6,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean in two days
Epigraph: And whoso saves a life, it shall be as if he or she had given life to all mankind. (Al Quran 5:32/33) By AFP – May 07,2017 – JORDAN […]
Are a million African migrants really on their way to Europe?
John R Campbell, SOAS “Already, I’m informed by very well informed guys and girls who are working on the area, and in the area at the moment, that there’s potentially […]
‘DISCOVERY SEMESTER’: Refugees get a taste of Swiss university life
By Veronica DeVore MAY 3, 2017 The University of Zurich, Switzerland’s largest university, recently launched its first “discovery semester” for refugees(Keystone) Students at Swiss universities have banded together to […]
German minister in pre-election dispute over “dominant culture”
Reuters International MAY 2, 2017 Immigrants are escorted by German police to a registration centre, after crossing the Austrian-German border in Wegscheid near Passau, Germany, October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo (reuters_tickers) BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s interior minister has caused a furore five months before an election for saying migrants […]
Turkey only received €790M of €3B pledged by EU, Presidential Spox Kalın says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo Presidential Spokesman İbrahim Kalın urged the European Union to fulfill its obligations within the scope of the migration deal reached between the bloc and Turkey. Kalın told a news conference that Turkey only received 790 million euro of 3 billion euros pledged by the bloc […]
Thousands of asylum seekers and migrants wrongly denied NHS healthcare
Exclusive: Cancer sufferers requiring urgent medical care erroneously turned away by NHS overseas departments amid crackdown on overseas patients accessing free healthcare May Bulman @maybulman Migrants with cancer and heart disease have been turned away from NHS hospitals, in a crackdown against overseas patients that has left vulnerable asylum seekers afraid of […]
Turkey could ‘suspend EU migrant deal if no progress on visas’
Reuters | Published — Saturday 15 April 2017 Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu answers a question during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, in this file photo. (Reuters) ANKARA: Turkey could re-evaluate or suspend all agreements under its migration deal with the EU if the bloc does not give a […]
LISA BOSIA MIRRA: Swiss politician guilty of helping illegal immigrants
APR 13, 2017 – The 43-year-old regional parliamentarian is believed to have helped facilitate the illegal entry of nine migrants last year(Keystone) The public prosecutor of southern Swiss canton Ticino […]
Migrant rescuers accuse EU border agency of conspiracy
By AFP – Apr 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Gambian migrants who voluntarily returned from Libya stand in line as they wait for registration at the airport in Banjul, Gambia, […]
IOM expects to fly up to 10,000 migrants out of Libya in 2017
Libya is main departure point for Europe By Reuters – Apr 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Illegal African migrants arrive at Mitiga International Airport before their voluntary return to their […]
Afghans deported from Europe arrive home, to war and unemployment
Reuters International MAR 31, 2017 Afghans, whose asylum applications have been rejected, arrive from Germany in Kabul airport, Afghanistan March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani(reuters_tickers) By Tommy Wilkes KABUL (Reuters) – […]
More than 100 die in Malaysian immigration detention camps in two years
Reuters International MAR 30, 2017 A general view of Bukit Jalil immigration detention center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 28, 2017. Picture taken March 28. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin (reuters_tickers) By A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – More than one hundred foreigners died in the past two years in Malaysia’s immigration […]
MIGRATION FLOWS: Asylum requests in Europe: where things stand
By Duc-Quang Nguyen, Stefania Summermatter MAR 29, 2017 – 15:43 In 2015, Europe had a record number of asylum requests with more than 1.3 million registered first-time claimants. New numbers show a slight decline since, but demands are still twice the number from 2014. https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/31vho/3/ More than 1.23 million […]
The battle for the soul of British Islam
Source: New Statesman Three new books reflect on the complexities, and challenges, faced by Muslims in Britain. Letters to a Young Muslim by Omar Saif Ghobash is published by Picador (245pp, £16.99) The Battle for British Islam: Reclaiming Muslim Identity from Extremism by Sara Khan with Tony McMahon is published […]
Myths of Migration: Much of What We Think We Know Is Wrong
The debate over migration is plagued by a variety of inaccuracies and misunderstandings — on both the right and the left. Here is what the research really shows. By Hein de Haas AFP Migrants at the Greece-Macedonia border in March 2016 March 21, 2017 Migration was the issue of the […]
ITALIANS AND ERITREANS: When ‘old’ immigrants help ‘new’ ones
By Stefania Summermatter and Ester Unterfinger MAR 29, 2017 – 11:00 A goal of Bern’s Catholic mission is to collect donations to allow young Eritreans to practise their faith. (Ester Unterfinger/swissinfo.ch) Italians in Switzerland are considered an integration success story even though they used to face violence and racism. […]
Europe’s refugee system is unjust, Council of Europe human rights commissioner says
REUTERS LJUBLJANA AFP Photo The Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner said Thursday that Europe does not have a sustainable refugee policy and that the European Union should move quickly to change it. Nils Muiznieks said EU states should take family ties into account when relocating asylum-seekers and harmonize the […]
Myths of Migration: Much of What We Think We Know Is Wrong
The debate over migration is plagued by a variety of inaccuracies and misunderstandings — on both the right and the left. Here is what the research really shows. By Hein de Haas AFP Migrants at the Greece-Macedonia border in March 2016 March 21, 2017 Migration was the issue of the […]
EU Minister Ömer Çelik: If migration deal falls through, Turkey will work to prevent deaths only, not migration to Europe
ALI ÜNAL@ali_unal ANKARA In an exclusive interview with Daily Sabah, EU Minister Ömer Çelik said Ankara’s EU bid depends on developments that will take place in the EU in 2017, saying that the bloc did not keep its promises to Turkey regarding the migrant deal. He added that Turkey cannot […]
24 refugees later, Berlin ‘Samaritan’ tells fellow Germans: Don’t be afraid
Six years on from the Syrian revolution, German man who took in 24 refugees tells MEE about how his life was changed Refugees arrive at train station in Germany (AFP) Nadine Dahan Wednesday 15 March 2017 While much coverage of the Syrian conflict, which began six years ago, has […]