They’ve come from as far as Iran and Afghanistan, Somalia and Myanmar. But the children are now stuck on Nauru, a desolate island in the South Pacific that’s little more than eight miles square. They’re caught in a strict Australian immigration system that has left them stranded. Some of them have become so depressed after …
Children trapped in Greek Island camps attempting suicide and self-harm
Medical teams working with asylum seekers on Greek islands are seeing multiple cases each week of minors who have attempted suicide or otherwise harmed themselves, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said, calling for the immediate evacuation of vulnerable people, especially children, to the Greek mainland or within the European Union. More …
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US to slash refugee admissions to historic low of 30,000
The US will allow no more than 30,000 refugees into the country in the coming year, down by a third from last year’s cap, the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has announced. The latest cut reflects a victory by White House hardliners on immigration over both the state department and the Pentagon. When Donald Trump took …
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Morocco to deport 141 migrants arrested at Spanish enclave fence
Morocco said on October 22 it would deport 141 migrants who were arrested a day earlier as they tried to storm a border fence with the Spanish enclave of Melilla. One migrant died after falling off the seven-meter high metal barrier on Sunday, while 22 others and 12 security personnel were injured, the interior ministry …
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Swedish student who refused to sit down on flight in effort to stop man’s deportation to Afghanistan is indicted
A student who livestreamed her dramatic efforts on a plane to stop an asylum seeker from being deported to Afghanistan in July was indicted by Swedish prosecutors on October 19. Elin Ersson, 21, a student at the University of Gothenburg and a volunteer with refugee groups, had her broadcast go viral as she attempted to stop a …
Six-year-old Denis will be deported in Sweden
Denis, 6, applied for a residence permit in Sweden. The boy applied as accompanying his mother, who in turn applied for affiliation with a partner. Denis is a Ukrainian citizen, just like his mother, who was found dead in an apartment in Södertälje on March 10 earlier this year. The police arrested a man suspiciously suspicious of …
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Lodi mayor stands by school canteen rule
Lodi Mayor Sara Casanova on October 15 stood by controversial new regulations in the northern city that have seen the children of many migrants unable to have access to school canteens and school bus services. “The regulation will certainly remain in force,” Casanova told ANSA. “The law must always be valid for everyone”. The regulation …
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Hungary’s criminalised homeless struggle to survive
Rough sleeping will be banned in Hungary from October 15 when the government’s law on homelessness comes into force, giving police the power to remove homeless people from the streets and destroy any shelters they may have built. The law, banning “habitual residence in a public space”, was passed by parliament in June and has been called “cruel” …
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Trump says family separations deter illegal immigration
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that separating migrant families at the border could deter illegal immigration and that he was considering several options to tighten border security. In June, Trump abandoned his policy of separating immigrant children from their parents on the U.S.-Mexico border after images of youngsters in cages sparked outrage at …
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Matteo Salvini orders removal of refugees from Riace
Italy’s far-right interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has ordered hundreds of refugees to be moved out of Riace, a small town in Calabria celebrated around the world as a model of integration. The decision, which follows the house arrest earlier this month of the town’s mayor, Domenico Lucano, effectively shuts down a project that also provided work …
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