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Photo credit: the New York Times Like many other European Union member states, Italy desperately needs migrant labour and immigration. However, the government has admitted that the pathways for legal entry are rife with abuse. The New York Times reports that it has taken the death of a migrant labourer to expose the country’s conflicted…

Photo credit: Cyprus Mail At least nine migrants died, and forty-eight were reported after their boat capsized on Saturday near the Spanish island of El Hierro while they were attempting to cross to the Canary Islands. NTD reports that the emergency services were able to rescue twenty-seven of the eighty-four migrants who were trying to…

Photo credit: the Portugal News According to the Minister of the Presidency, citizens from outside the Schengen area who wish to enter Portugal must undergo a biometric and personal data check, which is “a fundamental element” for monitoring. The Portugal News reports that the minister, Antonio Leitao, revealed after a council of ministers meeting that…

Photo credit: The Express Tribune Authorities in Greece began investigating the death of a migrant in police custody on Friday. Keerfa, an anti-fascist group which distributed the images, said 37-year-old delivery rider Mohamed Kamran Asik had been “tortured to death” inside an Athens police station after several days in detention. Neos Kosmos reports that the…

Photo credit: Canada Holidays Monday is a holiday in Canada. Like every other September 30, it is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public…

Photo credit: Reuters Migrant crossings through the dangerous Darien Gap that connects Panama to Colombia are down by over a third in the year’s first nine monts, according to a Panamanian border official. Alexis de Gracia, head of the National Border Service’s eastern brigade ascribed the decrease to heightened security measures by the new government….

Photo credit: carbon brief The United States has announced its intention to back 2 permanent seats for African nations on the United Nations Security Council. Russia too has backed an African country to be a permanent member of the Security Council. However, the African countries will just be toothless bulldogs because they won’t have veto…