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Amid criticism from rights groups
Belgium: We will receive refugees from families only… and there is no room for single men

September 28, 20232 mins

The Belgian government did not find a way to overcome the shortage of places allocated to accommodate refugees, other than taking a controversial decision to suspend granting accommodation to unmarried men. The Minister of State for Asylum and Immigration, Nicole De Moor, explained that all places in the reception facilities will be allocated to families,…

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Oxfam sounds the alarm
Climate change may cause the number of migrants to rise to 216 million by 2050

September 25, 20234 mins

In a recent report, the non-governmental organization Oxfam expected famine to rise by a third in the worst climate zones, and explained that the number of climate migrants worldwide may rise to 216 million people by 2050, noting that the response of rich countries to these challenges is still much less than expected. In a…

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Targeting Germany, Spain and Norway
Madrid announces the dismantling of a network smuggling Syrian immigrants across 3 continents

September 11, 20233 mins

The Spanish authorities announced the dismantling of a network dedicated to smuggling Syrian refugees via a route that crosses three continents by air, sea and land, in exchange for 20 thousand euros each. The Spanish police said in a statement, Sunday, August 13, that it dismantled “in Spain the logistical structure of a criminal organization…

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MPs described the situation as “disgraceful”… Britain evacuates a ship of immigrants due to water contamination

September 7, 2023September 7, 20236 mins

“Ridiculous” and “Disgraceful”… This is how British newspapers described the government’s decision to evacuate the barge “Bibby Stockholm”, on Friday, August 11, with 39 migrants on board, who had been transferred to it a few days earlier, after discovering a potentially deadly bacteria in the water system. The discovery of the contamination of the…

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German Interior Minister proposes the deporting of clan members in violation of the law! A categorical rejection of the Green Party

August 27, 20237 mins

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser of the Social Democratic Party proposed deporting members of “criminal” Arab clans even without committing a crime, which sparked widespread controversy in human rights circles. The draft paper notes that “members of organized crime communities” can lose their right to residency “regardless if they have a criminal conviction.” A spokesman…

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Will refugees receiving unemployment benefits be forced to work?

August 23, 20235 mins

Media outlets have revealed calls by a major German party to force more than half a million refugees, who receive unemployment benefits, to work, amid human rights criticism calling for considering their conditions. The “Christian Democratic Union” (the largest party in the country) called for forcing refugees to enter the labor market, noting that about…

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Criminals are not welcome… A Syrian was arrested in Germany on suspicion of committing “crimes against humanity”

August 20, 20235 mins

Germany announced the arrest of a Syrian national “on strong suspicion of committing war crimes against humanity in Syria” between 2012 and 2015. German prosecutors said in a statement on August 3 that the suspect identified as “Ahmad H.” worked as a local commander of the “Shabiha” militia integrated into the National Defense Militia in…

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Looking into the role of Frontex
Europe opens an investigation into the tragic drowning of migrants off the Greek coast

August 15, 20236 mins

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…

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Rights groups attack a British plan to place asylum seekers in camps

August 13, 20233 mins

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…

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They are subjected to slavery and forced to work.. An investigation has been opened into the disappearance of hundreds of refugee minors from British hotels

August 9, 2023August 13, 20234 mins

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…

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Human rights organization: Arab refugees held in a camp on the Greek island of Kos

August 8, 20236 mins

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…

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