‘There aren’t many fairytale endings’: behind the bleak immigration exhibition
The work of 75 artists from over 15 countries is being shown at a tough, timely exhibition looking at displacement and migration on a global scale Nadja Sayej Mon […]
Academics at University of New Brunswick criticize professor for alleged racist positions
Source: The Globe &Mail More than two dozen academics at the University of New Brunswick have issued a public letter condemning the views of a controversial sociology professor as “racist and without academic merit.” Ricardo Duchesne, who teaches at UNB’s Saint John campus, has “racist positions on multiculturalism and immigration,” […]
Migration is burning issue in EU election campaign
By AFP – Apr 29,2019 – JORDAN TIMES BRUSSELS — Migration is resurfacing as a hot topic in the election campaign for the new European Parliament after sowing discord […]
The Windrush scandal makes me fear for the rights of EU citizens after Brexit
The government is currently registering more than three million EU citizens living in the UK, which is by far the biggest change in immigration status for a generation. Unsurprisingly, this is […]
Migration: A Mandate of Divine Communities
18th April 2019 With the historic shift to Islamabad of His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba), Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Fifth Successor to the Promised Messiah […]
Israeli media says: Christianity grows in Syrian town once besieged by Islamic State
Converts say experience of war, onslaught of group claiming to fight for Islam pushed them toward new faith. Critics accuse them of seeking personal gain such as financial help […]
LIBYAN CONFLICT: ‘We haven’t yet learned from the 2015 refugee crisis’
By Katy Romy THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 18, 2019 Over a million refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, more than at any other time since the […]
The brutal truth of Windrush is that one year on, the ‘hostile environment’ is more entrenched than ever
This scandal didn’t come out of nowhere. It comes from an institutionally racist consensus maintained by politicians of all parties Gracie Bradley The spring of 2018 saw story after harrowing […]
Why Ancient Rome Needed Immigrants to Become Powerful
APR 3, 2019 The Caesars embraced newcomers, less out of idealism than out of self-interest. BARRY STRAUSS How “Roman” was the Roman Empire? Well, by some measures: not very. As the Roman emperors sought to expand and strengthen their empire, they recognized that immigration was a means for both. Although […]
Illegal migrants push for Europe amid tight border controls
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL Published 06.04.2019 A migrant woman and a girl wait next to a gendarme vehicle after a group of migrants were stopped on the road to […]
‘Wound’ of migration not solved by physical barriers, pope says
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 30, 2019 Pope Francis delivers a speech as he and King Mohammed VI of Morocco visit the Hassan Tower esplanade in Rabat, Morocco, […]
Worsening droughts will lead to more migration in Middle East
Kerry Boyd Anderson January 29, 2019 Throughout human history, people have moved in response to changing climatic conditions. Today, anthropogenic climate change is exacerbating changes in the environment. In the […]
Italy and France’s refugee dispute awakens a dark colonial legacy
The Observer Refugees As European elections near, Rome’s populists are advancing a pointed narrative that firmly blames the Elysée for migration Kim Willsher in Paris Sun 27 Jan 2019 […]
Migration pushes German population to record high of 83 million
Source: Swiss info Jan 25, 2019 BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s population last year reached a record high of 83 million people due to positive net migration that easily offset a […]
Asylum seekers, migrants or refugees: Which word is correct?
By Rick Kelsey Newsbeat reporter 11 January 2019 The way we all talk about people moving to a different country can be confusing. You’ll have heard the different terms: […]
Immigration and asylum: It’s not just Windrush. Britain’s immigration scandal will grow in 2019
Satbir Singh The arbitrary cruelty of the ‘hostile environment’ stretches beyond any one community. Brexit will only make it worse Thu 3 Jan 2019 Tasfin came to the UK in […]
Canada does not have a refugee crisis
Ismailimail https://ismailimail.blog Zool Suleman: Asylum in Canada explained by ismailimail Posted on December 27, 2018 “Canada doesn’t have a refugee crisis. Canada has a crisis of will in terms of […]
UK: Sajid Javid’s flawed immigration policy is doomed to fail
In the home secretary’s new world, business figures and entrepreneurs are welcome – but labourers, NHS cleaners and bus drivers (like his father) are not Editorial @IndyVoices The Independent Voices […]
We’ve just been found guilty for stopping a deportation flight – but it should have been the Home Office in the dock, not us
Our obstruction of the plane was wholly peaceful. It’s the Home Office’s brutal, secretive and barely legal practice of mass deportation flights that is putting people in danger Melanie Strickland […]
Why do we need the Global Compact for Migration?
By Simon Bradley Dec 10, 2018 – 11:00 United Nations member states are meeting in Morocco on Monday to formally adopt an international agreement that promises a better, more coordinated […]