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OP-ED: The Road to Nowhere? A Critique of the ‘Route-Based Approach’ to Migration and Asylum
By Jeff Crisp Irregular arrivals For the past 40 years, the governments of wealthy countries in the Global North have been striving to curtail the arrival of refugees, asylum seekers and irregular migrants from less prosperous parts of the world....
Owner: ECRE (Non-profit)
Egypt passes its fourth IMF review
At some point, most people will likely have seen or received a school report that reads something along these lines: “Commendable progress but has the potential to do better.” That was roughly the gist of the long awaited — and much delayed —...
Owner: The Middle East Institute (Non-Profit)
UK: High Court ruling on asylum hotel ― 50,000 Channel crossings since 2024 general election ― More deaths of people on the move in Channel and northern France ― First people detained under recent UK-France deal ― NGOs urge political leaders to end div…
The High Court has ruled that asylum applicants who are being accommodated in a hotel in Essex have to be moved out. The number of people who have crossed the Channel in small boats since the change of government in July 2024 has exceeded 50,000....
Owner: ECRE (Non-profit)
US imposes USD15,000 visa bond on two African countries
(MENAFN) Starting later this month, citizens of Zambia and Malawi applying for certain US visas will need to pay bonds as high as $15,000, the US State Department announced Tuesday. This requirement is part of a new 12-month pilot program...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
US puts seven African nations on blacklist
(MENAFN) President Donald Trump has implemented a travel ban affecting nationals from seven African countries — Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan — citing terrorism risks and high visa overstay...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Trump prohibits residents of dozen nations from US
(MENAFN) U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a new proclamation barring citizens from 12 countries, including Iran, Afghanistan, and Yemen, from entering the United States. The full travel ban, which will take effect on June 9, cites national...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Defence on SA firms registering notable trade leads at International Defence Exhibition in Türkiye
South African defence sector companies are generating significant trade leads at the International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF), currently underway in Istanbul, Türkiye. These companies, supported by the Department of Trade, Industry and...
Owner: South African Government
President Cyril Ramaphosa: The Presidency Dept Budget Vote 2025/26
Speaker of the National Assembly, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Honourable Members, Fellow South Africans, In two days from now, on Friday 18 July, South Africans will join people across the world in celebrating Nelson Mandela Day. Madiba helped...
Owner: South African Government
Liberian leader amazes Trump with ‘good English’
(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for his command of the English language during a meeting with several African leaders at the White House. The gathering, held on Wednesday, brought together leaders from...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
President Cyril Ramaphosa participates in XVII Brics Summit in Brazil, 6 to 7 Jul
President Cyril Ramaphosa will, at the invitation of His Excellency Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, attend the XVII BRICS Summit from 6 to 7 July 2025 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. BRICS is a political and...
Owner: South African Government
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: UNHCR calls for urgent funding for refugees in Egypt ― EU co-operation with ‘dodgy’ Libyan authorities continues unabated ― Turkish border guards convicted for torturing and killing migrants
|Published on: 3rd July 2025|Categories: News| The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has issued an urgent appeal for increased international funding to support the rising number of refugees in Egypt. European Commissioner for Internal Affairs...
Owner: ECRE (Non-profit)
Iraq tries to assert state authority during crisis
The Iraqi government has long navigated a path between maintaining political ties with its Iranian neighbor and Tehran’s allies inside Iraq on the one hand, and preserving its security relationship with the United States on the other....
Owner: The Middle East Institute (Non-Profit)
ICRC president: When the rules of war are applied selectively, they lose their protective power
Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, It is a great honour and pleasure to be among you today. I wanted to be here to speak about the importance and power of the normative. And this is where it is necessary to be brought back to because of the...
Owner: The International Committee of the Red Cross (Non-profit)
Trump enacts entry ban on third world countries
(MENAFN) In a move citing national security threats, former U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation barring citizens from a dozen nations from entering the United States. The measure, announced on a Wednesday, also introduced limited...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
2024 Impact Report: LifeStraw Reaches 11.8M Children with Safe Drinking Water
Company’s Give Back Program hits milestone, while advancing emergency response, menstrual health, and sustainability efforts across the globe BALTIMORE, MD, UNITED STATES, June 18, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- LifeStraw, a public health B Corp and...
Minister Roland Lamola: Launch of South Africa-Finland Youth Peace Mediators Programme
Programme Director, Ambassador Dlomo, Honourable Minister Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Ambassador Pekka Metso, Embassy of Finland, Excellencies, Ambassadors and High Commissioners, Director General of DIRCO, Mr Dangor,...
Owner: South African Government
THE ONLY REMEDY FOR MULLIVAIKAL GENOCIDE IS AN INDEPENDENT TAMIL STATE - RUDRAKUMARAN
• Only Reparations in the form of a sovereign and independent state can ensure a safe and secure living without subjecting the Tamil people to genocide. COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, May 20, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- On May 18th, 2025 Mr. Visuvanathan...
AIDA Country Report on Switzerland – Update on 2024
|Published on: 15th May 2025|Categories: News| The updated AIDA Country Report on Switzerland provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants...
Owner: ECRE (Non-profit)
United Nations Volunteers over the years
In 1970, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish a new age of volunteerism The history of United Nations Volunteers (UNV) starts from 1968 with its first mention, to present day in 2025 where it deploys thousands of UN Volunteers...
Owner: United Nations
Remarkable Resilience of Human Rights Defenders a Source of Hope Amid Global Rollback on Rights
At least 324 defenders killed in 32 countries for their peaceful work in 2024 DUBLIN, IRELAND, May 6, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Despite an increasingly hostile world with expanded threats to their work, human rights defenders (HRDs) everywhere...