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moria refugee camp
December 07th, 2017
As winter comes refugees remain trapped on Greek islands
by:Maria João Morais
More than two years after the outbreak of the refugee crisis, the latest Greek emergency highlights, once again, the failure of the EU migration policy.
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November 09th, 2016
Asylum seekers facing lifetime ban from Australia
by:Vanessa Ellingham
The Australian government is planning to ban asylum seekers who reach Australia by boat from ever being allowed into the country.Australia already [...]
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3696
May 04th, 2016
Two refugees set themselves alight in protest at Australia's detention policy
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Last week 23-year-old Iranian Omid Masoumali set himself on fire in protest at his ongoing detention on Nauru, one of two offshore detention centres [...]
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manus
April 27th, 2016
Papua New Guinea asks Australia to make alternative arrangement for asylum seekers
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Today there was an unexpected breakthrough in the generally shameful story of Australia passing its responsibility to asylum seekers on to its [...]
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March 09th, 2016
EU-Turkey deal will only divert refugees towards more dangerous routes
by:Vanessa Ellingham
The EU-Turkey deal that will see refugees returned to Turkey if they land n Greece will not deter refugees from continuing to flee to Europe.Hundreds [...]
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denmark
January 13th, 2016
Denmark will strip refugees of their valuables
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Denmark will force refugees to give up their valuables as a kind of payment for their accommodation as they apply for asylum.The new law, expected to pass [...]
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seeking-home
October 01st, 2015
Seeking home
by:Jekaterina Saveljeva
In 2001 the Irish government launched the Direct Provision system. It was designed as a temporary measure to provide for the welfare of asylum seekers and their families while they awaited decision on their [...]
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September 22nd, 2015
Could Australia’s "Stop The Boats" policy work in Europe?
by:Vanessa Ellingham
As EU leaders discuss possible military action to halt the smuggling of asylum seekers across the Mediterranean, the Australian Prime Minister [...]
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volunteers
September 09th, 2015
A change isn't gonna come, it's here now
by:Vanessa Ellingham
I have cried at least as many happy tears as sad ones watching the news over the last week.There have been scenes of utter devastation, one [...]
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ABF
September 02nd, 2015
Farcical visa checks in Australia overrun by protesters
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Last week the Australian Border Force announced it would launched a massive operation to perform random visa checks on immigrants throughout the city [...]
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gemenne
August 19th, 2015
Open borders the only way forward
by:Vanessa Ellingham
"Open borders are the simplest and most effective way to help asylum seekers." This is what migration researcher François Gemenne told German magazine Stern [...]
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kos
August 12th, 2015
Migrants locked in Greek stadium overnight
by:Vanessa Ellingham
More than a thousand refugees are currently locked inside a stadium on the Greek island of Kos as authorities there struggle to process the vast [...]
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Hungarian-wall
August 07th, 2015
Walls are never a solution
by:Ama Lorenz
"We are witnessing a genocide caused by European selfishness," said Palermo mayor Leoluca Orlando as the Irish navy ship LE Niamh docked in the port [...]
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July 23rd, 2015
Everyday heroes of Mediterranean migration crisis
in:Humans
by:Vanessa Ellingham
In April the world’s press celebrated an unusual but undoubtedly heroic act. One image galvanised public discussion on the EU’s response to the [...]
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June 18th, 2015
Refugee roommates welcomed by German locals
in:Humans, Economy
by:Vanessa Ellingham
More than 200,000 people sought asylum in Germany in 2014 – a record number that is likely to be challenged again this year.Many asylum seekers [...]
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boats
June 17th, 2015
Australia's Stop the Boats: by hook or by crook
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Evidence from Indonesian police points to the Australian government paying a crew of people smugglers to turn around their boat carrying 60 asylum [...]
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June 10th, 2015
New Zealand: Isolation shouldn't stop us from caring
by:Vanessa Ellingham
As an editor at Fairplanet I write frequently about the international migration crisis. 52 million people are displaced in our world right now, the [...]
