Tag: no borders

Detention of Migrant Children Has Skyrocketed to Highest Levels Ever

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Even though hundreds of children separated from their families after crossing the border have been released under court order, the overall number of detained migrant children has exploded to the highest ever recorded. [..] Population levels at federally contracted shelters for migrant children have quietly shot up more than fivefold since last summer, according to … Continue reading Detention of Migrant Children Has Skyrocketed to Highest Levels Ever

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KLM will once again deport children this Wednesday 12th September. Flight KL 427, at 14.25 from Amsterdam, Schiphol A mother and her three children Mohamad, Mehdi and Sadjad, who have lived in the Netherlands for 9 years, are due to be deported from Amsterdam to Afghanistan, via Dubai. Source: Don’t Send Afghans Back – NL … Continue reading

Too Political

by queeranarchism

Two transgender activists who carried signs against racism and for refugee lives at Antwerp Pride on 11 August 2018 were banned from their local trans organization as a result.  Members of the same organization were participating in Pride as part of nationalist-right wing but they were not deemed ‘too political’.  There are people in our … Continue reading Too Political

Crisis of EU migrants detained in the UK

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Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants: CW: Suicide  132 suicide attempts in UK detention centres were recorded during the first quarter of this year alone. Despite the title of this article, this is by no means only a crisis for people from the EU. This is what the government’s cruel and violent ‘hostile environment’ looks … Continue reading Crisis of EU migrants detained in the UK

UN: EU cooperation with Libya has led to ‘unimaginable horrors’ for migrants

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EU-backed agreements between Italy and Libya have reduced the number of migrants reaching EU shores. But the cost has been “unimaginable horrors,” according to the UN human rights commissioner Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein. The European Union’s (EU) policy of helping Libyan authorities in detaining migrants has been “inhuman,” UN human rights commissioner Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said … Continue reading UN: EU cooperation with Libya has led to ‘unimaginable horrors’ for migrants

Fascist boat against sea rescue has been rescued at sea

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The boat that went to the mediterranean to ‘disrupt rescue missions’ has been rescued at sea – by a group dedicated to refugee rescue at sea. Defend Europe, an offshoot of the white nationalist Identitarian movement, crowdfunded the ship ‘C-Star’ last spring with claims it would target NGO’s that try to rescue refugees. C-Star entered … Continue reading Fascist boat against sea rescue has been rescued at sea

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BLAMING THE RESCUERS Aiming to deter migrants from crossing the Mediterranean, the EU and its member states pulled back from rescue at sea at the end of 2014, leading to record numbers of deaths. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) were forced to deploy their own rescue missions in a desperate attempt to fill this gap and reduce … Continue reading

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