More than 40 Somali refugees have been killed in an attack on a boat off the coast of Yemen while attempting to flee the country’s brutal civil war. Coastguard authorities in the Houthi rebel stronghold of Hodeida said a helicopter gunship attacked the vessel they were travelling on in the Red Sea. A Yemeni people …
Danish opposition party demands immigrants celebrate Christmas ‘if they want to be Danish’
A right-wing political party in Denmark is calling for refugees and immigrants to celebrate Christmas and other Christian festivals in order to be considered “Danish”, sparking outrage from opponents. Martin Henriksen, the Danish People’s Party (DPP) immigration spokesperson, said going to church would put new arrivals “on the right track”. “We believe that those who …
Rising self-harm, depression seen among refugee children in Greek camps
Children stuck in Greek migrant camps are cutting themselves, attempting suicide and using drugs to cope with “endless misery,” international charity Save the Children said on Thursday. Reuters obtained an advance copy of a report that marks one year since the European Union struck a deal with Turkey to stem the flow of refugees and …
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Danish minister sparks furious backlash after celebrating tougher immigration laws with cake
A Danish minister has sparked a furious backlash after she shared a photo celebrating increased immigration controls. Integration minister Inger Støjberg posted the photograph of a celebration cake to social media after her 50th amendment to tighten immigration controls was ratified earlier this week. The minister is seen holding a cake featuring the number 50 …
Amid Libya’s chaos, human traffickers have free rein
On February 21, the bodies of 74 migrants were found by the Libyan Red Crescent on the shore of Zawiya, a Libyan town known for being a capital of fuel smuggling and human trafficking. A Zawiya resident said he was on the beach as Red Crescent volunteers filled dozens of body bags. “The first thing …
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Syrian refugee sets himself on fire in Greece camp
A Syrian refugee set himself on fire at a migrant camp on the Greek island of Chios on Thursday in despair over his bid to gain asylum, the Greek news agency ANA reported. Video footage, posted on Twitter by the BBC’s Greece correspondent, showed a young man holding a petrol can and addressing camp residents, …
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Father forced to abandon new born baby in Malaysia amid Trump’s chaotic Muslim ban
It was an excruciating choice that no family should ever have to make. Should they stay together with their two young daughters and miss perhaps their only chance to escape the horrors of war, or should they make a break for freedom but leave their year-old baby behind in a foreign land half-way around the …
Human waste found in Coca-Cola cans in UK, spokesperson blame it on migrants
A Northern Ireland Coca-Cola factory recently found ‘human waste’ in their Coke cans. The beverage giant and Northern Ireland authorities are investigating the incident. Coke says no contaminated cans made it onto the market, but did not comment on whether “human waste” is the cause of the ubiquitous soft drink’s aftertaste. The factory, which is …
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Germany’s right-wing populist AfD party demands ‘immediate closure of borders’ and Islamic headscarf ban in election manifesto
The right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party called for closing borders, restricting Islamic practices and fighting the ruling ‘oligarchy’ in its election campaign programme released on Thursday. Polling at around 11 per cent now, the four-year-old AfD aims to become the first party to the right of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc to enter …
146 migrants feared missing after boat capsizes in Mediterranean
About 146 migrants are feared missing after their boat capsized after leaving Libya, according to a Gambian man who was rescued following the disaster, the United Nations’ refugee agency said Wednesday. The vessel left on Sunday or Monday from Sabratha, northwestern Libya, with five children and several pregnant women among those on board, the Gambian …
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