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Migrants thrown into the Mediterranean!
60 migrants were thrown into the Mediterranean Sea after their small fibreglass boat capsized before being rescued by a Doctors Without Bordes lifeboat. The Daily Mail reports that the migrants were fleeing Syria in the hope of reaching Europe. However, their boat got into difficulty and capsized on Saturday night. Luckily for them, a rescue…
Finland May Limit Asylum Applications!
The Finnish authorities are planning to limit asylum applications. Helsinki Times reports that the government has published a draft bill enabling it to deny entry to asylum seekers and significantly restrict the reception of asylum applications in circumstances where such measures are deemed necessary. The bill will be open for comments until March 25. Prime…
Russia holds presidential election: 15-17 March!
Russia is having its presidential election from March 15 to 17. France 24 reports that three others are contesting for Moscow’s top seat in addition to the incumbent, Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, anti-war candidates have been barred from running. The three candidates are Leonid Slutsky, Nikolai Kharitonov and Vladislav Davankov. However, they pose little of a…
Removal of sanctions – relief for N. Nigeria!
Eight months after Nigeria placed sanctions on Niger because the army seized power in the country, Mr Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s President, has lifted the restrictions. Tinubu, the chairman of the regional bloc ECOWAS, led the bloc in demanding that the junta step down. A warning that the bloc could use military strength to dislodge putschists…
Israel blocks Palestinians from Mosque!
Israeli authorities have further tightened restrictions for Palestinians travelling to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. They have thereby added to the mounting tensions. AlJazeera reports that despite the restrictions, 80,000 worshippers still made it to the holy site for the first Friday prayers of Ramadan. However, thousands of Palestinians were not allowed to…
42 arrested for human smuggling!
An organised gang which allegedly specialized in smuggling migrants has been smashed by the Romanian Border Police, supported by Europol and involving the Bulgarian General Directorate Combating Organized Crime and the German Police. Eurasiareview reports that the group was allegedly smuggling migrants from Bulgaria to Romania, across the Danube River and then towards Western Europe….