Europe
British ship embarks on migrant rescue mission
A British warship in the Mediterranean launched a mission to rescue over 500 migrants stranded at sea, but no word was given on what would be their fate after "rescue."
Tag: politics of immigration
North Africa
Libya: ISIS abducts Eritrean Christians
As Libyan peace talks open in Morocco, ISIS militants abduced 86 Eritrean Christian migrants—including 12 women and several children—at a roadblock outisde Tripoli.
Southeast Asia
Burma: Dalai Lama challenges Suu Kyi on Rohingya
The Dalai Lama appealed to Burma's Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to speak up for the country's persecuted Muslim Rohingya minority amid a worsening refugee crisis.
Southeast Asia
Burma passes restrictive population control bill
Burma enacted a new law requiring mothers in designated areas to space the births of their children three years apart—a measure clearly aimed at the Muslim minority.
North Africa
Amnesty: Libya migrants facing rape and torture
Refugees and migrants in Libya face rights abuses including torture and rape, causing many to risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean to escape, Amnesty International reports.
Palestine
Israel: toward Zio-fascism
The growing consensus in Israel for a Jewish-supremacist state and genocidal solution to the Palestinian question is further consolidated in the new far-right coalition.
Central America
Honduras: AFL-CIO blames trade policies for crisis
The AFL-CIO once backed US government meddling in Honduras, but a new report from the labor federation is a scathing indictment of US "security" and "free trade" policies.
The Caribbean
Dominican Republic: was Haitian man lynched?
Police suggest a Haitian immigrant was killed to keep him from giving evidence on another murder, but the crime looked a lot like a racist lynching from the Jim Crow era.
Central America
Central America: US pushes new ‘Plan Colombia’
The US is now seeking $1 billion from Congress for its plan to step up the failed "war on drugs" and failed neoliberal economic programs in Central America.
The Caribbean
Dominican Republic: thousands to become stateless
A law passed last year was supposed to help Dominicans of Haitian descent regain citizenship, but rights advocates say "administrative hurdles" have sabotaged the process.
Europe
Greece: populist bloc with xenophobes
Syriza needs anti-austerity partners for its economic program, but its alliance with the anti-immigrant Independent Greeks further mainstreams very dangerous politics.
Europe
UN meeting on anti-Semitism… Oy vey
The UN hearings on anti-Semitism will certainly enflame anti-Semitism—affording Israel the opportunity for propaganda exploitation, and for Jew-haters to exploit the backlash.