Peter Doukas warns of risks in Australia’s politicised migration debate
Photo credit: The Greek Herald Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) Chair Peter…
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…
Peter Doukas warns of risks in Australia’s politicised migration debate
Photo credit: The Greek Herald Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) Chair Peter Doukas OAM has warned that the politicisation of migration risks harming vulnerable communities, urging Greek Australians to draw on their own migrant history and play a greater role in shaping the national conversation. Speaking to The Greek Herald amid continuing national debate…
Man admits asylum seeker hotel petrol bomb attack
Photo credit: BBC A man has admitted to throwing a petrol bomb at a hotel used to house asylum seekers in Islington, north London. BBC reports that Mark Lewis,65, who pleaded guilty to aytempted arson when he appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Wednesday, was captured on CCTV attacking Thistle City Barbican in Dingley Road on…
Experts warn of wider spread as Ebola outbreak reaches plateau
The Ebola outbreak in Congo passed a grim milestone this week- 10,000 confirmed cases- and spurred questions about whether health authorities are losing their ability to contain it. The Associated Press reports that nearly half of the infected people in this outbreak have died, and some experts say there are reasons to worry that this could grow into…
My Candidate For 2019 – Adewale Sobowale
People who know me understand that I believe so much in human rights and due process. I would not normally call a person a thief until he has been declared so by a competent court of law. As a result, I detest all forms of media trial. I hate jungle justice more. Much more! By…
Of Fathers n Orphans! – Adewale Sobowale
Those who happened to have, unfortunately, lost their parents early in life would have been forced to realise that life, rather than be a bed of sweet smelling roses was rather one filled with werepe, prickly thorns. Except they were so fortunate to have loving relatives, that is those relatives that would not be in…
A Presidential Presido! – Adewale Sobowale
Take it or leave it, I always love people who are masters of their game. I may not like Mr Trump’s politics but I respect him for being able to hold his own against his perceived opposition. I also adore him for being aware of the situation not only in his own country but the…
