Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) held a briefing on Wednesday on their search and rescue efforts in the Mediterranean Sea for refugees and migrants fleeing violence. During the briefing, MSF Coordinator aboard the Bourbon Argos rescue ship, Lindis Hurum gave a hair-raising account of her experience aboard vessels, often[…]
OPINION by Ibrahim Vawda – In the Kiswahili language the term “Maafa” means disaster, a terrible incident or a great tragedy. It is also used when referring to the centuries of suffering of people of African Heritage through slavery, imperialism, colonialism, oppression, exploitation and occupation. Similarly, these imperialistic, colonialist designs[…]
Moved by the disturbing image of the Syrian drowned toddler Aylan Kurdi, British Muslim boxing champ Amir Khan is leading an aid campaign to provide help to Syrian refugees who arrive desperately at Greece shores. “It was after I saw the pictures of the innocent children, the kids dying on[…]
The first refugees have arrived near the Croatian frontier, carving out a new route through Europe after Hungary sealed its borders. The development came as German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday called for a special EU refugee summit, urging unity in the European response to the crisis. A group of[…]
One of the main routes used by refugees to reach the safety of the European Union clanged shut on Tuesday, when Hungary formally closed its border with Serbia, finished fortifying a long-promised border fence, and blocked off a pathway that has brought more than 160,000 people into northern Europe since[…]
Under a new immigration law which has come into effect following the failure of European Union ministers to agree on a common strategy, refugees face deportation and jail terms if they enter Hungary illegally. Hungary is on the front-line of Europe’s refugee crisis, with almost 200,000 people travelling up from[…]
From country to another, Syrian refugee Josef Majade was able to make his way to Europe with his little family to escape death in his home country. Reaching Hungary, he was not able to continue the journey after he was separated from three members of his family during the dangerous[…]
One million people may arrive in Germany seeking refugee status this year, up from the record 800,000 arrivals its government had earlier predicted, vice chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said. “There are many signs that Germany this year will take in not 800,000 refugees, as forecast by the interior ministry, but one[…]
Saudi Arabia has defended its efforts to aid Syrians fleeing the conflict in their country, following criticism that Gulf countries have not been taking in enough refugees since the crisis broke out there more than four years ago. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Friday cited an official source in[…]
OPINION by Noah Barkin – Returning from her summer break in mid-August, German Chancellor Angela Merkel raised some eyebrows by describing Europe’s refugee problem as a bigger challenge than the Greece crisis, which had overshadowed all else in the first half of 2015. No one in Germany is questioning her[…]
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