Thousands of people from war-torn countries crossed the so-called Western Balkans migration route from Greece, across Macedonia, and to Serbia, on their way to Hungary. But many people who were transiting have been stranded in Serbia and are now living in overcrowded camps. The refugee surge waned after the closure of the migration route in …
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Canadians perceive themselves as unusually tolerant and welcoming — but that’s simply not the case, a new study suggests. Canadian attitudes toward immigration are in line with those of Americans and Europeans, and the potential exists for it to become a divisive issue, according to the study titled “Canadian Exceptionalism: are we good or are …
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Hungary will submit proposals to the EU to protect Europe’s borders by automatically detaining any asylum seeker for the whole period of their asylum application, according to the government’s chief spokesman, Zoltán Kovács. Kovács claimed Donald Trump’s election in the US was contributing to “a change of mood in Europe” that vindicated the Hungarian prime …
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The European Union prides itself on being a bloc of fairness, justice and equality. But is it ignoring abuses against refugees in Eastern Europe? It’s not just heads of state who have launched an all-out assault on refugees. Public officials, policemen—and an overwhelming majority of the public have joined in. 1. Hungary “Every single migrant …
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Man carrying asylum application papers found dead close to a passenger ferry terminal in Greece’s biggest port. Greek authorities are investigating the apparent suicide of a man, believed to be a refugee, at the port of Piraeus. The man, who was carrying asylum application papers, was found hanged early on Monday close to a passenger …
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A Sri Lankan Bangor University student has had her deportation rescinded by the UK’s Immigration minister after a last ditch meeting with her MP finally forced a U-turn. Plaid Cymru’s Hywel Williams announced the decision late this evening that Shiromini Satkunarajah and her mother Roshina were being released immediately from Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre …
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Hungary was due to begin detaining asylum-seekers in shipping-container camps on its southern border with Serbia on Tuesday. Asylum-seekers entering Hungary as well as those already in the country will be confined in camps while their applications are processed. A statement by the interior ministry said the country’s prison service installed 324 shipping container homes …
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There is a so-called “Refugee Hunter” called Dinko Valev who has become infamous within Bulgaria and the EU for assaulting and illegally detaining asylum seekers who he finds have entered Bulgaria from the Turkish border. There are also other far-right groups copying the actions of the “Refugee Hunter” such as the Association for the Protection …
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More than 200 migrants are feared dead after their capsized boats sank off the coast of Libya. Five bodies were pulled out of the water earlier on Thursday, but aid workers from Spanish organisation Poractiva Open Arms believe at total of 240 people may have been crammed onto the two overturned vessels. Migrant numbers from …
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night for almost three years, Nicoleta Bolos lay awake at night on a dirty mattress in an outhouse in Sicily’s Ragusa province, waiting for the sound of footsteps outside the door. As the hours passed, she braced herself for the door to creak open, for the metallic clunk of a gun being placed on the …