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map2
May 20th, 2015
What good is asylum if you can't even get there?
by:fairplanet
Finally a state has offered asylum to the migrants currently floating aimlessly off the coast of Myanmar, but with little fuel and food and a long [...]
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map2
May 13th, 2015
Asia's own deadly migrant journey
by:Vanessa Ellingham
While heads in Europe are firmly turned to face the ongoing tragedy of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, another equally dangerous migration path [...]
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boat wreckage
May 06th, 2015
Is 'bomb the boats' really the next best solution?
by:Vanessa Ellingham
After last month's string of tragedies in the Mediterranean saw the migrant death toll rise to 1600 for this year alone, public outcry forced EU [...]
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boats
April 22nd, 2015
Smuggler knows best: how to solve the Mediterranean migration crisis
by:Vanessa Ellingham
With the news that an estimated 700 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean from one capsized boat over Saturday night and Sunday morning, the total [...]
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TURKEY-SYRIA-CONFLICT-KURDS
November 10th, 2014
Why climate refugees are the hot potato of immigration policy
in:Humans, Nature
by:Vanessa Ellingham
In August this year, a Tuvaluan family claiming asylum on the grounds of climate change had their application accepted by a New Zealand court.Sigeo [...]
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November 03rd, 2014
Drown a migrant to save a migrant?
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Starting this week the Italian search and rescue mission for migrants crossing the Mediterranean is set to come to an end, resulting in outrage in [...]
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Returned migrants board a bus to Tegucigalpa in front the Center for Returned Migrants, San Pedro Sula airport, Honduras, September 2014. © 2014 Stephen Ferry for Human Rights Watch
October 17th, 2014
Migrants crossing US border denied the opportunity to claim asylum
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Central Americans seeking asylum in the USA are being denied the opportunity to make genuine claims for asylum, according to a new report released by [...]
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migrant boat
September 17th, 2014
700 presumed dead in the Med - urgent EU action required
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Three boats carrying migrants across the Mediterranean have been shipwrecked in recent days, with 700 people presumed dead. The few survivors of the [...]
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CURTIN DETENTION CENTRE WA
July 25th, 2014
Asylum seekers' month-long wait at sea is over, but what now?
by:Vanessa Ellingham
The Australian government has taken a u-turn on its harsh immigration policies by accepting a boat of Tamil asylum seekers on to its shores - the [...]
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ohlauer
July 11th, 2014
Refugees occupy Berlin's TV Tower
by:Vanessa Ellingham
"Please translate for us," a refugee calls out to police as a group of protesters are split up, "since we are not allowed to learn German." It's the [...]
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australia
July 09th, 2014
Australia 'sends the persecuted back to the persecutors'
by:Vanessa Ellingham
By returning 41 Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lankan military in the weekend, Australia has violated international law and is in breach of the [...]
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Italy Migrants
June 30th, 2014
Thirty asphyxiate on overcrowded boat bound for Italy
by:Vanessa Ellingham
About 30 bodies have been found on a migrant boat bound for Italy, among around another 560 refugees crowded onboard travelling between North Africa and [...]
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April 30th, 2014
Australia outsources asylum seeker processing to Cambodia
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Asylum seekers attempting to reach Australia by boat could be detained in Cambodia, after a deal was struck yesterday between the two [...]
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January 05th, 2014
Bulgaria shamed over asylum seekers
in:Humans
type:Allgemein
org:Amnesty International
“The position taken by the UNHCR highlights the shameful treatment of asylum seekers in Bulgaria,” said Barbora Cernusakova, Amnesty International’s Bulgaria researcher.“Asylum seekers [...]
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An Armed Forces of Malta ship carrying rescued migrants arrives at the AFM Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta
November 15th, 2013
At least 12 migrants killed in boat sinking off Greek coast
in:Humans
type:Allgemein
by:Redaktion
The migrants were travelling in an inflatable boat which sank near Lefkada, a western Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is presumed they were headed [...]
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