventual reconciliation will be possible in this century @indyvoices Tuesday 9 April 2019 19:45 When Syrian government soldiers first recaptured the small village of Deir Hafar […]
Tony Blair: migrants should be forced to integrate more to combat far right
Former PM claims that ‘failure’ of multiculturalism has led to rise in bigotry Michael Savage Policy Editor Sat 20 Apr 2019 Former prime minister Tony Blair. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA […]
LIBYAN CONFLICT: ‘We haven’t yet learned from the 2015 refugee crisis’
By Katy Romy THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 18, 2019 Over a million refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, more than at any other time since the […]
Driven from Pakistan, Ahmadi Muslims find paradise. In the Marshall Islands
In Pakistan, Ahmadis have been subjected to routine violence and discrimination and are not even allowed to call themselves Muslim But in a tiny corner of Micronesia they have finally […]
The brutal truth of Windrush is that one year on, the ‘hostile environment’ is more entrenched than ever
This scandal didn’t come out of nowhere. It comes from an institutionally racist consensus maintained by politicians of all parties Gracie Bradley The spring of 2018 saw story after harrowing […]
The UK asylum system has created the perfect conditions for modern slavery to thrive
Legislation is a smokescreen, an avoidance strategy which means we avoid confronting how exploitation has been woven into the very fabric of society Alicia Kidd, Elizabeth A Faulkner, Lorena Arocha The […]
Why Ancient Rome Needed Immigrants to Become Powerful
APR 3, 2019 The Caesars embraced newcomers, less out of idealism than out of self-interest. BARRY STRAUSS How “Roman” was the Roman Empire? Well, by some measures: not very. As the Roman emperors sought to expand and strengthen their empire, they recognized that immigration was a means for both. Although […]
Illegal migrants push for Europe amid tight border controls
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL Published 06.04.2019 A migrant woman and a girl wait next to a gendarme vehicle after a group of migrants were stopped on the road to […]
The ‘immigrant problem’
Apr 04,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – GWYNNE DYER In a recent survey of potential adult migrants worldwide, 47 million said they would most like to move to Canada. There are […]
To understand the far right, look to their bookshelves
Source: The Guardian By Elif Shafak is a novelist and political scientist From Jordan Peterson to Thilo Sarrazin, rightwing writers are bringing once fringe ideas into the mainstream used to live […]
‘Wound’ of migration not solved by physical barriers, pope says
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 30, 2019 Pope Francis delivers a speech as he and King Mohammed VI of Morocco visit the Hassan Tower esplanade in Rabat, Morocco, […]
Rescued migrants hijack merchant ship off Libya
The 108 people picked up by Elhiblu 1 reportedly hijacked it when they learned they were being returned to Libya Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo, Jennifer Rankin in Brussels Wed 27 […]
Germany: The tightrope between prospects and prejudice
Migrants and Germany’s labour shortage The tightrope between prospects and prejudice Desperately seeking migrants? Teachers, policemen, tax officials – new Germans are in great demand, especially in the public sector. […]
EDUCATION AND MIGRATION , For young migrants, the right to education is a mirage
By Marc-André Miserez THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 25, 2019 A classroom in the province of Idlib in Syria.(Anas Alkharboutli/dpa) On the occasion of the publication of a […]