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Italy finds new use for Albanian camps!
Photo credit: Reuters The Italian authorities have upgraded their agreement with Albania. Azernews reports that they are now planning to use migrant camps in the non-Eu country as a transitory location for refused asylum-seekers before their final deportation to their home countries, according to Italian media. Under the new decree, the two centres in Albania…
A refugee family’s fight for the remains of grandmother!
Photo credit: Yahoo News UK The family of Hanna (surname undisclosed) has been shocked by her unexpected death. Wales Online reports that they now face a battle to have her body returned to them. The grieving family has been left navigating the painful process of safely transporting the remains of their grandmother in war-torn Ukraine…
Pakistan expels 213 Afghans!
Photo credit: Aljazeera Pakistan has expelled 213 Afghan nationals as part of its ongoing campaign against illegal immigrants. Pajhwok News reports that a total of 923 Afghan nationals were arrested in Rawalpindi on Thursday and 213 of them were repatriatied to Afghanistan. The report added that since the launch of the crackdown against illegal foreigners,…
Turkish student’s arrest sparks protests!
Photo credit: MSN Rumeysa Oziuk, a Turkish student was detained on Tuesday evening in Somerville, Mass., outside of Boston. CBC reports that she was accosted by masked and plainclothes agents in the latest Trump administration action against a foreign student who had voiced support for Palestinians in Israel’s war in Gaza. Her arrest came a…
Trump’s tariffs: Toronto council fights back!
Photo credit: Toronto Star Toronto city council has unanimously approved Mayor Olivia Chow’s plan to fight US tariffs, despite reservations expressed by some members that the measures were “performative”. It would do little to deter American trade aggression, according to them. Toronto Star reports that in a speech, Chow accused US President Donald Trump of launching a…
Nigeria: Fighting for a nation’s soul!
Photo credit: the Cable The Yoruba have a saying, it is: While the place we’re going to may not be far, the various side attractions delay us in getting there. In 1952, the Irish writer Samuel Beckett wrote a tragicomedy named “Waiting for Godot.” The play consists of conversations between two characters – Vladimir and…
Canada can expect a “tsunami of illegal immigrants!” – Canadian Prof.
Photo credit: Yahoo News A Canadian professor has warned that irregular immigration and drug smuggling could surge in Canada because of US President Donald Trump’s strict border enforcement. Fox News reports that Kelly Sundberg from Mount Royal University said on Sunday that a “tsunami” of illegal immigrants can be expected to cross the United States into…