Despite the continuous efforts of the British authorities to prevent the arrival of immigrants to their lands, the number of arrivals to the coasts of the Kingdom amounted to more than 3 thousand immigrants during the month of July alone. The bad weather, the wind and the dangerous road did not hinder those wishing to…
The European Union’s Rights Monitoring Authority opened an investigation into the sinking of a migrant boat off the coast of Greece on June 14, with more than 500 asylum seekers on board, resulting in hundreds of victims. The investigation deals with whether the European Border and Coast Guard Agency “Frontex” of the European Union carried…
The High Court in London said that Britain has been illegally housing unaccompanied minor refugees in reception hotels for more than a year, to prevent them from getting the necessary protection from local authorities. In its ruling on July 27, the court found that Kent County Council, where migrants arrive after crossing the English Channel,…
British media outlets have accused Home Secretary Soella Braverman of adopting “horrific” and “cruel” plans over a proposal to house asylum seekers in camps, just weeks after the British House of Commons passed the Stop the Boats Act. The Independent reported on Saturday 29 July that the Home Office is working on contingency plans for…
The Swedish migration authority is reconsidering the residence permit granted to an Iraqi refugee who was behind several incidents of desecration of the Quran in Stockholm in recent weeks enraging Muslims around the world. According to the Swedish News Agency (TT), the man has a temporary residence permit in Sweden that is scheduled to expire…
The Home Office is moving to reopen an investigation into the disappearance of hundreds of minor refugees in the United Kingdom, amid human rights criticism of the Office’s intention to reopen a “notorious” hotel to receive minor refugees in Brighton. According to an investigation by the British newspaper “The Guardian”, dozens of children seeking asylum…
The non-governmental organization “Aegean Boat Report” revealed that the Greek authorities held about 14 Arab refugees in a camp on the Greek island of Kos after they appeared in a video last month in which they were talking about being beaten while their hands were tied and their eyes blindfolded, which caused a great uproar…
An Iraqi couple went through difficult months fearing deportation to refugee camps in Poland, just before the German authorities decided at the last minute to cancel the deportation and consider their requests for church asylum. In an effort to obtain protection, the Kurdish family lived under the roof of the Protestant Church, but their lives…
Mohammed Atef I was petrified after the announcement of the results of the presidential elections in the summer of 2014, I knew that it was the end. Some lost hope in the revolution after the massacre of Mohammed Mahmoud in November 2011, others lost it after the massacre of the Cabinet that took place a…
Mohammed Atef Migration and asylum are among the main themes that are always raised in the political arena and in the media scene in Germany. In this article, we briefly present the position of the main German political parties towards that sensitive issue. The Alternative for Germany (AFD) On the far right, there is…
The German Chancellor: “Germany has become the country of hope for immigrants” The Free Democratic Party: “Now is not the time to ease citizenship procedures” The Minister of Interior: “Those who oppose the reform must reach the twenty-first century” The Christian Social Union: “This reform thwarts the immigrants’ integration plan” The Chairwoman of the Federal…
It’s not just a fleeting distress or pain among others shouldered by Arab immigrants who are in voluntary or compulsory exile, but it’s rather an eerie obsession that keeps them up at night and haunts their thoughts during the day. Not a single day, not even a moment, goes by, on the numerous and varied…
