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Photo credit: Human Rights Watch Right-wing and far-right groups on Tuesday criticized EU institutions over freedom of expression anf=d migration policies during a European Parliament (EP) debate over a report on fundamental human rights. AA reports that while opening the debate on the state of fundamental human rights in the EU for 2024 and 2025,…

Photo credit: the Globe and Mail As the federal government looks to make “generational investments in structure,” it also wants to ensure Canada has enough workers to build it. Toronto Today reports that in its spring economic update tabled Tuesday, Mark Carney’s Liberal government acknowledged that the country is expected to “face a persistent gap of…

Photo credit: BBC African migrants in the South African capital, Pretoria, were urged to exercise “heightened vigilance” during an anti-illegal immigration march, amid fears of xenophibic attacks. BBC reports that hundreds of anti-immigrant lobby group March and March movement, plus other civil society organizations,marched through the streets of Pretoria, one of the largest cities and home to many…

Photo credit: Newsroom The Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg says two Nigerians identified as Amaramiro Emmanuel and Ekpenyong Andrew, have been killed in South Africa amid rising xenophobic tensions. The Cable reports that Ninikanwa Okey-Uche, the consul-general, said in a statement on Monday that Emmanuel died from injuries allegedly sustained after being beaten by personnel of the South African…

Photo credit: Fox News The Trump administration is adding new guidance to its green card application process to deny immigrants seeking permanent US residency  status if theyexprdess anti-American, anti-Israeli or pro-Palestinian political  views, according to a report by the New York Times. AA reports that the new guidelines state that immigrants can now be denied…

Photo credit: the independent More than 100 migrants attempting to cross the English Channel in a single boat have been rescued by the French coastguard after it broke down.  Independent reports that the “taxi boat” was spotted travelling east along the coast towards Wimereux to pick up people during the early hours of Sunday morning. The…

photo credit: The Canadian Press A Toronto patient who has been living with HIV for 27 years is in remission  – and potentially cured, according to his doctors – after a bone marrow transplant from a donor naturally resistant to the virus. The patient was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia in 2021 and needed a…