MAR 16, 2015 – 19:09 Similarities: Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga (left) and Kosovan counterpart Atifete Jahjaga (Keystone) Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga has expressed concern about continuing mass emigration from Kosovo during an official visit from Kosovan President Atifete Jahjaga. “The republic needs its own young, qualified citizens,” Sommaruga said in Bern […]
MAR 12, 2015 – 19:38 The Swiss want to focus on established migration routes to tackle illegal immigration (Keystone) Swiss president Simonetta Sommaruga, called for thinking beyond the EU to stem illegal immigration at the Schengen Mixed Committee Meeting held in Brussels on Thursday. She also urged the use of […]
‘Guantanamo of the East’: Ukraine Locks Up Refugees at EU’s Behest By Maximilian Popp spiegel.de REUTERS Brussels is doing all it can to prevent refugees from reaching Fortress Europe, with initiatives like funding the construction of interment centers in Ukraine. Asylum seekers who have spent time there […]
More than 200 migrants are dead after the motorboats they were travelling on sank in the Mediterranean Sea, the UN’s refugee agency says. “Nine were saved after four days at […]
By Luigi Jorio Swissinfo.ch The number of refugees and internally displaced persons continues to rise worldwide. The war in Syria is one of the main reasons. While Lebanon and Jordan are strained to the limit by the influx of refugees, the question being asked in Switzerland is how can help […]
The short man told Sherko that he always had to be prepared. That’s why Sherko is now sitting on the bed in his fluorescent-lit hotel room in Mersin, a port […]
Source: The Arab News By Javier Solana, who is a Spanish physicist and Socialist politician. He was Secretary General of the Council of the European Union and Secretary-General of the Western European […]
The Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) is reviewing asylum applications as a measure to prevent potential terrorists from entering Switzerland, checking into applicants‘ backgrounds for signs of jihadist activities. “Asylum applications from people from certain countries are sent to the FIS for review,” Martin Reichlin, spokesperson for the Federal Migration Office, […]
The Swiss government has tasked foreign ministry and justice ministry with working out proposals on how best to reinforce Swiss support for victims of the Syrian conflict on a long […]
Published: 09 Jan 2015 11:44 GMT+01:00 The politician behind the successful campaign to ban the construction of new minarets in Switzerland is now calling for a ban on certain […]
A Syrian boy chops scrap wood outside of his tent at a refugee camp in Lebanon (Keystone) In an open letter to the authorities, 27 organisations have urged Switzerland to […]
Teacher Teresa Price gives instructions as students take notes in English as a second language class at the Alta Vista Learning Center. (Photo courtesy: Associated Press) Associated Press, Texas Sunday, 4 January 2015 A new Thai and sushi restaurant sits on a busy corner, not far from the vast prairie […]
Reuters / New York Post The Cologne cathedral in Germany.Photo: Getty Images One of Germany’s most famous landmarks, Cologne Cathedral, will be plunged into darkness on Monday evening to protest a march by a growing grassroots anti-Muslim movement through the western German city, cathedral authorities said. The rise of the […]
Many leave Hungary and the rest of East-Central Europe in search of opportunity; others arrive in search of better lives. By John Feffer, December 19, 2014. People have been leaving East-Central Europe in droves to get better jobs and opportunities further to the west. These diaspora populations are now very visible in […]
Sport is not only a means of integrating foreigners into Swiss society – the country’s teams also benefit from immigration, according to Sports Minister Ueli Maurer. In an interview with […]
Behind the La Grotta bar, Italy comes to an end. But a narrow road continues onward across the border into France, hugging a cliff above the sea. It is a […]
ADAM WITHNALL Sunday 16 November 2014 The former Prime Minister Sir John Major has warned that Britain would not have an NHS without migrants and faces a “lesser future” if […]
With the launch of operation Triton to replace Italy’s Mare Nostrum, which has rescued 150,000 people, the European Union has redefined its priority as securing its Mediterranean border. swissinfo.ch went […]
CHILDREN’S CHARTER Unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Switzerland have demanded better living conditions as they wait for their applications to be processed. On Monday, a group of them presented a […]
British police should be sent to Calais to help solve the port’s “tremendous problem” with illegal immigration, the French interior minister has said. Bernard Cazeneuve told the BBC officers might […]