Jordan makes $2.87b appeal under response plan to refugee crisis
by Khetam Malkawi | Dec 04, 2014 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan on Thursday stressed its commitment to supporting Syrian refugees on its territory, but warned that the same level […]
Jordan needs 72 new schools to accommodate refugee children — Majali
AMMAN — Minister of Interior Hussein Majali emphasised at a meeting with Japan’s Ambassador to Jordan Shunichi Sakurai on Monday that Jordan and Japan are bound by strategic and distinguished relations that should be built on in the best interests of the two countries, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. […]
Jordan must not become a bankrupt refugee state
Wednesday, 3 December 2014 Chris Doyle Two brothers faced each other in wheelchairs. Only by sheer accident of fate did these two Syrian refugees find themselves reunited in a small center in central Amman. Every refugee there had a story, each one enough to scar for a lifetime. Many at […]
The Price of Hope: Traffickers Profit as Asylum Seekers Head for Europe By Walter Mayr
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 […]
EU BORDER OPERATIONS: Who will save migrants from a watery grave? By Stefania Summermatter, back from Pozzallo
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 […]
Switzerland: Young refugees demand better conditions
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 […]
Calais migrant crisis: UK police ‘should help’
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 […]
Syrian Hajis eye Kingdom asylum
Haj pilgrims from Syria have refused to return home after completing the pilgrimage citing the ongoing political unrest and have appealed for asylum in the Kingdom. With the deadline for […]
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, […]
Humanitarian crisis: Swiss pledge more funds for refugee crises and Ebola
The government has pledged an additional CHF40 million ($42.2 million) for the victims of the conflicts in Syria and Iraq as well as for efforts to contain the spread of […]
Lebanon: Cash aid for refugees succeeds despite donors’ doubts
BEIRUT: For decades, aid groups have assumed they know what’s best for refugees and the poor; a growing body of evidence suggests they’re wrong. Both academic research and practical experience, […]
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 […]
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, […]
Pakistan’s Original Sin
THE SOUTH ASIA CHANNEL Pakistan’s Original Sin BY USMAN AHMAD OCTOBER 13, 2014 The fields of Hampshire are usually associated with blazing crops of rapeseed and fragrant lavender. But on the final weekend of August, over 30,000 Ahmadi Muslims from all over the world converged on Oakland Farm in East […]
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 […]
Christian Dem, Finns Party MPs propose "Christians-only" quota refugee policy
Finland should primarily accept quota refugees who are Christians, according to two parliamentarians from the Finns and Christian Democratic parties. Finns Party MP Ari Jalonen and Christian Democrat MP Sauli […]