The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said Sunday that the exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh is “the most urgent refugee emergency in the world” right now. Filippo Grandi told reporters in the Bangladeshi town of Cox’s Bazar that the needs of the more than 430,000 people who have fled terrible violence…
The Alternative for Germany (AfD), which rails against immigration and Islam, is set to become the country’s first hard-right nationalist party to clear the five-percent hurdle and enter parliament in the post-war era. Close to France’s National Front and the UK Independence Party, the AfD is an anti-establishment party that harnesses xenophobia and popular discontent…
Merkel looks set to win a fourth term as Chancellor – but in a wholly different German political landscape (image EPA) Rock music blaring, supporters cheering, Angela Merkel sweeps on to the makeshift stage. Under spotlights hastily rigged above what’s usually an indoor tennis complex, the chancellor is relaxed and smiling as she acknowledges the…
Rosenheim: At a recent election rally in the Bavarian town of Rosenheim, retired truck driver Klaus Harpich had some rare words of encouragement for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The refugee crisis wasn’t her fault, Harpich said in a thick local dialect, as he stood on the town square behind a group of anti-immigration protesters shouting down…
Rights groups concerned as likelihood of drowning increases on ‘most dangerous’ route and as conditions worsen in Libya. Refugees and migrants are dying in the Mediterranean at a quicker rate than last year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported, as rights groups raise alarm over abusive conditions in Libya – now the main…
The frontline states of Europe’s migrant crisis, Turkey and Italy, are most worried about immigration, according to a global survey released Thursday, while Britain has become much less concerned. Nearly three in five Turks and Italians surveyed said immigration had a negative impact on their country, with an even higher percentage saying their country has…
More than 75 per cent of migrant and refugee children trying to reach Europe via the Central Mediterranean route face appalling levels of abuse, exploitation and trafficking, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said, calling on the continent to establish safe and regular pathways for migration. “The stark…
Denmark’s minister of immigration and integration, Inger Stojberg (shown), said in a statement on September 9 that the Scandinavian country won’t allow any refugees into the country this year under a UN quota system. “Hence, I would like to see a more flexible quota regime, so that we are prepared, but not obliged, to take…
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EU funding for Libyan camps would make returns possible, says Thomas De Maizière. Asylum seekers who rely on people smugglers have “no prospect of staying” on the Continent, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said in an interview published Thursday. To put a stop to the criminal networks that profit from the refugee crisis, officials…