Tag: refugees
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18 migrants drowned after boat capsized near the Libyan coast
A migrant boat with more than 100 people capsized near the Libyan town of Sabratha earlier this week on Tuesday morning. Libyan authorities have stated that up to 18 people have died with up to 90 survivors. Survivors include up to 31 Sudanese nationals, 18 individuals from Bangladesh and 12 individuals from Pakistan. Maltese HeraldNewsroom…
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Why was the case of Iryna Zarutska so prominent? Some statistics on femicide in the US
On August 22nd, Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was brutally murdered by stabbing while riding on a light-rail train in Charlotte, North Caroline. The suspect, a Black male called Decarlos Brown Junior was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. The murder was brutal, horrific, senseless and unprovoked and the whole incident was captured on video via…
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Freedom Flotilla saves four Sudanese migrants from the Libyan coastguard
An incident occurred yesterday morning in which the Freedom Flotilla, en route to Gaza, rescued Sudanese migrants in distress at sea. The Flotilla’s vessel “Madleen” received a distress alert from Frontex while sailing between Crete and Libya, reporting that a rubber dinghy was in trouble. The crew of the Madleen notified Greek and Egyptian authorities…
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says voluntary returns to Aleppo will increase
Speaking at an event in Istanbul on Friday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that voluntary returns of Syrian refugees to Aleppo will increase. Turkey hosts up to 4 million Syrian refugees, with two million of them coming from Aleppo. Aleppo was besieged and conquered by the Syrian Army aided by Russian airstrikes and Hezbollah militants…
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Brief interview with Norwegian Refugee Council Communications Advisor on the state of Sudanese refugees
Karl Schembri who is a Communications Advisor with the Norwegian Refugee Council has just been to Chad visiting Sudanese refugees and overseeing humanitarian work by the NRC. He also visited Geniena in Darfur which is currently under the control of the Rapid Support Forces. The Sudanese Armed Forces is currently conducting an offensive to to…
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Syrian dissidents and refugees in Lebanon have become the official scapegoats for both Hezbollah and the Lebanese Army
The Lebanese Army and security forces are arresting Syrian refugees dissidents and refugees in Lebanon accusing them of being Mossad spies and handing over information to Israel about Hezbollah. These arrests are coming after a wave of scapegoating via rumors by Al-Jazeera (Arabic) and Hezbollah about Syrian refugees being Mossad spies. Syrian refugees have also…
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi meets Bashar al-Assad in Damascus to discuss Lebanon’s refugee problem
There were surreal scenes earleir this week in Damascus as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met with Syria’s dictator, President Bashar al-Assad to discuss Lebanon’s refugee problem. Since 2011 Bashar al-Assad retained his power in Syria through a brutal war imposed on his population by his army and foreign proxies including…
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Turkish far-right group publishes personal details of 3.5 million Syrian refugees
Syrian refugees in Turkey have been victims of increasing acts of violence and racism during the past few weeks in the backdrop of discussions between the Syrian Assad regime and Turkish government over normalising relationships. Yesterday, a far-right Turkish group on Telegram, published the personal details of 3.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey with a…
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Riots against Syrians in the city of Kayseri in Turkey
There were riots against Syrian refugees yesterday night in the Turkish city of Kayseri, after a Syrian national sexually molested a five-year old boy. Houses, vehicles and workplaces of Syrian refugees were burned by locals. Syrian refugees in Turkey and Lebanon are frequently subjected to racism and are also convenient scapegoats for the economic crises…
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If Europe takes Gazan refugees, it should be in a position to negotiate with Israel for a Palestinian state on behalf of Palestinians
Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli hard right are pushing the proposal of displacing Gazans into the Sinai Desert, and even to Europe, namely to Greece and Spain, according to a document by the Intelligence Ministry. Some cabinet and government MPs such as Itamar Ben-Gvir have also demanded the return of Gaza to Israel. Europe has…
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Egyptian President Al-Sisi tells the Gazans to stay in Gaza
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has told Gazans that they should remain in Gaza for the sake of the Palestinian cause. The statement comes after pressure from the US on both Egypt and Israel to collaborate together on the opening of the Rafah Crossing. Egypt has long refused to open the Rafah Crossing fearing it…
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Europe is not Norway: a reply to Francesca De Benedetti’s article on Ursula von der Leyen
There’s a very good reason why Norway’s economy could fly off higher than most of everyone’s else in Europe: they have gas and oil and they have lots of them. Denmark too enjoyed the benefits of oil and gas exports while Sweden and Finland’s economic success has a history of industrialisation based on a center-left…
