Poland may suspend right to asylum!
Photo credit: Bloomberg Members of the Polish parliament should reject a bill that would allow…
Biden under knocks!
Rights Advocates criticised President Joe Biden of the United States for referring to an undocumented immigrant as an “illegal”.He was accused of echoing the dehumanising rhetoric of his predecessor, Donald Trump. Rights advocates and progressive lawmakers have long condemned the use of the term “illegal” to refer to human beings who do not have immigration…
BAM BAM L’AYO! WE’RE OVERFED!! – Adewale Sobowale
When I was a kid, I can still remember situations when I refused to eat. It normally happened when I was annoyed. Whenever that happened, my mother wouldn’t utter a word. She would have her meal, and for what I then thought was an overkill, she would begin singing, Bamubamu la yoAwa o mo p’ebiNpo’mo…
Israeli attacks on Palestinian aid seekers continue
Israel has not relented in its efforts to fire Palestinian civilians. Al Jazeera reports that its cameras captured some Israeli forces firing a crowd of Palestinians awaiting aid distribution at the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza City. The attack is noted to be the second since yesterday. It is also reported that an Israeli air attack…
US judge blocks new immigration law in Texas
A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S., dealing a victory to the Biden administration with a broad rejection of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s immigration enforcement effort. U.S. District Judge David Ezra’s preliminary injunction pausing a law that…
Lords checkmate Rwanda plan!
The U.K.’s Upper House has passed five amendments on the Rwanda bill. If the amendments are ratified, it would make it harder for the lower house to declare Rwanda a “safe” country. It would therefore require the government to comply with domestic and in international laws. The amendments would also severely affect the main purpose…
Sheffield United 0-6 Arsenal; Match Report
A breathless, brutal display of attacking football saw us equal our record away win the Premier League for the second time in a matter of weeks. Following a 6-0 win at West Ham late last month, and a 5-0 hammering of Burnley in our last away league game, we were at it again at Bramall…
Nigerians deploy different strategies to survive as economic hardship kontinu to bite
Di rising cost of living dey push Nigerians to di point wey be say dem no know wetin to do again. Wit inflation wey don almost hit di highest in thirty years for January, almost half of di population dey live inside poverty now. Di money wey dem dey earn dey below $1 a day….
Trump’s claims of a migrant crime wave are not supported by national data
When Donald Trump speaks at the southern border in Texas on Thursday, you can expect to hear him talk about “migrant crime,” a category he has coined and defined as a terrifying binge of criminal activity committed by undocumented immigrants spreading across the country. “You know, in New York, what’s happening with crime is it’s…
Poland may suspend right to asylum!
Photo credit: Bloomberg Members of the Polish parliament should reject a bill that would allow the government to temporarily suspend the right to asylum at Poland’s border with Belarus. Human Rights Watch reports that the European Commission should act to uphold the European Union treaties and member states’ obligations, including providing access to the asylum…
Trump blames Ukraine
Photo credit: Aljazeera US President Donald Trump has blamed Ukraine for failure to end the current Russo-Ukraine war which started when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The BBC reports that this was after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was a “surprise” that his country was not invited to peace talks in Saudi Arabia to…
Asylum seeker billed for fake hospital visits!
Photo credit: CBS A Dutch asylum seeker used government-funded taxis to travel to a hospital where he had no scheduled appointments, costing taxpayers 2,500 euros. NL#TIMES reports that repeated taxi rides raised concerns at an asylum centre in Limburg. Staff noticed that a resident frequently ordered taxis to a nearby hospital, despite not always having…
A Cow’s Diary! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Four Paws Mmm! We’re very happy here. To say we’re enjoying it will be worse than an understatement. We get fed 24/7 on the grass in the court. This is a place to be for us. Can you imagine the fact that we even go to the hall to scavenge? And I’m not…
Snow removal may take up to 3 weeks in Toronto!
Photo credit: Shutterstock The City of Toronto says snow removal may take up to three weeks after Toronto was blanketed with heavy snow from back-to-baqck winter storms. CBC News reports that between 16 and 23 centimetres of snow fell across Toronto over the weekend, which was in addition to 15 to 23 centimetres that fell last…
Zimbabwe deports “nuisance” illegal migrant!
A 38-year-old an from Equitorial Guinea has been deported from Zimbabwe. Bulawayo 24 reports the man has been in the country since 2014 without a valid permit. Apart from being deported, he has also been sentenced to pay a fine of US$100. The man, Angue Benjamin Nchama was convicted of violating Zimbabwe’s Immigration Act by remaining…
