BOT minister marks new Windrush Day
Cayman News | 22/06/2018 | 31 Comments West Indian immigrants travel to the UK aboard the Empire Windrush (CNS): The UK government has officially sanctioned 22 June as Windrush Day […]
Migrants visit Naples museum and hope to integrate into Italian society
By ANSA Latest update : 2018/06/25 A group of migrants visited Naples’ Archelogical Museum together on Thursday evening, in an event organized by the February 3 Association, an anti-racism group […]
Why Indonesia Shows the IOM Isn’t Necessarily Helping Migrants
As the U.N. migration agency faces criticism over its actions in Libya, researchers Cameron Doig and Asher Hirsch find parallels in its work in Indonesia. They warn against ‘blue-washing’ IOM […]
Lasting damage to the ‘idea of America’
Jun 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby The sights and sounds of Central American children being ripped from their parents by US Border Patrol officers have, by now, […]
In photos: The Syrian women and children waiting in the shadows of Lebanon’s refugee camps
As Lebanon tries to welcome and attract with one arm, it is pushing back hard with the other. Photojournalist Paddy Dowling reports Paddy Dowling The Independent Online Of its 6 […]
Switzerland: Opinion Shaqiri and Xhaka as Quantum Phenomenon
By Daniel Warner June 25, 2018 Switzerland’s midfielder Granit Xhaka makes the double-eagle gesture.(© KEYSTONE / LAURENT GILLIERON) Watching Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka score for Switzerland and celebrate […]
Legal norms on migrants overdue
Jun 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi The migrant narrative in Europe and the US is not over blown for no reason, as it is taking a heavy […]
Hungarian STOP Soros laws are openly xenophobic – U.N.’s Zeid
Reuters International This content was published on June 21, 2018 Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein in Geneva, Switzerland June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (reuters_tickers) GENEVA (Reuters) – New Hungarian laws that criminalise […]
Countries wanting to tackle migration should follow Switzerland’s lead and boost local economies rather than punish individuals
Switzerland wants to give Tunisians an incentive to stay home rather than leave for Europe, but instead of building walls it’s investing in promoting tourism to the region to create jobs […]
Norwegians Are More Positive to Refugees than Immigrants in General
June 20, 2018 The study showes that public opinion has been stable on most issues since 2005, but there is a growing skepticism in relation to immigration. The Norwegian Integration […]
EU admits no African country has agreed to host migration centre
Plan to prevent deaths at sea revealed as Italy cries foul over summit called to help Germany Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Patrick Wintour Thu 21 Jun 2018 Refugees shout […]
Opinion: When US migrant policy debates invoke the Bible
By Henry Sturcke This content was published on June 20, 2018 5 Two young girls watch a World Cup soccer match on a television from a holding area where […]
This is what the Bible’s Romans 13 actually says about asylum and what Jeff Sessions omitted
The Catholic Church has been one of the most vocal opponents of the crackdown on asylum cases Casey Strine The Independent Voices Sessions argued that the current zero-tolerance approach ‘protects the […]
Windrush scandal ‘tip of iceberg’ as other Commonwealth citizens targeted by hostile policies
Exclusive: Dozens of cases of alleged discrimination have seen Commonwealth citizens who have lived in the UK for decades left stranded abroad or threatened with deportation May Bulman Social Affairs […]
Immigration : Most asylum-seekers unaccounted for after leaving Swiss centre
This content was published on June 13, 2018 A total of 18,088 migrants filed for asylum in Switzerland in 2017, a decline of 33.5%. It is the lowest number of applications since 2010. (Keystone) The majority […]
What will Italy’s new government mean for migrants?
AFP news@thelocal.it @thelocalitaly 21 May 2018 A woman aboard a rescue boat arrives in Messina, Sicily. Photo: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP An anti-establishment, far-right government in Italy heralds even more controversy over […]
What rules apply to migrants rescued at sea?
AFP news@thelocal.it @thelocalitaly 11 June 2018 Photo: Karpov/SOS Mediterranee/AFP In the standoff between Italy and Malta over a migrant ship stranded in the Mediterranean, both have insisted on their right […]
As 600 people drift on the Aquarius in the Mediterranean Sea, when did we decide that it was right to stop treating human beings with basic dignity?
Italians may well have a point that the rules of the EU have placed a disproportionate burden on an already listing economy, but sending innocent refugees back out to sea […]
Greece may face new refugee influx with Ankara halting migrant deal
MEHMET ÇELIK @celik ISTANBUL Greece may be challenged with a new wave of refugees as Ankara announced that the bilateral readmission deal has been suspended – a retaliatory step in […]
Europe accused of failing migrants in Libya as human traffickers thrive
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Jun 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES BRUSSELS — Rising populism across Europe is fuelling human trafficking in Libya where a growing number of migrants are being […]