By maggie michael, associated press CAIRO — Oct 5, 2017, 8:20 AM ET The Associated Press WATCH Migrant Crisis: The Harrowing Plight of Refugee Families http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/italian-effort-stop-migrants-fuels-bloody-battle-libya-50298950 It began when a Libyan militia paid by Italy to stop migrants heading to Europe intercepted a group of human traffickers offshore. That confrontation […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Children play at the Öncüpınar camp for Syrian refugees next to the border crossing with Syria, near Kilis in southeastern Turkey, June 20, 2016. (AP Photo) […]
By Photo Editor Helen James and Stefania Summermatter This content was published on September 30, 2017 11:00 AMSep 30, 2017 – 11:00 A Chilean photographer who came to Switzerland as […]
For 20 years, Switzerland has been helping asylum seekers who choose to return to their home countries. The government is positive that giving money and advice to people to return home is part and parcel of a credible asylum policy. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) For the government Switzerland’s repatriation program is a success story. It says, helping […]
Mob in Myanmar blocks relief supplies while fatal road accident hits truck carrying food to refugees in Bangladesh. Rohingya refugees wait for aid in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh [Danish Siddiqui/Reuters] Police in Myanmar have clashed with a mob blocking an aid shipment in Rakhine state while nine people have died in […]
By Reuters – Sep 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Migrants on a rubber boat are rescued by the SOS Mediterranee organisation during a search and rescue operation, as the Libyan Coast […]
The Local news@thelocal.de 8 September 2017 File photo of the job centre in Leipzig: DPA. When dealing with inquiries, employees at job centres in Germany tend to discriminate against people with names that sound foreign, according to a report released on Friday. Researchers from the Social Science Research Centre in […]
Europe hopes that the fates of African migrants will soon be decided at facilities in Chad or Niger. It is a wonderful idea, but also a misleading illusion. In truth, Europe’s primary focus is on shutting down the Mediterranean route. By Mirco Keilberth, Peter Müller and Maximilian Popp […]
Migrants who make it across the Mediterranean to Italy dream of continuing on to northern Europe. Most, though, are unable to make it past the Brenner Pass. A visit to Europe’s waiting room. By Fiona Ehlers Photos Gianmarco Maraviglia / DER SPIEGEL September 07, 2017 The train station […]
An arbitrary decision by a mean-minded individual cost me close to £1,000 – and marked out my girlfriend as ‘refused entry to the UK’ in her passport forever. Ever since the Brexit vote, this sort of meanness and anti-immigration atmosphere has taken hold. I’m sick of it PAT BUTCHER 17 comments […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch 25 July 2017 Photo: rawpixel/Depositphotos More than a third of immigrants living in Switzerland say they have experienced discrimination, but most feel their lives have improved here, […]
REUTERS LUXEMBOURG Reuters Photo The top court of the European Union roundly rejected complaints from Slovakia and Hungary about the EU migration policy Wednesday, upholding Brussels’ right to force member states to accept asylum seekers. In the latest twist to a divisive dispute that broke out two years ago […]
Reuters International This content was published on September 4, 2017 FILE PHOTO: Migrants disembark from the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) ship Phoenix after it arrived with migrants and a corpse on board, in Catania on the island of Sicily, Italy, May 6, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/ File […]
The UK Government, like others in Europe, is once again dealing with Libya to try to block migration. But there is no Libyan regime now. Rather there are disparate parties, tribes and militias vying for power, legitimacy and money Steve Valdez-Symonds It has been two years since Alan Kurdi’s death […]
https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43474438&locale=en EMBED CODE THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 31, 2017 5:00 PMAUG 31, 2017 – 17:00 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. Emily has Polish/Chinese roots but grew up in Canada and says she feels Canadian. Tama doesn’t feel terribly Swiss, […]
Reuters International AUGUST 29, 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C), and Chad President Idriss Deby, (2ndR) attend a meeting with European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini (L) at […]
DPA/The Local news@thelocal.de 24 August 2017 Photo: DPA Muslims who have already lived in Germany for a while are better integrated than Muslims in other European countries, according to a study released by the Bertelsmann Foundation on Thursday. But the study revealed some weaknesses in integration, too. The study called […]
Living in a void: life in Damascus after the exodus During six years of civil war in Syria, novelist Khaled Khalifa has watched wave after wave of friends and family flee his home city. But despite everything, he has decided to stay Tuesday 22 August 2017 My sister, whom […]
There are many who would like to see migrants sheltered in reception camps in Libya. But a recent report compiled by European Union diplomats who visited the country reveals that […]
By Luigi Jorio AUGUST 11, 2017 Mussie Zerai is often on the telephone helping migrants (Keystone) An Eritrean Catholic priest living in Switzerland says his efforts to save migrants’ lives show the need for nations to rescue more people trying to reach Europe through the Mediterranean. Nominated […]