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In cooperation with the EU
Italy launches a project to support marginalized migrants in 16 cities

December 19, 20236 mins

Italy has launched a project to form a network between different municipalities, to provide assistance to vulnerable and socially marginalized migrants in Italian cities. The European Union is financing the project through the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, amid human rights criticism of “terrible slowdown” on the part of Rome and Milan in the process…

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Hague Municipality: The situation in Ter Apel reception center for asylum seekers is “extremely dangerous”

December 18, 20236 mins

The municipality of The Hague stated that the situation of refugees in the center for asylum seekers in Ter Apel is deteriorating significantly due to the overcrowding in large numbers exceeding its capacity, which threatens refugees with the danger of sleeping in the open, at a time when the extreme right-wing and anti-immigration intensification, Geert…

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Anti-immigrant and anti-Islam
The far-right Party for Freedom wins the Dutch legislative elections

December 14, 20234 mins

The far-right, anti-Islam Party for Freedom (PVV) won 37 seats in the Dutch legislative elections, after almost all the votes were counted, which constituted a “shock to Europe,” given its positions in favor of leaving the European Union and its promises to impose major restrictions on asylum and immigration. Nationalist and far-right leaders across Europe…

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Human rights organization: French police attack migrants “systematically”

December 13, 20234 mins

The coalition of French associations specialized in the “Access to Rights” file confirmed the repeated acts of verbal and physical violence committed against migrants as police were dismantling informal camps in the Ile-de-France region in France, noting that migrants are subjected to “systematic attacks” by the police. In its report on “police and institutional” violence…

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Macron sparks controversy by calling for limiting asylum to those fleeing wars

December 12, 20235 mins

French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his regret that asylum seekers do not always come from countries witnessing wars and conflicts, raising controversy about the extent of his commitment to the right to international protection, which extends under its umbrella to include the vulnerable and persecuted, for various reasons, listed in the Geneva Convention of 1951….

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Netherlands speeds up Palestinian family reunification procedures

December 11, 20234 mins

The Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service has begun taking measures to speed up the procedures for reuniting Palestinian families in the Netherlands with their relatives in Gaza, due to the danger to life there, in light of the ongoing Israeli bombing for 44 days, amid demands to set a short and binding time limit for…

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French Senate adopts a tough immigration bill

December 10, 20234 mins

The French Senate (the upper chamber of parliament) adopted the draft immigration law presented by Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin by a majority of 210 votes to 115 votes, after some of its provisions were significantly tightened, amid objection from political and human rights groups who considered that passing the law would lead to shrinking foreigners’…

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The Albanian opposition criticizes the government over an agreement with Italy to deport migrants to Tirana

December 5, 20234 mins

The signing of an immigration agreement between Albania and Italy sparked widespread controversy in the Albanian capital, Tirana, as the Albanian opposition criticized Prime Minister Edi Rama and expressed its fear of a migration crisis in Albania. The agreement signed by the head of the far-right Italian government, Giorgia Meloni, and her Albanian counterpart, Edi…

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In a precedent
The UK cancels the visa of Egyptian journalist Moataz Matar because of his support for Gaza

November 29, 2023November 29, 20233 mins

The British Home Office revoked the visa of Egyptian opposition TV anchor Moataz Matar, for allegedly supporting the Hamas movement in Gaza, after he took part in a pro-Palestine demonstration. This coincides with France’s deportation of French activist Maryam Abu Daqqa, on charges of supporting the Palestinian resistance. The British Home Office took the decision…

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To address skilled workers’ shortage
Germany approves a new package to accelerate refugees’ access to the labor market

November 22, 20233 mins

The German government has approved a new package of measures to give asylum seekers and people who hold a temporary tolerance residence permit in the country faster access to the labor market. Government sources told the media that the ruling coalition, which includes the Social Democratic Party, to which Chancellor Olaf Scholz belongs, and the…

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France, Germany and Belgium are the worst
Study shows motherhood deprives migrant women of work in OECD countries

November 19, 20236 mins

Two studies published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) revealed that motherhood keeps migrant women away from the labor market in a worrying way in many countries, noting that France, Germany and Belgium are considered the worst in this regard. The two studies, which were published on Monday, October 23, shed light…

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Amidst welcome from human rights groups
Paris: The Administrative Court suspends a decree prohibiting the distribution of food to migrants

November 13, 20234 mins

The French Administrative Court suspended the order banning the distribution of food in specific areas of the 10th and 19th arrondissements of the capital, Paris, about three weeks after the decree was issued. The “Utopia 56” association, the Human Rights League, and the “Union of Solidarity Activists”, which filed an appeal before the Administrative Court,…

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