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"Herzlich Willkommen - wer immer Du bist." Gemeinsames Wort der Kirchen zur Interkulturellen Woche 2012

Source country presseportal Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:10:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] Fremdenhass[1]; migranten[1]; Migranten[2]; Rassismus[3];

Entities: Markus Dröge[1]; Reinhard Mawick[1]; Robert Zollitsch[1]; Rainer Maria Woelki[1]; Nikolaus Schneider[1];

Other categories: Society; FRA-EU; Human rights;

EKD Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland: Hannover (ots) - "Herzlich Willkommen - wer immer Du bist." So lautet das Motto der Interkulturellen Woche 2012, die vom 23. bis 29. September stattfindet. In ihrem Gemeinsamen Wort der Kirchen, das heute veröffentlicht wurde, rufen der Vorsitzende ......

MIGRATION: Trauma travels too

Source country irinnews Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:09:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] xenophobia[1]; migrants[3];

Entities: Manuel Carballo[1];

Other categories: Public Health (general); Echo;

JOHANNESBURG, 22 May 2012 (IRIN) - Georgette* is jumpy and on the verge of tears even before she starts recounting her long and harrowing story of loss and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), her desperate flight to South Africa, and the struggles and setbacks she has endured since arriving in Johannesburg a year ago....

Articles published more than 50 minutes ago

Ατυχείς λύσεις σε σημαντικά ζητήματα

Source country simerini Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:01:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] μεταναστών[2];

Other categories: Members of the European Parliament; Turkey-EU; UN Bodies; EC News;

Το μεγαλύτερο κόστος αυτών των πολιτικών εξακολουθούν να το επωμίζονται οι «συνήθεις ύποπτοι», οι μετανάστες και οι πρόσφυγες, οι οποίοι αντιμετωπίζονται σαν «παράπλευρες απώλειες» πειραμάτων Στις 16 Μαΐου η Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή ανακοίνωσε ότι στο τελευταίο τρίμηνο του 2011 σημειώθηκαν περίπου 30.000.....

Articles published more than 1 hour ago

Londres : Manifestation contre la visite de Liebermann

Source country palestine-info-fr Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:45:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] racisme[3];

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Le Forum palestinien en Grande-Bretagne et un certain nombre d'organisations britanniques contre le racisme de l'Etat de l'occupation israélienne organisent mardi 22/5,...

Leers; voorkomen van onnodig stapelen asielprocedures

Source country rijksoverheid Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:05:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] mensenhandel[1];

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Asielzoekers die 6, 8 soms wel 12 jaar procedures voeren, zonder dat zij perspectief hebben op verblijf. Die situaties mogen niet meer voorkomen. Om dat te bereiken is een pakket maatregelen gemaakt. De belangrijkste maatregelen zijn: een zorgvuldige volledige toetsing van het eerste asielverzoek.......

Web China: Majority of poll respondents favor scrutinizing foreigners' job status

Source country xinhuanet_en Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:01:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] visa policy[1]; illegal residents[1];

Entities: Sina Weibo[1];

Other categories: Economic Crisis - Internal Market;

BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Ninety-four percent of participants in a recent online survey agreed that the financial conditions, real estate assets and job status of foreigners living in China should be more closely scrutinized. More than 6,000 netizens have responded to a poll created on Monday by.......

Articles published more than 2 hours ago

AMS houdt tweede mini-Afrikaloop

Source country hoogeveen Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:45:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] mensenhandel[1];

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HOOGEVEEN - De Andreas Manna Stichting (AMS) houdt voor de tweede keer de mini-Afrikaloop. Dit is een wandeling van ongeveer 10 kilometer. De start en finish zijn in Hoogeveen. De loop wordt gehouden op zaterdag 26 mei. De inschrijving en start zijn in brasserie 't Raethuys aan de Raadhuisstraat 6....

Zuma sues art gallery over penis painting

Source country guardian Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:39:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] racism[3];

Entities: Oliver Tambo[1]; Gwede Mantashe[1]; Mondli Makhanya[1]; Jacob Zuma[2];

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Mondli Makhanya said: "It will be his sexual legacy that we will remember more than anything else,"

South African president says his right to privacy violated by The Spear, triggering row about freedom of speech and racism It began with an impression of a man's penis in an art gallery where only a tiny fraction of the population would normally set foot....

UPDATE. Cutremurul din Bulgaria: Peste 15 replici, înregistrate în decurs de o oră.

