Category: Refugees

German interior minister renews call for stricter deportation laws

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Germany’s Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said asylum-seekers who commit violent crimes must leave the country, after a group of apparently drunken teenagers attacked a dozen people in the Bavarian town of Amberg. “If existing laws are not sufficient, they must be changed,” Seehofer told Wednesday’s edition of Germany’s Bild newspaper. “The events in Amberg are very troubling. This is excessive violence which …

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Italy’s Di Maio repeats attack on French policies in Africa

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Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio on Monday reiterated that France’s policies in Africa were creating poverty and causing migration, hours after France summoned the Italian ambassador to Paris to protest his assertions. “France is one of those countries that by printing money for 14 African states prevents their economic development and contributes to the …

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U.S. agents fire tear gas into Mexico at ‘violent mob’ near border

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U.S. border agents launched tear gas into Mexico early on January 1 to deter a group of migrants that one official called “a violent mob” from crossing over from Tijuana, according to a Reuters witness and the U.S. government. Clouds of the noxious gas could be seen wafting up from around the fence at the border. …

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4 Arizona women convicted for leaving water for migrants

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Four aid workers were convicted on charges connected to their efforts to leave food and water for migrants in an Arizona wildlife refuge along the U.S.-Mexico border. The volunteers, who are members of the faith-based humanitarian aid group No More Deaths, were caught on Aug. 13, 2017, by a Federal Wildlife officer as they left water …

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Germany deports record number of refugees

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In 2018, more refugees were transferred from Germany to other EU member states than ever before, according to an Interior Ministry report obtained by German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung. The report was a response to a parliamentary inquiry by the Left Party. Some 8,658 asylum-seekers who were required to leave Germany did so between January and the end …

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Austria proposes preventative detention for asylum-seekers

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Austria’s right-wing government announced plans on Monday to hold asylum seekers in so-called preventative “security detention” if they are found to pose a potential threat to the public. The constitutional amendment would enable Austrian authorities to detain asylum-seekers without first securing a court order. In order to hold someone in preventative detention, authorities would need to …

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Norwegian PM warns migrants: Learn the language or lose benefits

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Starting in 2020, immigrants to Norway must display a sufficient command of the Norwegian language in order to be entitled to social assistance. At present, immigrants are heavily over-represented in the list of welfare recipients. Norway’s Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg has announced stricter requirements for eligibility for social assistance, the newspaper Nettavisen reported. In 2017, the Norwegian …

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Council of Europe slams Greece over refugee camp conditions

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The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) raised concerns Tuesday over the “inhuman and degrading” conditions in Greece’s refugee camps. The committee’s report said the situation was particularly alarming at the Fylakio camp near the Turkish border — one of the “hot spots” set up with backing from the EU to …

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Australia to reopen controversial Christmas Island detention camp

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The Australian government said that it would reopen a mothballed island detention camp in anticipation of a new wave of asylum seekers arriving by boat after Parliament passed legislation that would give sick asylum seekers easier access to mainland hospitals. The Christmas Island immigration detention camp, south of Jakarta, Indonesia, was a favorite target of …

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Australia PM seeks to block bill on sick asylum seekers

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Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison is campaigning to block a bill that would let sick asylum seekers in offshore centres get treatment in Australia. Mr Morrison said the bill would “take control from the government”, and “unleash a world of woe”. Australia has sent asylum seekers who arrive by boat to detention centres on the …

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