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The business of building walls
Nov 15, 2019 03:15As Europe marked the fall of the Berlin Wall, it is tragic that so many new walls have been built across Europe to keep out the most vulnerable people on the planet.
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Turkish forces begin to establish base in northern Syria weeks after incursion
Nov 14, 2019 13:19Turkish army troops have begun setting up a military base in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah, weeks after the forces, backed by allied militants, launched a cross-border incursion against members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG).
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The US will soon dump many asylum seekers in Guatemala
Nov 11, 2019 12:31If forced by the United States to return to Guatemala, Central American asylum seekers will have little protection from misogynistic attacks. The Guatemalan government, in many cases, has been unable or unwilling to prosecute people accused of brutality against women.
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Italians protest ex-Minister Salvini’s immigration ‘hate-decree’
Nov 10, 2019 05:33Refugees and pro-migrant activists have staged a rally in the Italian capital, Rome, protesting a tough immigration bill that was introduced during former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s time in office.
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French police clear 2 refugee camps in Paris
Nov 07, 2019 09:15Police in France have cleared two refugee camps in northern Paris, moving hundreds of people to designated centers, as the French government tightens the country’s immigration policy.
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Two Greek towns protest refugee transfers to mainland sites
Nov 03, 2019 14:02Protesters in two towns in northern Greece took to the streets Sunday to rally against the transfer of migrants from the Greek islands to sites on the mainland.
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Greater Mid East project of chaos: The management of savagery
Nov 01, 2019 11:06The refugee crises coming out of the West Asia-North Africa region, generated by the forever wars of Washington and accompanying economic sanctions – or more accurately illegal unilateral coercive measures and economic terrorism – have consequently fueled xenophobia both in the US and abroad.
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Poland, Hungary break EU laws by refusing to host migrants: Court adviser
Oct 31, 2019 16:43Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic broke the EU law by refusing to take in asylum seekers coming to the European Union during the chaotic summer of 2015, an advisory body to the bloc's highest court said on Thursday.
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For immigrants, Trump is making America crueler again (2)
Oct 28, 2019 07:39US President Donald Trump’s policies damage the international response to the growing global refugee crisis. In sharp contradiction to the spirit of the 1980 Refugee Act, which states that “it is the policy of the United States to encourage all nations to provide assistance and resettlement opportunities to refugees to the fullest extent possible,” American influence under Trump has moved in exactly the opposite direction.
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For immigrants, Trump is making America crueler again (1)
Oct 27, 2019 18:15US President Donald Trump’s policies damage the international response to the growing global refugee crisis. In sharp contradiction to the spirit of the 1980 Refugee Act, which states that “it is the policy of the United States to encourage all nations to provide assistance and resettlement opportunities to refugees to the fullest extent possible,” American influence under Trump has moved in exactly the opposite direction.