Source country romanialibera Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:32:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] xenofobie[1];

Entities: Nikola Nikolov[1];

Other categories: Security; Serbia - EU; UN Bodies;

UPDATE: Peste 15 replici puternice s-au produs in Bulgaria in decurs de o ora dupa cutremurul din noaptea de luni spre marti, a anuntat directorul Institutului National de Geofizica al Academiei bulgare de Stiinte, Nikolai Milosev, citat de postul public de radio, relateaza site-ul Novinite.com, conform Mediafax....

Articles published more than 4 hours ago

Τα οικονομικά προβλήματα φέρνουν άνοδο του εθνικισμού προειδοποιεί ο Κλεγκ

Source country philenews Tuesday, May 22, 2012 7:31:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] ρατσισμό[1];

Entities: Angela Merkel[1];

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Λονδίνο: Ο αντιπρόεδρος της βρετανικής κυβέρνησης, Νικ Κλεγκ, προειδοποίησε για την πιθανή άνοδο του εθνικισμού στην Ευρώπη σε περίπτωση που δεν λυθούν τα προβλήματα στην ευρωζώνη. Προσθέτει δε ότι η ενίσχυση αριστερών και δεξιών εξτρεμισμών εξαιτίας της μαλθακότητας των Ευρωπαίων ηγετών, θα ήταν καταστροφική....

Un joueur de football de La Roche-Blanche condamné pour injures raciales

Source country lamontagne Tuesday, May 22, 2012 6:25:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] Racisme[1]; racisme[2];

Entities: Gilles-Jean Portejoie[1];

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Un joueur de football de La Roche-Blanche a été condamné, hier, à 500 € d’amende et 1.000 € de dommages et intérêts pour injures raciales et discriminatoires....

Articles published more than 6 hours ago

Collared over coloured ITV News told off over use of word in story about racism in sport

Source country irishsun Tuesday, May 22, 2012 5:37:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] racism[3];

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ITV News has been reprimanded by a TV watchdog after a journalist used the word "coloured" in a story about racism in sport. The station received 20 complaints over the report on a ......

When in Singapore, act like a S'porean

Source country asianewsnet Tuesday, May 22, 2012 5:25:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] immigration policy[2]; Illegal immigration[1];

Other categories: Discrimination; Social situation; EU-USA;

As events of the past week have revealed, the divisions between Singaporeans and foreigners, between so-called 'old' Singaporeans and 'new' Singaporeans, are deep and worrisome. We must take the task ........

Malaysian NGO to continue speaking out for migrants' rights

Source country asianewsnet Tuesday, May 22, 2012 5:25:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] human trafficking[1]; migrants[2];

Entities: Irene Fernández[1];

Other categories: Society; Human Trafficking;

Malaysia's non-government organisation Tenaganita will continue to defend human rights and not be cowed by intimidation or harassment, its executive director Dr Irene Fernandez vowed. Fernandez, who ........

Tenaganita chief to continue speaking out for human rights

Source country thestar-my Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:22:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] human trafficking[1]; migrants[1];

Other categories: Society; Human Trafficking;

PETALING JAYA: Tenaganita will continue to defend human rights and not be cowed by intimidation or harassment, said its executive director Dr Irene Fernandez....

Turkey becoming final destination for illegal migrants, study shows

Source country todayszaman Tuesday, May 22, 2012 1:44:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] migrants[19]; family reunification[1]; illegal immigration[1]; Illegal Immigration[1];

Other categories: Science; Turkey-EU; FRA-EU; EU-Asia; Foreign and Security Policy;

Turkey, which has long been a transit country, particularly to Europe, for illegal migrants, is gradually becoming a final destination with an increasing number of people seeking a better future for themselves in this country over the past several years, a recent survey has shown....

Mexican police capture drugs baron dubbed 'The Crazy One'

Source country independent Tuesday, May 22, 2012 1:37:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] human trafficking[1]; migrants[1];

Entities: Felipe Calderón[1]; Los Zetas[1]; Heriberto Lazcano[1];

Other categories: Human Trafficking;

They call him "The Crazy One" but, judging by the sobering nature of his debut press conference, the suspected cocaine baron Daniel Jesus Elizondo came from a more calculated school of organised criminals....

TB test for migrants who want British visa

Source country express Tuesday, May 22, 2012 1:29:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] migrants[3];

Entities: Damian Green[1];

Other categories: Communicable Diseases;

MIGRANTS will have to be screened for tuberculosis before being issued with a visa to enter the UK....

Press Releases: Humanitarian Assistance to Yemen

Source country state-gov Tuesday, May 22, 2012 1:26:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] migrants[4];

Entities: Lachlan Carmichael[1];

Other categories: Food Security & Aid; Terrorist Attack; Conflict; Echo; UN Bodies;

Humanitarian Assistance to Yemen Special Briefing Kelly Clements Deputy Assistant Secretary , Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Christa Capozzola Via Teleconference Washington, DC May 21, 2012 .addthis_toolbox....

