Tag: immigration
Police find nearly 90 Ethiopian migrants held captive in Johannesburg
In South Africa, nearly 90 people were found by police in the suburbs of Johannesburg. According to the South African authorities, they were living in ” inhumane conditions ” and…
Clashes between police and far-right protesters in several cities
In the United Kingdom, new riots broke out this Saturday, August 3. Gatherings organized by far-right, anti-immigration movements, and fueled by fake news on social networks, in the wake of…
the faltering application of the asylum and immigration law, six months after its adoption
On January 26, the asylum and immigration law was promulgated in France. One of the most repressive laws of the last 40 years, with the exception of one measure, concerning…
The 2024 Olympics make it difficult for undocumented immigrants to access medical and social assistance
For several days now, the security perimeters installed for the Olympic Games have been transforming traffic in Paris. A restrictive system for solidarity actors who come to the aid of…
Off the coast of Haiti, dozens of migrants die in a fire on their boat
At least 40 migrants died when their boat caught fire off the coast of Haiti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Friday. The tragedy, which occurred on July…
At least 116 migrants dead in three years on the border between the European Union and Belarus
On Europe’s eastern border, the death toll has been rising for three years. Since 2021, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been pushing migrants towards the border to put pressure on…
Armed forces can shoot migrants without criminal liability
In Poland, the migration crisis on the border with Belarus continues to escalate. This summer, the government set up a fully militarized buffer zone along the border to prevent migrants…
implementing decrees of the immigration law published in the Official Journal
Several implementing decrees of the immigration law, highly controversial and criticized by left-wing parties and human rights activists, were published in the Official Journal on Tuesday, July 16 by the…
To cross the Channel, migrants are taking ever more risks
Departures far from the coast, dangerous weather conditions, overloaded boats… Faced with the security of the Franco-British border, migrants are resorting to new ways of avoiding police checks and are…
“All Afghan women” could be considered refugees, a first
” All Afghan women “who are fleeing Afghanistan because of discriminatory measures taken against them by the Taliban” can obtain refugee status “, ruled the National Court of Asylum Law…