immigration
Being black in Morocco: 'I get called a slave'
The latest cover of Maroc Hebdo magazine—seen as racist by some, defended by others—has launched a national debate on the struggles faced by sub-Saharan Africans living in Morocco. Read more...
Algerian immigrants deported from Italy bound and gagged
Tunisian revolution unleashes wave of illegal migrants
France's Roma face dilemma: Endure the cold or lose their homes
Six months after France stepped up measures to expel Roma gypsies from the country, new makeshift shacks have emerged on the sites of their dismantled camps. Despite the cold, most families living in these slums refuse to go to emergency accommodation centres. They fear their homes will once again be razed while they are away. Read more...
Buenos Aires migrant squatters face deadly xenophobic violence
Iranian asylum seekers sew mouths shut to protest Greek mistreatment
As Greece faces growing international pressure to improve its “catastrophic” immigration system, a group of Iranian asylum seekers have sewed their mouths shut during a hunger strike in central Athens to pressure the Greek government to accept their applications for refugee status. Read more...
Priest invites Muslism without a Mosque to pray in churchyard
In the town of Gallarate, north of Milan, Muslims have no mosque in which to celebrate Ramadan. Instead, for the past three years they have prayed on a plot of land lent to them by... the local church. Read more...
What future for the Roma if they are forced out of France?
The French government has just announced that it will be taking a harder line towards its Roma community. According to the Minister of the Interior, Brice Hortefeux, this will involve numerous expulsions. What will happen to the Roma who are sent back to their countries of origin? Read more...
Stallions find grass is greener in Angola
There were 88 of them when they left Burkina Faso to support the Stallions’ campaign in Angola; but only 24 have come back. With their team knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations, Burkina fans have gone underground in the host country. Read more...
