Immigrants with final deportation orders disappear from ICE detainee locator
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is erasing immigrants with final deportation orders from a searchable…
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…
Immigrants with final deportation orders disappear from ICE detainee locator
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is erasing immigrants with final deportation orders from a searchable online database, leaving families and attorneys in the dark as they try to find out where someone has been taken. The Washington Post reports that the new policy also bars immigration officers from sharing information about a detainee’s location with…
UK charges made over 1994 Rwandan genocide after MET Police investigation
Photo credit: BBC A man has been charged with crimes linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide in the first case of its kind to be brought in the UK. ITV News reports that Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent Bajinya, who used to live in Kigali but now lives in Islington, London, will appear at Westminster…
Thousands of residents arrive in Waza after Medouga massacres in Makary
Photo credit: Africa News Thousands of people have fled their villages in Cameroon’s Far North Region following retaliatory attacks allegedly carried out by suspected Boko Haram fighters, seeking refuge in the town of Waza. Africanews reports displaced resident Kassoum Saley as saying that Boko Haran attacks had forced residents to abandon their homes, taking what little they…
Dat One Na Shursh? – Adewale Sobowale
I attended a church service today. If you see their service, you’ll definitely know they’re not worshipping the same God with Nigerians. Maybe they had done the collection of offerings before my arrival. But in Nigeria, churches would use every opportunity to collect money. Right from the normal offerings to the thanksgiving offerings. Some will…
Migrants, refugees, supporters march in Toronto ahead of Parliament resuming
Photo credit: CBC Migrants, refugees and their supporters marched through Toronto’s west end Sunday – the eve of Parliament resuming – calling on the Canadian government to provide permanent residency status for all, stop deportations and end exploitation. CBC reports that Migrant Workers’ Alliance for Change coordinator Sarom Rho says migrants are being blamed for…
Pakistani forces kill 5 militants and free 23 hostages
Photo credit: The Globe Pakistani security forces killed five militants in an intense shootout and freed 23 hostages in the country’s restive southwest, the military said Sunday. It was unclear when the abductions took place. The Associated Press reports that the militants had established an illegal checkpoint near Kalat in Balochistan province overnight into Saturday, stopping…
Rapper Macklemore pledges $1 million to Palestinian relief nonprofits
Photo credit: Deadline For the palestinian relief nonprofits behind a $1 million pledge from rapper Macklemore, the Grammy winner’s latest contributions offer more than just money. The Associated Press reports that Macklemore committed to donate his net earnings from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour after he was dropped for making pro-Palestinian comments onstaage at New Jersey’s…
