22 Jun MCP • Migration Country Profiles
MCP • Migration Country Profiles [ Click on the picture to access the portal ] The Migration Country Profiles project aspires to contribute to a better understanding of migratory trends across Africa and the Middle East towards Europe. The project focuses specifically on...
16 Feb Freed From ISIS, Trapped in Libya
When ISIS was defeated in Sirte in December 2016, dozens of women and children held hostage by the terrorist group thought their nightmare was over. Some of the enslaved women had managed to escape during the terror group’s almost two-year reign in Libya’s central coastal...
19 Jul “They Beat us With Everything,” Migrants at Hungarian Border
Migrants face “cruel and violent treatment” at the hands of Hungarian officials. A scathing report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) reveals that migrants are severely beaten by authorities before being sent back across the border to Serbia. “I haven’t even seen such beating in the movies,”...
19 Jul Six Richest Countries Host Less Than 9% of Refugees – OXFAM
The six richest countries host only 8.8% of the world’s refugees, according to an Oxfam report. The United States, China, Japan, Germany, France and the United Kingdom constitute almost 60% of the global economy; yet only host 2.1 million refugees collectively. While Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Palestine, and South...
15 Jul The Champion for Brexit Takes on New Role as British Foreign Secretary
British Prime Minister Theresa May has begun forming her cabinet – appointing a new Foreign Secretary was on the top of her to-do list. Britain will need a strong figure to negotiate its exit from the EU- May has declared Boris Johnson is the man...
12 Jul It Looked Like They Were Sleeping
A photographer who was onboard a migrant vessel from which four young Eritrean men were discovered dead said people inside the vessel's hold were packed so tightly it would have been easy for survivors not to realise that they had died. “People are packed so tightly in the hold," said...
08 Jul EU Condemns Myanmar for Persecutions of Rohingya
The European Parliament has made a statement condemning Myanmar for its ‘systematic persecution’ against the Rohingya. The parliament passed a resolution on Thursday, that MP’s expressed deep concern for he stateless ethnoreligious group. The resolution urges Myanmar to “ensure free and unimpeded access” to the United...
06 Jul 15,500 Asylum Seekers Given Temporary Residency in Greece
More than 15,500 asylum seekers have received temporary residency cards, in an effort to register asylum-seekers in mainland Greece. An Afghan family talks with UNHCR staff while waiting to collect their newly issued ID’s by the Greek Asylum Service. © UNHCR/Achilleas Zavallis Some 49,000 people currently lack access to...
04 Jul Migrants Sold for Organs if They Don’t Pay, Eritrean Smuggler Reveals
Migrants are being sold for organ harvesting if they are unable to pay for their trips across the Mediterranean, an Eritrean smuggler turned state witness revealed to Italian authorities. Nuredin Wehabrebi Atta was arrested in Italy in 2014. After exposing an elaborate transnational trafficking network, Atta became the...