Refugees Welcome

With the number of displaced people in the world at record levels and a growing global focus on the integration of refugees into new communities, the UK government has decided to update a set of indicators it uses to measure how well refugees are settling int…

Less than a year ago, concern mounted over the seemingly unstoppable rise of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), as the party climbed to new heights in opinion polls. Only the Greens registered a similar rise in support. By September 2018, …

Thousands of demonstrators are lining central Londons streets to rally against the state visit of president Donald Trump. Starting in Trafalgar Square, those taking part in the Together Against Trump protest plan to travel to Parliament Square via Embankment…

There are countless examples of fleeing across the sea and historian Erik Lindner has been intrigued by this topic for a long time. In the mid-1990s, it was the escapes to the Canary Islands that made the headlines. People traveled hundreds of nautical miles…

The male leader of the far-right group Britain First has been secretly recorded admitting to attacking his female former deputy. Paul Golding is heard saying he assaulted both Jayda Fransen and another woman in the audio obtained by the BBC. Ms Fransen who …

This week, the worlds oldest rebel and my dad Harry Leslie Smith will have been dead six months. To me, it feels like only six minutes have past since he stopped breathing. His shirts still hang in his bedroom closet while the book he was reading before he wa…

Carry my joy on the left, carry my pain on the right Björk Earlier this year I found myself at a round table in Coventry Cathedral in the English Midlands, holding up a plastic sign that said Should we stop focusing on pain? The occasion was Refugee Week Con…

A growing number of U.S. communities are choosing to welcome refugees with open arms in a pointed contrast to President Donald Trump's positions. A sign of that embrace, Amnesty International USA said Friday, was the passage of a resolution by a Massachusett…

A growing number of U.S. communities are choosing to welcome refugees with open arms in a pointed contrast to President Donald Trump's positions. A sign of that embrace, Amnesty International USA said Friday, was the passage of a resolution by a Massachusett…

WASHINGTON - With the passage of a resolution in Westwood, Massachusetts, 50 cities, universities, colleges, and high schools across the country have officially passed resolutions welcoming refugees in their community. Amnesty International members across th…