A total of 204 migrants died at sea off Libya between 29 June and July 1 while the total number of migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea so far this year has crossed over 1,000, according to the UN migration agency, IOM, on July 1. “From Friday to Sunday, close to 1,000 migrants were …
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A knife-wielding attacker stormed into a 3-year-old’s birthday party and slashed nine people at an Idaho apartment complex that provides housing to refugees, Boise police said Sunday. Six of the victims were ages 3-12, and the others were adults, Police Chief William Bones said. Four of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, he said, and some injuries will …
In a small town in northern Austria, Sylvia Hochstoeger never imagined she would become the figurehead for a protest movement. But it was the threat of expulsion hanging over Shafi, an Afghan apprentice training at her business, which forced her to fight against an “absurd” situation. “They tell you that integration is the most important …
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Despite a decision by the European Court of Human Rights to halt the evacuation of a Roma camp in northern Rome, Italian police and municipal authorities evicted its roughly 300 residents on July 26. The operation at Camping River started in the early morning and deployed a large police contingent, continuing throughout the day. By early afternoon, …
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Government policy states that minors must appear in immigration court for their scheduled removal hearings. If the asylum case is denied, the minor ends up back in immigration court for an asylum hearing before an immigration judge. However, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has stripped immigration judges of the authority to administratively close cases, and gutted well-established asylum case law. So that …
Two homeless men in Berlin suffered serious injuries after an unknown perpetrator doused them in a liquid and set them on fire. Witnesses reportedly put out the blaze with a fire extinguisher from a nearby snack shop. Police are looking for clues after two homeless men were set on fire at the Schöneweide suburban train …
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German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has confirmed his offer of resignation, rather than back down from his stance on migration. He will meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU on July 1 for last-ditch talks. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has confirmed his offer of resignation from both from the cabinet and as CSU leader within the next three days, …
Hungary will quit a U.N. migration pact before its final approval, it said on Wednesday, calling the agreement a “threat to the world”. The Global Compact For Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was approved on Friday by all 193 U.N. member nations except the United States, which pulled out last year. But Hungary, led by …
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At least 19 people drowned on Wednesday when a boat carrying more than a hundred Syrian migrants sank off the coast of Northern Cyprus, Turkish Anadolu news agency reports. The exact number of passengers on board is unknown, but believed to be around 150. The Coast Guard of the partially recognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus …
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Four million refugee children do not attend school, an increase of half a million from a year earlier, a UN report warned on Aug. 29. “While the population uprooted by wars and persecution is on the rise worldwide, the numbers of refugee children enrolled in schools is failing to keep pace,” a new report by …
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