ROME (AA) – Two humanitarian organizations are challenging Italy’s far-right government led by Giorgia Meloni, whose “selective approach” in disembarking migrants rescued weeks ago has prevented hundreds of people from leaving the charity ships. On Monday, about 215 migrants were still blocked onboard the Geo Barents vessel – operated by...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday again urged European governments to swiftly offer a place of safety to people who remain on NGO vessels on the Central Mediterranean. In a joint statement, the agencies said their call is to allow the immediate disembarkation of nearl...
ROME (AA) – Italy allowed a German-flagged rescue ship to enter a port in Sicily and disembark women, children and ill migrants, according to local media reports on Sunday. Humanity-1, operated by German charity SOS Humanity, entered the port of Catania escorted by an Italian coast guard boat. In line with the latest decree on […]
PARIS (AA) – Thousands of unaccompanied minors living in France are facing hardships in their quest for a better life and recognition of their fundamental rights. Abandoned in the cold and rain, with no drinking water or electricity, the children living in the Ivry-sur-Seine fled their countries and are now thousands of kilometers from t...
Israeli forces killed four Palestinians on Thursday, including an alleged attacker and Palestinian fighter, officials said. Violence flared across Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, authorities said. They were 14-year-old Mohammed...
Authorities in East Turkestan have collected the bodies of Uyghur residents in the northeastern city of Ghulja who died during a strict coronavirus lockdown. The Chinese government refers to the region as Xinjiang. However, they did not inform the families of the deceased about whether their loved ones’ remains were handled according to...
United Nations, United States (AFP): Fifty countries have signed onto a statement read during a UN debate that condemned the “severe and systematic” human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang region. “We are gravely concerned about the human rights situation in the People’s Republic of China, especially the ongoing hum...
LONDON (AA) – The British home secretary’s offensive description of people’s crossing the English Channel as “invasion” has provoked strong reactions. A number of British MPs have reacted to comments made by Suella Braverman at the House of Commons. The embattled home secretary was forced to resign by former Prime Minister Liz Truss over the [...
LONDON (AA) – British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has told parliament that she never attempted to stop hotels being booked to house migrants. Braverman has been under increasing pressure due to reports emerging from the Manston migrant processing center in southeast England that it is overcrowded and has deteriorating living conditions, in...
LONDON (AA) – More than 100 charities supporting refugees have written an open letter to British Home Secretary Suella Braverman, demanding a “kind and effective system” for asylum seekers in the UK. Recalling Braverman’s comments that it was her “dream” and “obsession” to see a plane full of migrants taking off to Rwanda and that […]...
