British ex-soldier Rob Lawrie faces jail for helping an Afghan refugee girl
Ha provato ad aiutare una bambina afgana, bloccata nella “giungla di Calais”, a raggiungere la famiglia a Leeds. Rob Lawrie ora rischia la reclusione.
Robert Plant and Tinariwen in a new album to support refugees
The new collection of exclusive songs by Robert Plant, Tinariwen and other artists entitled The Long Road that will support the refugee crisis will be released in March.
Angela Merkel, the world’s most powerful woman, is Time’s Person of the Year 2015
Angela Merkel is Time’s Person of the Year 2015, the first woman to be chosen since 1986. The announcement was made on the 9th of December by the weekly US news magazine founded in 1923. Its Managing Editor Nancy Gibbs explained that she was chosen: “For asking more of her country than most politicians would
Borders, M.I.A.’s last video highlights the plight of refugees
Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, better known as M.I.A., has released the video of her new song Borders, launched last week. The videoclip, directed by M.I.A. herself and shared via Apple Music, features the British artist of Tamil origins with a crowd of refugees climbing barbed wire fences while fleeing their home countries in small boats. The video represents
Macedonia “selects” migrants: thousands are stuck at the border
La nazione balcanica ha deciso di far passare sul proprio territorio solo i migranti provenienti da paesi in guerra. Gli altri restano bloccati.
Human and animal exploitation. Circuses accused of facilitating illegal immigration
L’operazione “Golden Circus” ha portato all’arresto di oltre 40 impresari circensi in tutta Italia, accusati di favoreggiamento dell’immigrazione clandestina.
Questions migrants have for Italians
I’m Rumanian, why do you call me Rom? Why are you a very Catholic country and still so blasphemous? These are just some of the questions that some migrants of the Gruppo Laici Terzo Mondo and the Centro di Accoglienza per Richiedenti Asilo of Marechiaro, Italy, asked to Italians. Their questions are many, but all earnest.
Migrants detained in degrading conditions. The UN admonishes the Czech Republic
Secondo l’Alto Commissariato dell’Onu per i Rifugiati i migranti sono detenuti nel Paese europeo in condizioni simili a quelle di prigionieri.
40,000 refugees in a week. Slovenia is close to collapse
Slovenia could soon need help in welcoming refugees coming from Croatia. The Slovene Secretary of State Bostjan Sefic declared that facilities and welcoming capacity reached the limit and that the government will be soon forced to open ways to make transit over 40,000 people that arrived over a week. A decision that comes after the tensions
Greece, crossroads of migrations: 7,000 refugees disembark every day
A riferire le cifre è l’International Organisation for Migration. L’agenzia Frontex aggiunge: “Più di 700 mila migranti arrivati in Europa nel 2015”.