Tragedy in Sahara Desert: An Ill-Fated Attempt to Reach Fortress Europe
By Hauke Goos and Bernhard Riedmann (Photos) SPIEGEL.DE In the hottest part of the desert, an adult sitting in the shade loses up to one liter of water an hour, […]
Residents should throw a street party and mix with immigrant neighbours, councils told
Jane Merrick political editor THE INDEPENDENT Councils should offer their local residents cash to hold street parties with their new immigrant neighbours to foster friendship and integration, a new report […]
Cameron is warned ‘no possibility’ of UK reducing immigration and that bid to bring in quota on migrant workers would be illegal
Andy McSmith Sunday 19 October 2014 David Cameron’s plan to restrict the amount of time that EU migrants can spend working in Britain will never be accepted by the other EU governments, Europe’s highest ranking official, Jose Manuel Barroso, has warned. He insisted that the right of EU citizens to […]
10 injured as migrants storm Spanish border fence
MADRID: The Spanish government says five police officers and five migrants have been treated for minor injuries after some 300 African migrants scaled fences six-meters (20-feet) high to try to […]
KIDNAPPED IN SINAI : Criminals demand millions for Eritreans
By Stefania Summermatter, back from Ethiopia Tens of thousands of Eritreans are held and tortured for ransom in the Sinai. The tentacles of the organised kidnapping groups extend to Europe, […]
MIGRANT INFLUX : Swiss Minister asks Italy to register asylum seekers
Swiss Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga has called on Italy to comply with its obligations under the Dublin agreement and register asylum seekers. She also signalled Switzerland’s willingness to help share the asylum burden. Speaking ahead of a meeting with European Union (EU) interior ministers in Luxembourg, Sommaruga said Switzerland was […]
‘Left To Die’: The Survivors of the Malta Refugee Shipwreck
On his third day at sea near the coast of Malta, Shukri al-Assouli began to hallucinate. He saw streets, houses and his mother, who greeted him with a smile back […]
'Left To Die': The Survivors of the Malta Refugee Shipwreck
On his third day at sea near the coast of Malta, Shukri al-Assouli began to hallucinate. He saw streets, houses and his mother, who greeted him with a smile back […]
The Swiss hopes of refugees with nothing to lose
By Stefania Summermatter, back from Ethiopia swissinfo.ch Fleeing a repressive regime at home, thousands of young Eritreans cross the frontier with Ethiopia every month. It’s the first stage on the way to Europe. swissinfo.ch talked to these refugees, some of whom have dreams of reaching Switzerland. Mebrathon has agreed to […]
Refugee policy – Syrian migrant who lost baby on train journey gets asylum
A Syrian woman who controversially experienced a miscarriage on a train sending her back to Italy through Switzerland has received asylum in Italy along with her family. In July, the family of Syrian migrants had been travelling on a train from Milan to Paris – which passes through Switzerland – […]
'Don't send us to our death' plead Irish Muslims – Ireland to deport 60 Ahmadis to Pakistan, where they face persecution for their religious beliefs
Sixty members of a peaceful Muslim community threatened with genocide by Sunni Islamists are facing deportation from Ireland, the Sunday Independent has learned. The Ahmadi community, which has some 20 […]
‘Don’t send us to our death’ plead Irish Muslims – Ireland to deport 60 Ahmadis to Pakistan, where they face persecution for their religious beliefs
Sixty members of a peaceful Muslim community threatened with genocide by Sunni Islamists are facing deportation from Ireland, the Sunday Independent has learned. The Ahmadi community, which has some 20 […]
Swiss fast-track asylum process advances
SEP 3, 2014 – 18:00 The fast-track pilot project at the Juch asylum centre in Zurich this year has been a success, according to the federal authorities (Keystone) The Swiss cabinet has adopted a draft law concerning major reforms of its asylum procedure, such as dramatic cuts in the average […]
Migrant boat carrying 100 capsizes off Libya
Associated Press The Daily Star, Lebanon TRIPOLI, Libya: A Libyan coast guard official says a boat carrying more than 100 migrants has capsized off the coast near the capital. Abdel-Latif […]
Switzerland's Muslim football heroes
World Bulletin / News Desk Despite crashing out of the World Cup on Tuesday, Switzerland’s national football team is currently ranked sixth in the world. Players such as Xherdan Shaqiri […]
Switzerland’s Muslim football heroes
World Bulletin / News Desk Despite crashing out of the World Cup on Tuesday, Switzerland’s national football team is currently ranked sixth in the world. Players such as Xherdan Shaqiri […]
Palestinian businessman sponsors mosque construction in Sofia
SEVDA DUKKANCI – KUZEY NEWS AGENCY A Palestinian businessman has generously provided financial support to build a mosque in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia where thousands of Muslim asylum seekers […]
IMMIGRATION QUESTIONS : Swiss launch enquiry after Syrian stillbirth tragedy
Swiss border guards have been accused of failing to help a pregnant Syrian migrant sent back to Italy who later lost her child, according to Swiss public television SRF. The […]
Growing Influx: Germany Caught Off Guard By Surge in Refugees
Last Friday, the state interior ministers of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) convened for a meeting at the stately Westin Bellevue in Dresden, with a view of the Elbe River and the baroque historic city center. But they weren’t […]
New 'Iron Curtain' in Europe fights illegal migration
Normally Looser is stationed in St Gallen in eastern Switzerland. She applied for a rotation in the Swiss Frontex pool because she wanted to familiarise herself with the outermost boundaries […]