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 […]
NATURALISATION DEBATE: Parliament passes new Swiss citizenship law
by Jo Fahy with input from Armando Mombelli, swissinfo.ch June 20, 2014 – 09:35 Under new naturalisation law rubber stamped by parliament on Friday, foreigners will have to wait ten […]
Switzerland: Migration Data: More foreigners move to Switzerland
swissinfo.ch June 18, 2014 – 12:46 The number of foreigners living in Switzerland has risen by 3.3% over the past year and about 24% of Switzerland’s eight million people do […]
RETURNING ASYLUM SEEKERS : A fresh start in Nigeria, brought to you by Switzerland
by Veronica DeVore, swissinfo.ch June 6, 2014 – 11:00 Thousands of asylum seekers have come to Switzerland from Nigeria in the past decade, often with all their family’s hopes on […]
Italian ship delivers 1,200 migrants to Sicily as officials sound alarm over jump in arrivals
MILAN – An Italian ship brought nearly 1,200 migrants to the Sicilian port of Augusta as Italian officials sounded the alarm over the rising tide of migrants trying to enter Europe. Navy Commander Aldo Dolfino told Sky TG24 on Friday that migrants had been evacuated from eight life rafts and […]
Spring surge: Africans risk lives to reach Europe
Thursday, 24 April 2014, 09:15 , by Paul Schemm, Associated Press They perched atop a barbed-wire laced fence for more than seven hours, hands and feet bloodied, buffeted by chill winds whipping the cliffs of Africa’s Mediterranean coast. The 27 sub-Saharan African migrants were literally on the edge between Africa’s […]
Italy rescues 4,000 immigrants in the past 48 hours
AFP , Wednesday 9 Apr 2014 AHRAMONLINE Migrants stand on a boat as two Italian navy dinghies and a ship approach to give assistance, in the waters off Capo Passero, Sicily, Thursday, March 27, 2014 (Photo: AP) Italy has rescued about 4,000 immigrants trying to cross the Mediterranean by boats […]
Immigration demo: Crowd shows solidarity ‘for an open Switzerland’
swissinfo.ch and agencies March 1, 2014 – 17:12 Almost 60 parties and organisations, including the Greens, the Social Democrats, unions and foreigner associations, had called for people to attend. They warned that […]
Public Divided Over Increased Deportations Of Unauthorized Immigrants
Public Divided Over Increased Deportation of Unauthorized Immigrants Immigration legislation is stalled in the House, but the public continues to broadly support a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants. At the same time, however, Americans are evenly divided over the growing number of undocumented immigrants who have been deported from […]
Quotas and questions: Swiss agree to curb immigration and rethink EU deal
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch February 9, 2014 – 17:33 Voters in Switzerland have narrowly approved a rightwing proposal to curb immigration. It imposes limits on the number of foreigners allowed in and may signal an end to the country’s free movement accord with the European Union. The initiative was approved by […]
EU deal-breaker? Swiss vote on bringing back immigration quotas
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch February 8, 2014 – 16:50 A bitterly disputed rightwing proposal to curb immigration goes before voters on Sunday. Supporters say quotas are needed to halt an “excessive influx” of foreigners, but the government and business leaders warn Switzerland’s economic prosperity is at stake. Opinion polls indicate a […]
Switzerland: QUICK DECISIONS: Asylum seeker numbers drop significantly
swissinfo.ch and agencies January 24, 2014 – 17:12 The number of asylum seekers in Switzerland fell by a quarter in 2013 compared with the previous year. The authorities received 21,465 […]
Switzerland: RE-INTRODUCING QUOTAS: Turnout could decide immigration vote
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch January 10, 2014 – 17:00 A proposal to re-introduce immigration quotas would fail to win a majority at the ballot box next month, according to an […]
Free movement; EU ambassador warns over Swiss immigration vote
swissinfo.ch December 8, 2013 Bilateral accords between the European Union and Switzerland could be endangered if the Swiss people vote in favour of a controversial rightwing initiative to curb mass immigration, warns the European Union’s ambassador to Bern. In an interview with Swiss national television on Saturday evening, Richard Jones […]
The Netherlands to Immigrants: Learn Dutch or Leave
WATCH VIDEO REPORT HERE: The Video seems to cover a Pakistani Ahmadi-Muslim Family in the Netherlands. France’s face veil ban is just the latest controversial law aimed at assimilating new immigrants in Europe. The Netherlands now requires Dutch fluency to become a citizen Read more: The Netherlands to Immigrants: Learn […]
Struggles of Muslim Immigrants in the USA Explored in New Anthology
Maine (PRWEB) November 22, 2013 Immigrants have played a crucial role in the historical narrative of America. The nation itself was founded by people who voyaged across the oceans in search of the proverbial American Dream, and who gave their all to realize it. Their story, the story of the […]
Switzerland: LIVING IN LIMBO: Illegal teens struggle to get permits and jobs
by Patricia Islas, swissinfo.ch November 14, 2013 – 11:00 The children of illegal immigrants in Switzerland attend school without realising that they’re not supposed to be living here. But when […]
Switzerland: SVP Voters narrowly back immigration quotas: poll
A plan to reimpose immigration quotas in Switzerland and give existing residents an advantage in the job market could pass in a plebiscite next February, an opinion poll shows. Fifty-two […]
Asylum Crisis: How Many Refugees Can Germany Handle?
By Jürgen Dahlkamp and Maximilian Popp spiegel.de As Germany faces the highest number of refugee claimants in decades, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the European asylum system is broken. But […]
Hundreds held after Moscow rocked by race rioting
By Dmitry Zaks (AFP) – 1 hour ago Moscow — Moscow police were on Monday holding almost 400 people under arrest after the Russian capital was rocked by some of its worst ethnically-fuelled rioting in years, sparked by the killing of an ethnic Russian allegedly by a Muslim migrant from […]