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Items by Henriette Johansen
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The EU’s unscrupulous plan continues the refoulement of thousands of refugees
Greece wants to escalate the return of migrants to Turkey dramatically in the coming weeks under a European Union deal with Ankara, according to the Greek migration minister Panos Kammenos. The move comes amid criticism that it has been “too slow” to process them. Officials say that there are...
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Discrimination, sexism and brutality are widespread in Europe’s refugee response
The random crackdown and the sexualised way in which it occurs, is intended to threaten the volunteers - predominantly women....
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Fascists attack refugees in Chios, as EU-Turkey deal fails
On Tuesday, the European Union gave Greece two weeks to “tighten its borders” and finalise a plan for the spending of the €700 million allocated in response to the crisis situation in Greece. EU officials visited Lesvos last week, saw the issues surrounding the implementation of the new EU-Turkey...
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Narrow scope for Palestinian rights in Lebanon
It seems to be the official message from Lebanon that Palestinians have long overstayed their not so pleasant stay. Testing times ahead for Lebanon, then, with the difficult accommodation of an extra 960,009 refugees, internal delicate sectarian make-up and Hezbollah’s involvement in the neighbouring crisis; the Palestinians, it seems,...