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People rescued at sea arrive at Arrecife port in the Canary Islands, Lanzarote, #Spain
Photograph: Adriel Perdomo/EPA
“The Italian government led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is pushing a security bill through parliament that, if enacted, could have a devastating impact on fundamental rights, including the rights to peaceful protest and freedom of expression.”
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#FarRight #Italy #Italia #HumanRights #EU #Europe #Migration #Refugees #ClimateCrisis
Trump’s order to halt most #ForeignAid has intensified #humanitarian crises & raised questions about the #UnitedStates’ reliability as a global leader.
In #famine-stricken #Sudan, soup kitchens that feed hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in a #WarZone have shut down.
In #Thailand, #war #refugees w/life-threatening #diseases have been turned away by hospitals & carted off on makeshift stretchers.
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint #Nationalism #geopolitics
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What is a migrant? What is ICE? 10 terms to help you understand the debate over immigration
Immigration scholars break down some of the immigration terms that are likely to become common during the Trump administration’s first months.The Conversation
Migrants walk in a caravan bound for the northern border with the U.S., in Huehuetan, Mexico. REUTERS/Damian Sanchez
Afghan migrants enjoy the sea as they hope of going to the U.S., in the coastal town of Shengjin, Albania. REUTERS/Florion Goga
Internally displaced civilians from the camps in Munigi and Kibati, carry their belongings as they flee following the fight between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. REUTERS/Aubin Mukoni
Drawing a red line in the water
A drone view shows U.S. workers assembling a string of buoys, to deter migrants from crossing the Rio Grande river from Mexico into Eagle Pass, Texas, as seen from Piedras Negras, Mexico. REUTERS/Alberto Fajardo
From our magazine: After fleeing persecution in #Russia, their journey to the United States became a harrowing one thanks to our byzantine #immigration policy, dangerous gangs and more, as they risked their lives along our Southern border ... texasobserver.org/lost-in-tran…
#border #news #politics #USpol #refugees #HumanRights #Texas
Lost in Transit: Russian Dissenters’ Perilous Path to America
Persecuted and unable to change anything, we were unwelcome in Russia. Then Mexican and U.S. policies brought more trouble.Liza Kalinina (The Texas Observer)