The Local news@thelocal.de 14 February 2017 Frankfurt. Photo: DPA Prosecutors in Frankfurt are investigating two people for making up a crime, after they claimed in a national newspaper that dozens of Arab men rioted and sexually assaulted women at New Year. The claims first appeared in Bild newspaper on February […]
A man from Nebraska has spoken to local press about his change of heart regarding Muslims in the United States. John Dutcher, a resident of Omaha, told KETV news how his prejudice against Muslims had changed when a number of new families from Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere, moved into his […]
Exclusive: ‘Alarming’ research shows almost two thirds of migrants ‘violently’ forced to move Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden Refugees sleeping on the streets in freezing conditions inParis are having their blankets and sleeping bags stolen by police while being “violently” forced to move on, a report has found. Research exclusively published by The Independent […]
Reuters International FEB 9, 2017 – By Emily Wither and Girish Gupta ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – At a training course in northern Iraq, people displaced by the wars in Mosul and neighbouring Syria are learning how to code. Some are already being sought by global companies even though they […]
By AFP – Feb 06,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian refugee Anas Modamani (right) and his lawyer Chan-jo Jun talk to the media on their way to the district court in Wuerzburg, southern Germany, on Monday (AFP photo) WUERZBURG, Germany — A Syrian refugee whose selfie with German Chancellor […]
Reuters International FEB 6, 2017 – Refugees and migrants, most of them Afghans, block the entrance of the refugee camp at the disused Hellenikon airport as police officers try to disperse them, in Athens, Greece, February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (reuters_tickers) By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) – A group […]
Switzerland: ASYLUM POLITIC FEB 2, 2017 – No more automatic entry for Eritreans illegally fleeing (Keystone) A Swiss court has ruled that the nation’s policy toward Eritrean refugees needs tightening. The Federal Administrative Court’s decision handed down on Thursday says Switzerland will no longer recognize Eritreans as refugees solely […]
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Bana Alabed (L), settled in Turkey she arrived from Aleppo with her family. Bana Alabed, 7, a Syrian girl whose Twitter posts on life during wartime in Aleppo made her a phenomenon, pleaded to U.S. President Donald Trump to lift the ban on Syrians. […]
Source: The Daily Beast According to a report in The Washington Post, President Trump had a contentious call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in which he blasted him for a refugee agreement between the two countries, allegedly bragged about his electoral win and 25 minutes into the call which was […]
Fort McMurray’s population rises by 6 — make that 7 — after new family of Syrian refugees arrive By David Thurton, CBC News Posted: Feb 01, 2017 Ibtesam Alkarnake was already in labour when she and her Syrian refugee family arrived at the Fort McMurray airport on Tuesday night. Hours later […]
Sarah Lee Jan 28, 2017 On Friday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order freezing the refugee resettlement program and is expected to prioritize Christian refugees over Muslim refugees. But there’s a group of immigrants — many of them Muslim — waiting for their visas that are also being frozen […]
Reuters International JAN 28, 2017 – Women check their luggage after arriving on a flight from Dubai on Emirates Flight 203 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, U.S., January 28, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (reuters_tickers) By Yeganeh Torbati and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald […]
Reuters International JAN 28, 2017 – 12:09 FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a news conference near the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 22, 2016. To match Insight IRAN-CONTRACTS/ REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo (reuters_tickers) DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani […]
This self-serving move may only be the beginning from the new President. If he can stop refugees from coming in, who’s to say he won’t also kick them out – or worse? Robert Fisk @indyvoices So Donald Trump is going to f**k them all. No excuses for such filthy words today. I’m only […]
ORDER FROM CHAOS The disastrous ripple effects of Trump’s executive action on refugee resettlement Elizabeth Ferris Thursday, January 26, 2017 The international refugee system, constructed in the aftermath of World War II, has enabled millions of refugees in every region to find safety in other countries. President Trump’s expected action to […]
‘This is an immigrant town and we are a sanctuary city’ Rachael Revesz New York @RachaelRevesz Hours before President Trump enforces a Muslim ban and hours after he ordered federal agents to start building the wall along the Mexican border, Muslim leaders held an emergency rally to protest the executive […]
Reuters International JAN 25, 2017 – U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a meeting with business leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (reuters_tickers) By Julia Edwards Ainsley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting […]
Source: The Local By Luigi Albonico, Peter Maxwill, Vladimir Otasevic, Charlotte Teunis and Katharina Wecker The large number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Africa to Italy continues unabated, […]
Tama Salim, Haeril Halim and Hans Nicholas JongThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Wed, January 18, 2017 Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi (left, seated) talks to Rohingya Muslims at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, beside Bangladesh’s border with Myanmar on Tuesday. (Courtesy of Foreign Ministry/File) The government has […]
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON JANUARY 13, 2017 How to preserve identity roots when trying to integrate in a new cultural environment? Halah Al-Hayik offered her perspective as Diversity Management expert to Sharehaus Refugio’s heterogeneous audience. According to the leitmotiv of Sharehaus Refugio of promoting an integration policy on the basis […]