refugees
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23 February Feb 2016 0936 23 February 2016 Welcome to Zeebrugge, the new Calais of Belgium
The stories and aspirations of a group of Iranian refugees hoping to reach England. In the meantime, they are stuck in the town of Zeebrugge: a place that risks becoming the new migrant crisis in Europe.
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19 February Feb 2016 1842 19 February 2016 “Fire at sea”, the greatest tragedy we have ever seen in Europe
“A mass grave is being created in the Mediterranean Sea and the we are all responsible”. Gianfranco Rosi, whose films include Sacro GRA, winner of Venice’s Golden Lion in 2013, spent months living in Lampedusa to face what he has said perhaps after the Holocaust, it is one of the greatest tragedies the world has ever seen. The island is conveniently closer to Africa than Europe, around 70 miles from the Tunisian coast and further south than Malta
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18 February Feb 2016 0921 18 February 2016 Paolo Gentiloni: “More development cooperation on migration and Isis”
From migration to Syria and Libya: The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs speaks exclusively to Vita International outlining the Italian development cooperation strategy to address the current international crisis and its root causes. “The challenges associated with the management of refugees and migrants mean that a new, combined approach is urgently needed in order to ensure the conditions for safe, orderly and legal migration that respects human rights”, says the minister.
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12 February Feb 2016 1140 12 February 2016 Where Europe's borders lie
This week in Brussels the European Union agreed to a new set of demands for Greece to fix its handling of irregular migrants.
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12 February Feb 2016 1004 12 February 2016 The good practices that fostered the integration of refugees
A new OECD report highlights how some countries were able to manage and integrate refugees. An example? In Sweden, new arrivals are systematically informed of job opportunities in meetings with the public employment service upon reception of their residence permit.
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10 February Feb 2016 1724 10 February 2016 #womensvoices: female refugees need more rights
As the refugee crisis continues, the European Women's Lobby and the Women Refugee Commission have joined forces and created the #womensvoices project to draw attention to the hardships faced by women fleeing from conflict, poverty, and climate change.
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10 February Feb 2016 1630 10 February 2016 Implementing the European agenda on migration: Progress on priority actions
In view of next week's European Council, the Commission is today reporting on the implementation of the priority actions under the European Agenda for Migration and highlighting key areas where immediate action is needed to restore control.
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10 February Feb 2016 1407 10 February 2016 Peace in Yemen: "No end in sight"
Civil war has been raging in Yemen for a year. Over 80% of the population require humanitarian assistance, and the conflict shows no signs of abating. International Crisis Group (ICG) have released their latest Middle East Report entitled “Yemen: Is Peace Possible?”.
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9 February Feb 2016 1659 09 February 2016 Allow solidarity to overcome fear
It is hard to recall a year as successful as 2015 for international development policy. However, the story seems to be slightly different when looking at the concrete actions taken. And as usual, this is at the expense of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world, says Caritas Europa.
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5 February Feb 2016 1702 05 February 2016 Austria asks EU to cut development aid in the name of conditionality
The news of Vienna pushing to cut EU development aid in the cases of countries not willing to cooperate on readmission of irregular migrants is further evidence of what European NGO network CONCORD Europe underlines as the “EU Member States continue increasingly to use development aid to promote their geopolitical interests”.