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Haiti’s schools resume to find homeless in schools!
Photo credit: Ocha Schools in Haiti resumed to discover teachers have fled, and the homeless are occupying schools. The Daily Item reports that several classrooms are condemned, while openings in the roofs and walls from the 2010 earthquake still need to be repaired in one of the oldest schools, Lycee Pinchinat de Jacmel. Although hundreds…
Italy’s conflicted relationship with migrant workers exposed by Laborer’s death!
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…
9 dead as migrant boat capsizes in Canary Islands!
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…
Portugal tightens border controls!
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…
Migrants die in Greece!
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…
Monday is holiday in Canada!
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…
Panama records fewer migrant crossings!
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….