The age of child refugees being brought to the United Kingdom from the Calais Jungle camp in northern France, has got considerable attention from the British media suggesting that those arriving in Britain on Monday may not be under 18. An anti-humanitarian reaction has come from a Conservative deputy, David Davis calling for child refugees …
On Greek islands, children of war hungry for school
Standing with a group of children outside a refugee camp on the Greek island of Chios, little Roza can’t wait to get an early start to her day. “Good school, good school!” she beams, her backpack on and pigtails bobbing. Roza, a Syrian Kurd, is one of a small group of children in Greece’s island …
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Dozens of refugees protest conditions in Madrid detention center
Dozens of refugees held in a detention center in Madrid have protested, climbing on the building’s roof, a spokesperson for the city’s mayor said. “We don’t know the exact number, 30 or 40. They climbed onto the roof and the police are there attempting to negotiate,” the spokesperson for Madrid mayor Manuela Carmena said Wednesday, …
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Calais camp children arrive in UK, concerns raised over ages of 14 child refugees
Fourteen “teenagers” on Monday arrived in the UK from Calais as a fast-track system was launched to transfer youngsters from the “Jungle” camp before it is demolished. The Home Office insisted it had “verified” the ages of all the refugees and that all of those who were brought to the UK were aged between 14 …
French police accused of ‘stealing phones and shoes of refugees to stop them leaving Calais Jungle’
French police have been stripping refugees and migrants of their shoes and forcing them to walk in bare feet to deter them from venturing outside the Calais Jungle, The Independent has learned. Refugees failing to comply with officers’ demands have then felt they were being threatened by police officers with force, it has been alleged. …
German AfD leader compares migrants to compost
Politicians across Germany’s political spectrum condemned the leader of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party after she was reported comparing societies including migrants to compost heaps. Frauke Petry, whose party has made big regional gains this year and is expected to win federal parliamentary seats next year, made the comments in a speech in …
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Syrian refugee and daughters found dead in Danish freezer
The bodies of a 27-year-old Syrian woman and her two young children have been found in a freezer in southern Denmark. Officers are searching for the woman’s husband who is also father to the children, aged seven and nine. Police said they were contacted by a member of the woman’s family who had not been …
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Australian community leader slams MP’s anti-Muslim remarks
The head of Australia’s largest Muslim association has slammed claims by the country’s immigration minister that recent terror attacks are the result of a 1970’s decision to allow Lebanese refugees into Australia. Minister Peter Dutton has claimed that many foreign fighters travelling to the Middle East are the offspring of those who arrived in Australia …
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Hungarian inmates build new anti-migrant fence on Serbian border
Hungarian prisoners have finished building the first part of a second anti-migrant fence on Hungary’s southern border with Serbia, state television reported on Monday. Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced the plans for a second fence line in August to reinforce the existing barrier erected last year along the 175-kilometre-long (110-mile-long) border. The risk that the …
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France illegally deports refugee minors to Italy
France has illegally dispatched a number of minors and dozens of adults to Italy, rights groups and a lawyers’ union said on Saturday. The expulsions occurred after a group of youngsters requested protection and access to child services in Breil-sur-Roya, a town on the French-Italian border. The accusation was made by representatives of France’s Human …
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