Unwelcome Refugees

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. Nesrine Malik in The Guardianon failing to oppose the anti-migrant politicsBritish hypocrisy is to blame for the deadly plight of migrants“It is often argued that once it became clear that…

EL-HAMMA: The coronavirus pandemic has put the spotlight on struggling health services in southeast Tunisia, with residents and doctors in a COVID-19 hotspot deploring a lack of equipment and medics. The North African country had managed to contain its outbreak by moving early and imposing strict measures in March, but cases…

In 2016, Brazilian Federal Police uncovered a smuggling network operating between Brazil and South Africa that delivered fake visas to Africans seeking to travel through Latin America to the United States or Canada. The documents allowed migrants to enter Brazil, Bolivia or Venezuela without getting arrested.Abdifatah Hussein Ahmed, a Brazil-based…

Russia’s COVID-19 propaganda has not been subtle heralding the decline and fall of Europe and presenting Russia as the true champion of Western health and safety. But even the best-laid plans for turning a global pandemic into an opportunity for “active measures” haven’t always succeeded, mainly because of the Kremlin's…

It is an undisputed fact that the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba ethnic groups are the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria.It is a fact that the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba languages are widely spoken in Nigeria aside English language. It is a fact that the official language of Nigeria is English…

On World Refugee Day, Germany’s foreign minister has called for increased protection of refugees. The number of people displaced by war and conflict is nearly equal to the population of Germany. On the occasion of World Refugee Day — recognized annually on June 20 — Germany's foreign minister called for…

BERLIN (Reuters) - It was still dark in Damascus as I walked down the stairs, my new life contained in a red suitcase. My mother stood next to the taxi door praying for my safety. My father was silent, certain that he would never see me again. Ghada Zitouni and…

COVID-19 has become another touchstone for today’s deeply entrenched politics of militarised borders and anti-migrant racism. Leaders like Trump and Orban have blamed the virus on foreigners and to claim justification for their racist politics. But they have also been used European Union Member States of all political tendencies have…

Number of asylum applications in Europe plunged by 87% in April to its lowest level since 2008 because of coronavirus lockdown measures, European agency revealsJust 8,370 applications for asylum were lodged in Europe in April - a 12-year lowIt is also a huge fall from applications made in January and…

Italian intelligence agencies have warned of a new surge of migrants in the coming weeks, stating at that least 20,000 migrants are ready to leave Libya and head for Europe. The claims were made public by former Italian interior minister and populist Senator Matteo Salvini who stated: “Our secret services…