NTB/The Local news@thelocal.no 6 January 2017 Police did not reveal what led them to suspect arson. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix Police suspect that a fire at an asylum centre in Gibostad in Troms county in the early morning hours of Thursday was arson. The fire broke out in […]
Published time: 8 Jan, 2017 © Leonhard Foeger / Reuters 12 A charter reiterating strict German migration limits and calling for new Turkey-like refugee agreements with third countries is reportedly being drafted by the leader of Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU). Horst Seehofer, the leader of the CSU and close […]
PODCAST Language connects Swiss migrants to home By Jo Fahy JAN 1, 2017 – “My heart is in Switzerland, but I’m at home in America.” Choosing to set up a new life in a different country is a big step, but what effect does that have on the culture […]
Police chief defended detention of 650 North African men saying ‘their characteristics were such that potential crimes could indeed be expected’ Caroline Mortimer @cjmortimer Cologne’s police chief has denied accusations of racial profiling after the force tweeted they had detained hundreds of North African men to prevent a repeat […]
STEPHEN GROFF Stephen Groff is the Asian Development Bank’s vice-president for East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. MANILA – Imagine that you are a farmer. Your crops are withering as weather patterns become more volatile, your well water is too salty to drink, and rice is too expensive […]
VOTE FEBRUARY 12 Making it easier for young foreigners to become Swiss By Urs Geiser DEC 29, 2016 Applications for a Swiss passport may take a long time and be quite expensive under the regular procedure (Keystone) Should grandchildren of immigrants have privileged access to a Swiss passport? The political […]
TRANSPARENCY Who funds Swiss mosques? By Simon Bradley DEC 23, 2016 – There are thought to be around 250 mosques in Switzerland, mostly managed and organised as small private associations as well as a small number of foundations (Keystone) Swiss mosques and Muslim associations are in the spotlight after concerns […]
By NICK CUMMING-BRUCEDEC. 23, 2016 Mediterranean: ‘Worst Annual Death Toll’ Around 100 people are feared to have drowned Thursday, bringing the number of casualties of migrants crossing the Mediterranean this year to over 5,000, according to a U.N. refugee agency. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images.Watch in […]
The intention of Isis’ terror attacks is to provoke European states to ‘persecute’ Muslims within their frontiers in acts of reprisal for the mass killing of western Europeans Robert Fisk @indyvoices There is something infinitely naive in our pursuit of the identity of those behind the massacres which Isis is […]
By Isobel Leybold-Johnson, Julie Hunt in Basel http://www.swissinfo.ch Foreigners moving to canton Basel City receive a voucher for free German lessons, paid for by the canton – in a scheme that is unique in Switzerland. The aim is to increase integration. But not everyone is making use of the voucher […]
AFP/DPA/The Local news@thelocal.de 19 December 2016 Photo: DPA At least nine people have died and more than 50 were injured after a truck drove into a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday night. We are shutting down the live updates for the evening. Here’s what we know so far: A […]
RESIDENCE PERMITS Are you the very model of a modern Alpine citizen? By Thomas Stephens SOCIETY DEC 14, 2016 – 15:52 From January 1, 2018, a C permit will be required for a Swiss passport (Keystone) If you can “respect public security and order, uphold the values of the […]
SOCIAL AID Do strict citizenship laws help or hurt integration? By Veronica DeVore DEC 8, 2016 – The old town of Bern. In 2013, the authorities here passed the strictest citizenship law in Switzerland which stipulates that applicants may not be receiving social aid and must pay back any they […]
I visited Torrington, the village apparently ‘furious’ that 70 Syrian migrants moved there, and found out the truth Mark Steel @mrmarksteel Last week I was in Torrington, North Devon, the village that’s been in the news because local people organised a massive collection of clothes and toys, for Syrian […]
MD. SHAHIDUL HAQUE | Published — Thursday 8 December 2016 Md. Shahidul Haque We live in a rapidly evolving, hyper-connected world, where goods, capital and people are more mobile than ever before. But, whereas countries have shown a willingness to cooperate on exchanging goods and capital, the international community […]
Caliph says most UK Muslims well integrated into British society after Casey report cited ‘worrying levels’ of segregation A Muslim woman and her son walk down a cobbled street in Bradford. Photograph: David Levenson/Alamy Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent @harrietsherwood Tuesday 6 December 2016 True Islam means loyalty to the […]
One thousand companies are already involved in refugee initiatives. Air conditioning and ventilation technology is a sensitive matter. If anything goes wrong during the installation of large cooling systems people could be seriously injured – specifically, by leaking gas. For the Osnabrück-based medium-sized company HEIFO that means qualified personnel are […]
A WAITING GAME Afghan refugees find their feet in Bern By Gaby Ochsenbein DEC 2, 2016 – Maryam und Mahdi have German lessons twice a week with Fritz (swissinfo.ch) Applying for asylum in Switzerland is a long process. And those who come seeking refuge still have to get on […]
EXPLAINER Swiss immigration quotas: where do we stand? By Marc-André Miserez POLITICS SOCIETY NOV 29, 2016 – Immigration quotas would put Switzerland at odds with EU free movement policy (Keystone) February 2017 is looming large as a deadline for Switzerland to implement immigration quotas approved by voters back in 2014. […]
Reuters International NOV 25, 2016 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a meeting at the lower house of parliament Bundestag on 2017 budget in Berlin, Germany, November 23, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (reuters_tickers) BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Union and Turkey must honour their commitments to each other, German Chancellor Angela […]