After the death of an unborn baby of a female asylum seeker from Armenia in Berlin, criminal charges have been pressed for neglected support against two employees of the security service at a center in Lichtenberg, Berlin. The woman, together with her husband, had been hosted at the center for two months. She was nine months …
Italy’s Matteo Salvini rails against EU migration policy
The EU’s migration policy ignores problems faced by countries most affected by asylum seekers across the Mediterranean, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini complained on Sunday. Mr Salvini, also Italian Deputy Prime Minister, criticised the central roles played by France and Germany in setting migration policy for the EU. “Enough of making choices only in Paris …
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Border patrol agent in Texas accused of harassing migrant child’s mother
A US Border Patrol agent from Clint, Texas is accused of using Facebook to harass the mother of a 12-year-old migrant child who was in custody, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. According to the report, “a U.S. Border Patrol agent allegedly sought out an undocumented Guatemalan woman living in California, sent her Facebook messages and …
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UN special rapporteur slams Hungary’s treatment of migrants
The UN special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe Gonzalez Morales, fiercely criticized Hungary’s treatment of migrants in recent years. He also accused the country’s government of hijacking the perceived threat posed by a falsely perceived migrant influx for political gains, perpetuating the ruling Fidesz Party’s strongly anti-immigrant stance. There was “no mass …
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Trump moves to deny asylum to most migrants transiting US-Mexico border
According to a new rule published in the Federal Register, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border. The rule, expected to go into effect Tuesday, also applies to children who have crossed the border alone. The rule applies to anyone arriving at the U.S.-Mexico …
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US: Border agent sexually assaults underage migrant
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday said authorities are investigating an alleged sexual assault that took place in a border protection center in Arizona after a complaint from a detained underage migrant. According to NBC News that has obtained an internal report, the 15-years-old girl from Central American country Honduras said a CBP …
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Former Norwegian minister sentenced to jail for sexually abusing asylum seekers
Svein Ludvigsen was sentenced to five years in jail for having sexually abused three young asylum seekers when he was a regional governor. Between 2011 and 2017, Ludvigsen reportedly demanded sex in exchange for granting a stay permit and threatened expulsion if the asylum seeker refused. Norway is in shock over the conviction of former …
Italy’s Salvini shuts Europe’s one-time largest migrant centre
A migrant centre on the Italian island of Sicily which had been one of the largest of its kind in Europe has been officially shut down. Interior Minister Matteo Salvini attended the closure of the Mineo centre, which at its peak housed more than 4,000 people. The leader of the populist, right-wing League party, has …
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Athens police poised to evict refugees from squatted housing projects
It’s just after 5am in the central Athens neighbourhood of Exarcheia. A group of Afghans and Iranians are sitting down together for breakfast in the middle of the street, with a banner that reads “No Pasaran” (“They shall not pass”) strung between the buildings above their heads. They laugh and joke as they help themselves …
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Spain to allow Open Arms migrants to disembark in Mallorca
Open Arms say they understand that the Spanish government will allow them to disembark in Mallorca, as it is the nearest Spanish port to the embattled vessel. “Now, after 18 days of stagnation, Italy and Spain seem to have reached an agreement, identifying Mallorca as a port of disembarkation,” it said in a press release. …
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