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I, European citizen, won't let refugees be rejected in my name

2016-03-10T08:24:28Z

©Olivier Jobard/Myop
I, European citizen, won't let refugees be rejected in my name
THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM IS A RIGHT
In the phrase « right to asylum », every word matters. Under the law, every person who is persecuted because of his or her political opinions or because of his or her identity, every person that is endangered by violence, war or misery has a RIGHT to seek asylum in another country
The aim of this petition is to collect (…)

- contributions / Edito, The "without" - Migrants, Europe

A flotilla to stop deaths in the Mediterranean

2011-07-18T08:58:45Z

Hundreds of thousands of people fled Libya since the crisis began in February 2011. As of June 14, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), one million refugees had left the country ; more than 500,000 heading off to Tunisia, more than 300,000 to Egypt and 70,000 to Niger.
Every day, refugees arrive in Tunisia to stay in already overpopulated camps [1]. The majority are nationals from Sub-Saharan African countries themselves in conflict like Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea (…)

- contributions / Wars and conflicts, International, The "without" - Migrants

Aircraft carrier left us to die, say migrants

2011-05-10T07:09:54Z

Boat trying to reach Lampedusa was left to drift in Mediterranean for 16 days, despite alarm being raised
Dozens of African migrants were left to die in the Mediterranean after a number of European military units apparently ignored their cries for help, the Guardian has learned. Two of the nine survivors claim this included a Nato ship.
A boat carrying 72 passengers, including several women, young children and political refugees, ran into trouble in late March after leaving Tripoli for (…)

- contributions / The "without" - Migrants, Africa

Libyan migrants' boat deaths to be investigated by Council of Europe

2011-05-10T07:05:08Z

Human rights body demands inquiry into failure of European military units to save 61 migrants on boat fleeing Libya
Europe's paramount human rights body, the Council of Europe, has called for an inquiry into the deaths of 61 migrants in the Mediterranean, claiming an apparent failure of military units to rescue them marked a "dark day" for the continent.
Mevlüt Çavusoglu, president of the council's parliamentary assembly, demanded an "immediate and comprehensive inquiry" into the fate of (…)

- contributions / The "without" - Migrants, Europe, Africa

Paris: Week of solidarity and struggles against repression (20-27 february 2011)

2011-02-19T20:58:03Z

To control population movements is one of the States priorities. It is, in particular, to select with care the labour force needed for the economy, and this in a general context of deterioration in the standard of living. This selection requires the reinforcement of imprisonment of people called “undesirable”, border controls and raids, dropping visas and an intensification of the struggle against the ones who in one way or another go against keeping under control population movements. For (…)

- contributions / Edito, Demos-Actions, Meeting-Debates, Police - Repression, The "without" - Migrants, France

Australian hypocrisy & Mainstream media censorship over 20 million Muslim refugees & Christmas Is horror

2010-12-21T03:12:24Z

The Age newspaper of Melbourne is arguably Australia's most “liberal” newspaper. However, as described below, even after the horrendous Christmas Island (Australia) refugee disaster (50 refugees killed in a wrecked boat) The Age still censors the Awful Truth about 20 million Muslim refugees that anti-Asian Apartheid Australia has helped the US generate.
The Age (part of the Australian Fairfax media empire) is certainly more ethical and progressive than the Australian taxpayer-funded (…)

- contributions / The "without" - Migrants, Australia, Gideon Polya

Immigration, A Perennial Issue Of Concern In The U.S.

2010-09-24T22:49:43Z

The issue of immigration was brought to the forefront recently by Arizona's discriminatory immigration law SB 1070, which would require police and other public officials to ask all or any Latino looking people to show their ID's. This demonstrates an attitude oriented towards criminalizing immigrants in general and a hostile outlook towards Hispanics in particular. The anti-immigrant attitude was also evident in Utah a few months ago when a list was published and widely distributed with (…)

- contributions / Discriminations-Minorit., The "without" - Migrants, USA

Nicolas Sarkozy evokes memories of Gestapo by rounding up Roma for expulsion

2010-08-19T08:27:07Z

TWO boys stood in a gymnasium in an eastern Paris suburb yesterday and pondered their future. "I want to be a mechanic and a footballer," said Benjamin, 14.
"First, I'd like to go to school," he added.
His companion, who has also never been to school, wanted to be a journalist.
The boys' immediate future is fairly certain. The French police will pack them off to Eastern Europe, along with other foreign Roma whom President Sarkozy plans to expel in a clampdown on illegal immigration and (…)

- contributions / Edito, Discriminations-Minorit., The "without" - Migrants, Governments, France

Signs of the Times

2010-08-14T21:19:24Z

Signs of the Times
By Joel Bowman
08/14/10 Lake Livingston, Texas – We came to see the real America. This week, we had a good look around.
Fellow Reckoners will recall that we are on a vagabond's odyssey, traversing the Great Empire in search of a Greater Correction. We began our tour in California, the real estate bubble of the west. It will conclude, if all goes to our back-of-the-envelope plan, in Florida, the real estate bubble of the east. In between – Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, (…)

- contributions / Un/Employment, The "without" - Migrants, USA

Immigrants Rally for a Nationwide Strike in Italy

2010-03-03T22:54:05Z

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
MILAN — In an effort to heighten awareness about the contributions made by foreign workers to the Italian economy, the promoters of the first strike by immigrants in the country invited workers to stay home and to boycott shopping for one day.
Similar protests took place in other European countries on Monday (the initiative started in France and found supporters in Spain and Greece, as well). A comparable boycott, “A Day Without Immigrants,” championing full rights (…)

- contributions / Edito, Demos-Actions, The "without" - Migrants, Italy