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911 calls from immigration detention facility reveal detainees in medical distress
Photo credit: ABC News Serious medical and mental health emergencies have been routine at the largest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility since its opening, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. Data and recordings from more than a hundred 911 calls at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, along with interviews and…
European commissioners seek partnership with Senegal!
Photo credit: APAnews Euro, 2026pean Commissioners for Home Affairs and Migration visited Senegal from March 2nd to 3rd, 2026.. the visit took place within the framework of ongoing negotiations for a new Strategic and Global Partnership between the European Union (EU) and Senegal, based on converging and mutually beneficial interests. The European delegation was received by H.E. Mr…
Asylum seekers in UK may be allowed to work under new measures!
Photo credit: the Guardian Up to 21,000 asylum seekers who have waited for over a year for their claims to be processed could be allowed to enter the jobs market so they can support themselves, he Home Office has said. The Guardian reports that the announcement is part of a package of measures to be announced…
Mass protest over OSAP cuts!
Photo credit: CBC Students across the province protested recent changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) – the post-secondary financial aid system which will go from a majority grant structure to a majority loan structure in the new school year. CBC News reports that hundreds of students rallied outside Queen’s Park in Toronto, while hundreds more walked…
Toronto gets $25M donation to establish new model for tackling homelessness!
Photo credit: CBC A philanthropic organization says it’s donating $25 million to establish a new system for tackling homelessness in Toronto that will use an evidence-based approach to move people off the streets and into supportive housing. Toronto Today reports that the Slaight Family Foundation says the money will go to a St Michael’s Hospital research centre,…
The migrants in the ancient forest (contd)
Photo credit: VICE It was in the summer of 2021 that people from Somalia, Iraq, Syria, and other countries with ongoing conflicts began showing up in the Polish woods. Many had children with them. They entered at the Belarusian border, through perhaps the world’s most politically engineered migration trade route. Months earlier, Aleksandr Lukashenko, the…
Boat capsizes off Libya …
Photo credit: Daily Sabah Emergency teams recovered victims after a migrant boat capsized off the coast near Derma, in Libya. Africa News reports that the incident once again underscores the dangers of the Central Mediterranean migration route. Saleh Jumaa Al-Mahjoub, a member of the Libyan Red Crescent, said 12 bodies have been recovered so far in the Qasr Al-Akhyar and Ghanima…