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22.07.2015, Diario Público
Das Spanische Innenministerium führt ab September am wichtigsten Grenzübergang zwischen Marokko und Melilla die sogenannte "intelligente Grenze" ein. Die Kosten für die zweistufige Einführung dieses Systems zur Personenidentifikation mittels biometrischer Daten belaufen sich auf 1.150.000 Euro. read more
Language(s): Spanisch / Español Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
22.07.2015, DELFI
The Labour Party, which is part of Lithuania's ruling coalition, issued a statement on Wednesday, calling the country's decision to accept 325 refugees "a mistake" and "does not approve of the European Commission's proposed solution of distributing refugees among member states to resolve this problem," the statement reads. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa, Europäische Union, Europa
22.07.2015, Televisión del Sur
Australia's opposition leader Bill Shorten endorsed Prime Minister Tony Abbott's hard-line anti-asylum seeker policy Wednesday – a policy broadly condemned internationally as mired with human rights abuses. Labor has long opposed the policy of intercepting asylum seeker vessels at sea and forcibly diverting them away from the Australian mainland. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Australien
22.07.2015, World Socialist Web Site
In response to the sailor's strike, which has led to a blockade of the port and long delays for highway traffic on both sides of the English Channel, British and French authorities are escalating repression both against strikers and migrants trapped in Calais. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
22.07.2015, Reuters
Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel wants the French and British governments to reimburse it for close to 10 million euros it spent to beef up security to cope with a migrant crisis at the French port of Calais. The migrants make daily attempts to board lorries and trains heading to Britain. read more
22.07.2015, Hürriyet Daily News
Turkish Coast Guard Command has rescued 18,598 migrants in multiple operations in the Aegean Sea since the beginning of this year. Geographically located between war-torn Syria and Iraq in the southeast and the European Union member states of Bulgaria and Greece in the northwest, Turkey has come to be a transition point for foreign migrants looking to illegally cross into the EU. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Naher Osten, Europäische Union
22.07.2015, Euractiv
70.000 Flüchtlinge sind in diesem Jahr bereits in Österreich neu angekommen - das Land klagt, seine Aufnahmekapazitäten seien erschöpft. Nun will die Slowakei aus dem Land vorübergehend Asylbewerber aufnehmen. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Osteuropa, Österreich / Schweiz
22.07.2015, Focus
Über den Vorschlag des baden-württembergischen Ministerpräsidenten Winfried Kretschmann, einen größeren Teil der ankommenden Flüchtlingsmaßen auf den verödenden Osten Deutschlands zu verteilen, wird heftig diskutiert. Schlägt man zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe? Oder schafft man damit ein Pulverfass? read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
22.07.2015, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Deutsche Entscheider halten die europäische Flüchtlingspolitik für vergeblich, loben Amerikas Spione und sehen im Google-Auto keine Gefahr für die deutsche Autoindustrie. Erste Ergebnisse des F.A.Z.-Elite-Panels. read more
21.07.2015, CBC News
The children are underfoot, barefoot, buskers and beggars. They are Syrian refugees, and many are fending for themselves on the streets of Istanbul. Legislation to make it easier for Syrians to get work permits has not yet come into effect. Without work permits, most families resort to begging and often use their children to do it. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Naher Osten, Europa
21.07.2015, Al-Monitor
Hunger, thirst, lack of hygiene and lack of medical care are not the only problems for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. They also suffer from depression, anxiety and stress, due not only to their displacement, but to their precarious existence. To help overcome these issues, some organizations, such as Medicins du Monde focus on mental health. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Naher Osten
21.07.2015, GreekReporter
Greece’s Deputy Immigration Minister Tasia Christodoulopoulou called the thousands of migrants sleeping in the streets of Athens and Aegean Sea islands a “tourist attraction.” He said that the thousands of homeless migrants are not a problem for tourism: “Tourists know where they are going. In fact, tourists head to where there are oddities." read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
21.07.2015, Reuters
Three Italian ships rescued 414 migrants from four boats in the Mediterranean sea on Tuesday, Italy's coast guard said, with four newborns and one young child among those saved. Tuesday's rescues were carried out by Italian coast guard ships activated as part of European Union rescue mission Triton read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta
21.07.2015, Radio Poland
Poland confirmed on Monday that it will resettle 2,000 refugees from Syria and Eritrea as part of the EU resettlement plan. Poland will take 1,100 from Greece and Italy, followed by 900 from camps outside the EU. Overall, Poland's number is less than the 3,621 originally proposed by Brussels. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa, Europäische Union
21.07.2015, The Telegraph
The mayor of the Italian island of Lampedusa, Giusi Nicolini, has criticised Britain for not doing enough to help migrants as she lashed out at Europe for its failure to agree on a redistribution plan for migrants. She delivered an impassioned speech in front of some of the world’s most powerful politicians at a Vatican conference and urged Europe “to open its eyes” to the “boats of death” that sail from northern Africa to Lampedusa. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
Hardly a day has passed this year in Germany without an attack on refugee shelters as the country struggles to cope with a record-breaking number of asylum-seekers fleeing wars and violence abroad. "The government doesn't have a coherent strategy and some politicians, especially on the right, are making the situation worse with incendiary comments and actions," says Hajo Funke, a political scientist at Berlin's Free University. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland
21.07.2015, Deutsche Welle
The number of refugees seeking asylum in Europe has risen dramatically over the past year, as have the violent incidences at the EU's external borders. One young Syrian talks to DW about his experience. "We were always told about human rights in Europe, that there is no harassment and so on, but I don't think there is any real difference between Italy and Bashar al-Assad's regime." read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Naher Osten, Europa
21.07.2015, The Irish Times
The Irish naval vessel, the LÉ Niamh, rescued 256 migrants from a wooden barge during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean. The migrants - 235 men, 13 women, and eight children - were brought to safety off the coast of Tripoli, a spokesperson for the Defences Forces said. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika, Naher Osten
21.07.2015, Tagesspiegel
Das Flüchtlingsproblem fordert Europa und Deutschland heraus. Einzelne Schicksale berühren, doch auch Unmut macht sich breit. Wie geht die Politik damit um? Fragen und Antworten. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europäische Union
21.07.2015, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Der bayerische Vorstoß zur Einrichtung eigener Abschiebelager für Balkan-Flüchtlinge hat heftige Reaktionen von SPD und der Opposition im Bund ausgelöst. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Osteuropa, Deutschland
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