Migrant workers preparing for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar are facing danger of death due to terrible working conditions such as being forced to work in 50C heat without water. In many cases the employers withhold salaries and retain their guest workers' passports to...
About 200 migrants are on a hunger strike in an Arizona detention centre after 31-year-old Mexican migrant Jesus Deniz-Sahagun died after he was beaten and locked in solitary confinement. Immigration and customs enforcement officials deny mistreatment claims, saying their are committed to ensuring the welfare of those in custody. They also...
Following European Council statement and European Parliament resolution, Commission has released an agenda (Communication), setting out short and long term migration policy plans. The EU is going to utilize its budgetary and legislative capacity; not only through “Immediate Action” to eliminate the current loss of lives in...
Dozens of African migrants were arrested in Ventimiglia yesterday, after they spent the days camping outside in protest at the border between France and Italy. [caption id="attachment_1096" align="aligncenter" width="860"] African migrants arrested meanwhile EU ministers discuss refugee plan[/caption] The removal of the migrants happened while the EU ministers met...
With news of the death of “Number 2” Nasir al Wuhayshi and the death of another former al Qaeda leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar, attention has shifted to the War on Terror. Although the Yemen and Libya strike were carefully planned and targeted air strikes, it contrasts the rather...
President Barack Obama urges Burma to end the discrimination against the Rohingya people if they wish to transit successfully into a democracy, while Washington further pressures the country to tackle what they see as one of the root causes of the migration-related issues in South-East Asia. [caption...
EU is set to continue crisis talks in Luxembourg today on the European Commission's proposed plan relocate 40,000 migrants across Europe. [caption id="attachment_1085" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Italian EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and Greek European Commissioner Dimitris Avramopolous. They represent the EU institutions but ironically come from the two countries...
Milan officials closed migrant reception area by Milan Central Train Station.The head of the Progetto Arca charity Foundation, Alberto Singallia reported that the mezzanine area was closed for the night, after the opening of a new center. About 150 migrants slept outside the station due...
Rome is threatening to give Schengen visas to migrants allowing them to travel beyond Italy if an equitable deal is not to relocate migrants landing in Europe's frontline states across the bloc. As the feud about how the different countries should deal with the migrant crisis grows, Brussels...
Migrants from Africa and the Middle-East are opting to trek through the Balkans with the use of GPS in order to avoid both traffickers and the perilous Mediterranean passage. However whilst GPS navigation has helped many migrants forego the use of traffickers; it is unlikely that smugglers...