October 18, 2024

East West for Rights and Freedoms

Tag: immigrants

The German Interior Minister is again causing controversy by trying to repeal the “warning to immigrants” before their deportation

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German media report that the Federal Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser, proposes in a discussion draft to abolish the guarantee in the Residence Act to warn immigrants with a toleration AKA “Duldung” before their deportation. The “Süddeutsche Zeitung” first published another section of the minister’s controversial draft decision on deportation. According to the draft,…

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A study shows: More than 80% of immigrants feel a sense of belonging to Germany, despite the increase in attacks

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An investigative study revealed that more than 80% of immigrants and their children in Germany feel connected to their new homeland, indicating that immigrants’ exposure to discrimination stands as an obstacle to strengthening a culture of belonging. The study, conducted by the Council of Experts on Integration and Migration, showed that 46.2% of immigrants feel…

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

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  “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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According to a recent report: Barriers to enrollment of immigrant children in daycare centers in Germany

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A recent report revealed that immigrant families in Germany have considerable difficulty finding a place for their children in a daycare center. In contrast, the report indicates that German children have easier access to such facilities. According to The Expert Council of German Institutions for Integration and Migration (SVR), which conducted the study, children with…

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Despite the militarization of borders
France: The number of migrants to Britain across the English Channel is rising

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The police reinforcements by Paris did not succeed in reducing the number of migrants crossing the English Channel towards Britain. Rather, the past two months witnessed an increase in the number of departures, as a result of the smugglers’ use of new methods. The French departments of “Nord-de-Calais” and “Pas-de-Calais” recorded more boat departures in…

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The most prominent manifestations of Islamophobia in Amsterdam… Discrimination at work, hate campaigns, and the persecution of women who wear hijab

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A recent study revealed that Muslims in Amsterdam are regularly discriminated against and feel that Islamophobia is becoming increasingly normalized in society. Participants in the study gave several examples of the manifestations of discrimination against Muslims in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam, such as difficulties finding work because of their religion, the spread of hate speech…

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Germany… Church asylum saves an Iraqi couple from deportation

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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…

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