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That so-called deadline by Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: BBC I learned some so-called Nigerian youth have given South Africans living in Nigeria a 30-day ultimatum to leave Nigeria. I don’t believe we’re in the era of an “eye for an eye”. In fact, that system is rather obnoxious and outdated. While trying to understand where the youth are coming from, I can’t…
WHO Chief Rebukes Bishop’s Migration Remarks
Photo credit: SACBC Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus criticized remarks by conservative Catholic Bishop Athanasius Schneider, who called migration to Europe an “invasion”, saying such language dehumanizes people fleeing conflict and hardship. Borkena reports that in a social media post, Tedros said he read the bishop’s remarks “with a heavy heart,” arguing that calling human beings “invaders” takes away their “faces,…
Inside Lampedusa’s “hotspot”
Photo credit: Vatican News Working with humanity and welcoming everyone who crosses the Mediterranean: These are principles guiding the Italian Red Cross, which officially took over the management of the Contrada Imbriacola hotspot in Lampedusa on 1 June 2023. Since then, more than 182,000 migrants have passed through the centre after crossings that are often fatal. It remains the…
Police embark on a major immigration crackdown in Scotland
Photo credit: STV News Working with humanity and welcoming everyone who crosses the Mediterranean: These are principles guiding the Italian Red Cross, which officially took over the management of the Contrada Imbriacola hotspot in Lampedusa on 1 June 2023. Since then, more than 182,000 migrants have passed through the centre after crossings that are often fatal. It remains the…
Multiculturalism helps Canada boost identity – new report indicates
Photo credit: CBC Mahak Bhateja says Canada’s culture helped her adjust to her new home after she moved from India. CBC News reports that the Toronto resident said, “One thing I really like about this country is the people are very welcoming and they were very supportive.” Bhateja’s experience is backed by the findings of…
Mob burns Ebola treatment centre in eastern Congo, killing policeman
Photo credit: Yahoo News A mob set fire to an Ebola treatment centre in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving one police officer dead and two people injured, officials said. DPA International reports that several Ebola patients, along with individuals showing symptoms of the life-threatening virus, fled the treatment centre in the village of Bafwabango in Ituri province, Joseph…
14 die, 20 wounded in Lahore private tuition centre collapse
At least 14 Pakistan schoolchildren were killed and 20 others injured when the roof of a private tuition centre operating from an under-construction building collapsed in Lahore on Tuesday. The Telegraph online reports that more than 300 children, aged between seven and 13 years, were attending classes at the academy, located in the densely populated…