Boat Crash in Italy Leaves at Least 65 Migrants Dead
A boat thought to have been carrying approximately 200 people crashed off the coast of Italy on February 26, leaving approximately 65 people confirmed dead, reports BBC News.
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Migrants Dreaming of New Futures Find Nightmarish Lives Inside Yemen Trafficking Rings
The migrants hailing from Ethiopia and Yemen face abduction and abuse inside such trafficking rings, where traffickers kidnap women and children for prostitution and force men to sell body parts or organs to make money.
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Refugees Who Once Faced Death at Home now Face Tear Gas at U.S. Border
More than 6,000 migrants are camping outside of a sports complex in Tijuana, Mexico hoping to seek asylum in the United States
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A Rise in Nationalism and Migrants in Europe
There are currently more than 65.6 million forcibly displaced people. This shift in policy and extenuation of the issue is based on moral and economic reasons. This is a crisis that is more dire than the world knows or is willing to admit.
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Merkel’s CDU Suffers Defeat in German State Elections
The election results in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the state represented by Angela Merkel when she was first elected to the Bundestag, could foretell more losses for her party in next year’s general election.
Read moreEurope Struggles to Integrate Migrants, Refugees
While Sweden and Germany enforce open integration policies, Britain increases funding for English-language instruction and Denmark requires migrants to surrender possessions valued over $1,500.
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Cologne Assaults Stir Anti-Migrant Sentiment
Chancellor Merkel proposed a new law that would deny asylum to individuals with a criminal background, and even those on probation. It has already received support from Peter Sutherland, United Nations Special Representative for International Migration.
Read moreUNHCR to EU: Refugees, Not Migrants
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees stated, “Conflating refugees and migrants can have serious consequences for the lives and safety of refugees.” Referring to these individuals as “migrants” dismisses their original reason for emigrating, and takes away the legal protection afforded by refugee status.
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