Bibikhal Uzbek was 105 years old when she made the journey to the Swedish village of Hova in 2015 from her home in Afghanistan’s Kunduz through Iran, Turkey and the Balkans. Weeks from her 107th birthday, she has been told she must go back as the Swedish migration agency has turned down her application for …
Category: Refugees
Refugees encouraged to become prostitutes by security guards at German shelters
Employees of German security companies have been encouraging refugees to become prostitutes, social workers inside these Berlin firms told German broadcaster ZDF on Tuesday. The social workers claimed that the “pimp network” at refugee shelters in capital Berlin was also targeting minors. Security guards at these institutions would reportedly make the first contact with their …
12 dead as boat carrying Rohingya sinks near Bangladesh
Twelve Rohingya Muslims, including six children, drowned after their boat capsized as they fled Myanmar, Bangladeshi police said Monday. Moinuddin Chowdhury, the senior officer at Teknaf police station, which lies on the Bangladeshi side of the mouth of the River Naf, said a further six people were thought missing. The Bangladesh Coast Guard and border …
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Japan accepts 3 refugees in first half of 2017, despite record asylum seekers
Japan accepted just three refugees in the first half of 2017 despite receiving a record 8,561 fresh asylum applications, the government said on Tuesday, highlighting the nation’s reluctance to accept foreigners. Only four refugees were accepted in the first half of 2016, when fresh asylum applications totaled 5,011, the Justice Ministry said. The Human Rights …
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At least 12 dead, scores missing in Rohingya boat capsize: officials
At least 12 people died and scores were missing on Monday after a boat packed with Rohingya refugees – many of them children – capsized, the latest tragedy to strike those fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Coast guard and border guard officials said the boat was overloaded with about 100 people when it sank …
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French police ‘use beatings, tear gas and confiscation’ against Calais refugees
Police violence towards refugees in Calais has intensified to “excessive and life-threatening” levels, according to a new report, and the overall situation for unaccompanied minors has deteriorated markedly, a year after the refugee camp there was razed. The report by the Refugee Rights Data Project (RRDP) says French police tactics against the estimated 700 refugees …
“Go back to Morocco” French president Macron tells asylum seeker
On the inauguration day of the 33rd “Restos du Coeur” winter campaign, the president of the republic was firm on the question of his policy of right of asylum. Speaking to the woman who was trying to claim French papers, Macron took his time to explain to her that France cannot hand out citizenship to …
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11-year-old Afghan boy kills himself in refugee camp in Austria
Authorities are investigating the apparent suicide of an 11-year-old Afghan boy at a refugee camp in Austria. The child had reportedly been struggling to help care for his six siblings at the camp in Baden, south of Vienna, where they had lived since last year. He died a day after being taken to hospital in …
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Algerian dies during deportation by Danish police
An Algerian man has died two days after he was treated “roughly” by Danish police on board an aircraft while being deported to Paris, Anadolu reported on Friday. A report in the Danish tabloid Extra Bladet said that the 34-year-old was escorted by police to Copenhagen Airport on Monday for deportation. A struggle apparently took …
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Greek refugee camp reaches ‘critical’ condition
Hundreds of refugees near the Moria camp on the Greek island, Lesvos are facing “critical” conditions due to overpopulation. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, refugees tell tales of need, of the little they have to protect themselves from the rain, the cold, of safety issues and bad sanitation conditions. Sherife al-Hassoun, 65, from Syria’s Deir ez-Zor, …
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