Displaced and Refugees

By Jeffrey H. Cohen | (The Conversation) | – – Following the March 2016 bombings in Brussels, Donald Trump stated: We have to be smart … We’re taking in people without real documentation. We don’t know where they are coming from … they could be ISIS-related. Not to be outdone, Sen. Ted Cruz added: We […]

Will Western powers Respond to HRW’s demand for arms embargo on Saudi Arabia?

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By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – As hundreds of civilians continue to be killed in the ongoing conflict in Yemen, one of the leading human rights organization is calling for an arms embargo – specifically against Saudi Arabia which is leading a coalition of eight countries battling […]

Displaced and Refugees

As EU pays Turkey billions to stop migrants, Anger over ‘unconscionable’ border closures

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By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – As EU and Turkey barter over migrant lives, campaigners decry pay-outs and border closures as ‘unconscionable’ Leaders from the European Union and Turkey on Monday held negotiations over what to do with the unprecedented wave of migrants fleeing war and violence in the […]

Colonialism

Syrian Refugees: Colonial Legacy & the Responsibility of France & UK

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David Peduto | (Informed Comment) | – – The Syrian war has resurrected uncomfortable colonial legacies for France and the United Kingdom. For the French and the British, whose policies in post-World War I Syria shaped the country and the region in profound ways, the 500,000 Syrian refugees who landed in the European Union last […]

Children

Two Children Die Every Day Trying to Cross the Mediterranean

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TeleSur | – – Children make up 36 percent of the those making the perilous migration journey across the sea, often to flee conflicts. As the refugees crisis surges on with thousands of refugees from the Middle East attempting to cross the Mediterranean on route to Europe, two children have drowned every day since September […]

Displaced and Refugees

Trumpism & Europe’s Refugees: Poland says it cannot coexist ‘with Middle East people’

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By Sarantis Michalopoulos | ( EurActiv.com) A dispute over how to shelter 160,000 refugees in Europe got deeper today when Poland said its population is unable to live with people from the Middle East. EurActiv Greece reports. The Dutch EU presidency, helped by Germany, Italy and Greece, is trying to convince Eastern European countries to […]

Displaced and Refugees

Turkey must not strand new Wave of Syrian Refugees, & nor should Europe

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Human Rights Watch | – – (Istanbul) – Turkey should allow Syrians at its border fleeing the fighting in and around Aleppo to seek protection in Turkey, Human Rights Watch said today. Forcing people to remain in a war zone, where they risk death and injury, is no solution to the challenge of protecting Syrians […]

Displaced and Refugees

Failed Syria Talks raise specter of new Refugee wave, Misery in Mideast, Europe

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By Alpaslan Ozerdem | (The Conversation | – – The Syrian civil war and the refugee crisis it has caused is the greatest humanitarian disaster facing the world right now. But while Europe is often portrayed – in Europe – as the epicentre of the refugee crisis, the reality is completely different. The forced migration […]

Displaced and Refugees

Canada offers world example in integrating Syrian refugees

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By Sarantis Michalopoulos | ( EurActiv.com ) | – – While EU politicians are still bickering over their share of the burden of refugees in Europe, Canada is seeking ways to rapidly integrate 25,000 Syrians into its society. Speaking to journalists in Brussels last week, David Manicom, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and […]