Migrants
Winter at the borders of Europe: fears for refugees
Europe is thought of by many refugees escaping persecution, war, poverty, and violence as a place of safety, of Human Rights, of protection, security, and kindness. These narratives are further supported by the rhetoric of the European Commission that presents Europe as a place of ‘respect for human dignity, freedom,… »
The Republican Dam on Immigration Is Cracking, and Now They Will Pay for Their Racism
We saw what Trump’s anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric did to the country over four long years. The GOP has no right to oppose Biden’s plan for mass legalization. By Sonali Kolhatkar On day one of his presidency, Joe Biden signed numerous executive orders to undo his predecessor’s “deeply… »
UNHCR welcomes Mexico’s reforms to protect rights of child refugees and asylum-seekers
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds the entry into force of important new measures in Mexico to protect the rights of child refugees and asylum-seekers, including the end of immigration detention for boys and girls. Under the reforms, no children, either accompanied or unaccompanied, are to be held in immigration… »
Lebanon’s racism is fanning the flames of violence towards Syrian refugees
Makram Rabah As Lebanon celebrated Christmas, a Syrian refugee camp in Miniyeh in the north of Lebanon was attacked by a group of local youths who set fire to tents amid clashes with residents. The number of violent incidents against displaced communities living in the country… »
ACLU Reminds Biden of ‘Moral and Legal Imperative’ to Reverse Trump’s Unlawful Asylum Policy
The civil liberties group stressed the new administration must “restore the right to asylum and end the government’s ongoing violations of law.” by Brett Wilkins, staff writer The ACLU on Tuesday reminded President-elect Joe Biden of the “moral and legal imperative” to reverse President Donald Trump’s… »
Youssef: the death of a shipwrecked six-month- old baby boy
December 18, International Day of the Migrant Mérica Mérica Mérica, Cosa sarà là sta America Mérica Mérica Mérica L’è un bel mazzolino di fior (Mérica… What would this America be? Mérica… is a beautiful bundle of flowers – a popular song) Six months. History… »
Intersectionality strives of access fundamental and universal rights: feminist, LGBTQI +, anti-racist and environmental.
The Fórum Social de Migrações (FSM) was born in Porto Alegre in 2004, as a branch of the World Social Forum, with the main objective of building convergences and alternative models of participatory governance of migration. It is a horizontal, decentralized and self-managed process, whose dynamic of construction and realization… »
Members of Congress Call for Review of Families’ Asylum Cases
ICE plans to begin deporting 26 Black and Brown families with young children who are incarcerated by ICE at the Berks and Dilley family prisons tomorrow, December 18. Earlier this week, a federal court in Washington D.C. lifted the stay of removal that had been protecting these families from being… »
Gaza Strip Rapidly Becoming ‘Unliveable’
The UN said some three years ago that it expects Gaza to become ‘unliveable’ by 2020,” recalls Majed Abusalama, award-winning Palestinian journalist, scholar, campaigner and human rights defender. “Since then, Israel not only refused to take action to reverse Gaza’s rapid deterioration into a post-apocalyptic wasteland but intensified its attacks on… »
Paris Police Continue To Harass Homeless Migrants
Camille Marquis On Monday night, I felt shame and disgust as I watched videos of law enforcement officers from my own country violently removing people from their tents in Paris’ Place de la République, confiscating makeshift shelters and sleeping bags, and violently… »
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