Address root causes of refugee problem
Feb 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The Warsaw meeting on the refugee crisis in the Middle East and, indeed, elsewhere in the world ended on a positive note, calling for […]
African Union seeks to kill EU plan to process migrants in Africa
Exclusive: Leaked paper shows determination to dissuade coastal states from cooperating Daniel Boffey in Sharm el-Sheikh Sun 24 Feb 2019 Migrants and refugees arrive in Messina, Sicily, following a […]
Illegal immigration, refugees top Arab-EU Summit agenda
MOHAMED AL-SHAMAA February 24, 2019 Heads of state, officials from EU and Arab League member countries to attend summit today Some 19.5 million people globally have been forced to flee […]
Citizens in the West should care about discriminatory immigration policies
February 11, 2019 In this October 2015 photo, German federal police officers guide a group of migrants on their way after crossing the border between Austria and Germany. Once granted […]
An Island for ‘Unwanted’ Migrants Is Denmark’s Latest Aggressive Anti-Immigrant Policy
By Lisa Abend/Vordingborg January 16, 2019 On a cold December night, Inger Stojberg stood in an overlit auditorium in Vordingborg, eastern Denmark, and explained why the Danish government had chosen […]
We call anti-migrant hostility ‘right-wing extremism’ on the streets, but what about when it comes from the state?
Recent deportations to Jamaica are proving that it’s still open season on immigrant communities, or anyone perceived to be from one Richard Sudan @richardsudan The Independent Voices The hostile atmosphere […]
The Jamaica deportation charter flight is an outrage – but so are many others
The Home Office tried to deter any sympathy for the deportees by dubbing them all ‘foreign national offenders’ May Bulman @maybulman The Independent Voices The first charter flight to […]
I crashed an airline industry dinner with 13 other anti-deportation activists – and this is why
While executives dined on luxury three-course meals at the Park Plaza Hotel in central London, thousands of migrants were – and still are – suffering Sam Björn The Independent Voices […]
Church service stops after 96 days as asylum family pardoned
Netherlands grants amnesty for family relying on medieval law to shield them in Hague church Daniel Boffey in Brussels Thu 31 Jan 2019 10.32 GMT Pardoned family member Hayarpi Tamrazyan […]
Worsening droughts will lead to more migration in Middle East
Kerry Boyd Anderson January 29, 2019 Throughout human history, people have moved in response to changing climatic conditions. Today, anthropogenic climate change is exacerbating changes in the environment. In the […]
New citizens must take ‘French’ names, right-wing politician Julien Aubert insists
Proposal part of pamphlet aimed at helping Muslims better ‘integrate’ into French society Rory Mulholland Paris Sunday 9 December 2018 The Independent Anyone who wants to take French nationality, including […]
Worse than anyone thought: Trump’s ‘compromise’ bill would actually destroy asylum in this country
written by Matthew Chapman January 22, 2019 On Saturday, President Donald Trump gave a speech to the nation, announcing what he called a “compromise” to end the government shutdown he […]
Trump proposes wall-for-DACA in bid to end U.S. government shutdown
This content was published on January 20, 2019 By Steve Holland and Jan Wolfe http://www.swissinfo.ch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump proposed an immigration deal on […]
Trump Promotes Unfounded Claim That Islamic Prayer Rugs Are Littering The Border
Source: Huffington Post There is no credible evidence that this is the case. By Sara Boboltz With no resolution in sight in his fight for a wall on the southern […]
Justin Trudeau Passionately Defends Refugees After Islamophobic Town Hall Question
POLITICS 01/11/2019 The Canadian prime minister was confronted by a man who claimed Muslims “want to kill us.” By Carol Kuruvilla At a town hall in Saskatchewan on Thursday, […]
Czech court jails man for train attacks staged to blame Muslims
Jan 14, 2019 PRAGUE (Reuters) – A Czech court jailed a 71-year-old man for causing two passenger trains to derail in 2017 and attempting to blame Muslim immigrants, local media […]
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun’s refugee status is great news, but we’re in danger of settling for one happy ending
There are no doubt countless women with similar stories in Saudi Arabia, and they need an effective global feminist foreign policy that protects them Dahaba Ali Hussen @DahabaH The Independent […]
Only non-Muslim immigrants to get Indian citizenship now
Thursday, Jan 10, 2019 DECCAN CHRONICLE WITH AGENCY INPUTS Jan 9, 2019 They have no place to go except India, says Rajnath Singh. Rajnath Singh, Minister of Home Affairs of […]
The Channel migrant ‘crisis’ is really a tale of British hypocrisy
Afua Hirsch Sajid Javid’s rhetoric on refugees has less to do with reason than with appeasing anti-immigrant feeling Thu 3 Jan 2019 A lot of us have spent the […]
Migrants who saved lives in Attica wildfire granted Greek citizenship
3 January 2019 Twitter: @NeosKosm Three migrant fishermen have been recognised for their heroic efforts, after rescuing dozens of Greeks during the devastating wildfire that broke out in […]