Saturday, September 8
2.00 pm- 5.00 pm
Room 2245
Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, 515 W Hastings Street, Vancouver
by Elise Foley
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration responded to years of pressure from immigrants rights groups on Friday with an announcement that it will stop deportations and begin granting work permits for some Dream Act-eligible students.
Deaths are listed if they can be put down to “Fortress Europe”
(border militarisation, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
Posted by UNITED for Intercultural Action, European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees
Until now, migrants caught by IDF have been transferred to the Saharonim detention facility in the south; Interior Minister says migrants do not recognize that Israel ‘belongs to the white man.’
By Dana Weiler-Polak | Jun.03, 2012 | 2:10 PM | Haar’etz
A law granting Israeli authorities the power to detain illegal migrants for up to three years came into effect on Sunday, in the wake of widening public controversy over the influx of African migrants who cross into Israel along its border with Egypt. The law makes illegal migrants and asylum seekers liable to jail, without trial or deportation, if caught staying in Israel for long periods. In addition, anyone helping migrants or providing them with shelter could face prison sentences of between five and 15 years. The law amended the Prevention of Infiltration Law of 1954, passed to prevent the entry of Palestinians as part of emergency legislation. The law is expanded to address migrant workers or asylum seekers who enter Israel without posing a threat to Israel’s security.
Thursday, May 31, 2012 09:45 PM By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The number of people fleeing their homes and becoming refugees or displaced in their own countries will increase in the next 10 years as a result of a host of intertwined causes ranging from conflict and climate change to population growth and food shortages, according to a report Thursday by the U.N. refugee agency. “The State of the World’s Refugees,†covering the period 2006-2011, said a key change and dominant challenge is the increasing number of internally displaced people — some 26 million globally compared to around 15-16 million refugees who have crossed borders to another country and a further one million asylum seekers.