Articles published more than 12 hours ago

Patru elevi au murit în Maroc după coliziunea unui tren cu un autobuz şcolar.

Source country romanialibera Monday, May 21, 2012 10:23:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] xenofobie[1];

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Patru elevi au fost ucisi si alti 16 au fost raniti grav luni dupa ce un tren a lovit un autobuz scolar in regiunea Marrakech (sud), a transmis agentia marocana de presa MAP, citata de AFP, potrivit Mediafax. "Patru elevi au murit si alti 16 au fost raniti luni intr-un accident feroviar in apropiere.......

Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan: Moscow Brawl Linked to Lingering Hard Feelings over Osh Events

Source country eurasianet Monday, May 21, 2012 10:15:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] migrants[3];

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A brawl involving groups of Kyrgyz and Uzbek labor migrants in Moscow on May 20 resulted in the detention of 79 individuals. According to one news account, lingering hostility stemming from inter-ethnic rioting in southern Kyrgyzstan in 2010 spurred the confrontation in the Russian capital....

«La crise financière n’a pas été sans conséquence sur la capacité d’épargne des migrants»

Source country algeriawatch Monday, May 21, 2012 9:59:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] regroupement familial[1]; migrants[22]; immigration légale[1]; flux migratoires[2];

Entities: Paul Valéry[1]; Silvio Berlusconi[1];

Other categories: Discrimination; Demographic Change; Financial Crisis; Development; Market; FRA-EU; EU - Latin America; EU-Asia; External Relations; Human rights; Humanitarian aid; Justice, freedom and security;

Hocine Zeghbib, coordinateur des programmes du Grand-Maghreb et de l’Afrique Sahélienne La crise financière n’a pas été sans conséquence sur la capacité d’épargne des migrants El Watan, 21 mai 2012 Pour ce chercheur, maître de conférences à l’université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III et spécialiste de.......

Les migrants, victimes expiatoires de la récession économique !

Source country algeriawatch Monday, May 21, 2012 9:59:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] retour volontaire[1]; regroupement familial[1]; immigration clandestine[1]; migrants[16];

Other categories: Mobility of Workers; Discrimination; Europe 2020; Europe 2020; FRA-EU;

Marché de l’emploi en Europe Les migrants, victimes expiatoires de la récession économique ! El Watan, 21 mai 2012 Bien qu’ils diffèrent sensiblement d’un pays à l’autre, les effets de la longue et sévère phase de dépression dans laquelle se trouve l’économie européenne se sont vite traduits par une hostilité publique inédite envers les migrants....

Hrebenciuc: Dorim ca parlamentarele să fie în octombrie.

Source country romanialibera Monday, May 21, 2012 8:52:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] xenofobie[1];

Entities: Viorel Hrebenciuc[1];

Other categories:

Vicepresedintele Camerei Deputatilor, Viorel Hrebenciuc, a declarat la Gandul LIVE, ca democrat-liberalii sunt avantajati de legea uninominalul pur, chiar daca nu isi dau seama, el precizand ca actuala putere incearca sa organizeze alegerile parlamentare in luna octombrie, potrivit Mediafax....

'Threats to deport Africans only populist talk'

Source country jrep Monday, May 21, 2012 8:11:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] xenophobia[1]; migrants[8];

Entities: Yaakov Lappin[1]; Shelly Yacimovich[1]; Ben-Ari[2]; Michael Ben-Ari[1]; Moshe Mizrahi[1]; Danny Danon[1]; Eli Yishai[1];

Other categories: Echo;

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Moshe Mizrahi said: “The attempt to blame illegal migrants from Sudan and Eritrea for the rise in crime is idiotic and plays into the hands of xenophobia and forces interested in stoking extremist nationalist sentiment,”

NGOs: Israel is bound by 1951 refugee convention; statistics show crime in general population twice as high as among illegal refugees....

Angolan security forces abused migrants: report

Source country taipeitimes Monday, May 21, 2012 8:05:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] human trafficking[1]; migrants[5];

Entities: Leslie Lefkow[1];

Other categories: Human Trafficking; UN Bodies;

Angolan security and immigration forces have raped and tortured migrants during deportations of hundreds of thousands of people to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), Human Rights Watch said yesterday. “Women and girls have been victims of sexual abuse, including gang rape, and of.......

Netanyahu vows ‘action’ on illegal African migrants

Source country taipeitimes Monday, May 21, 2012 8:05:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] migrants[6];

Entities: Benjamin Netanyahu[1];

Other categories:

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Benjamin Netanyahu said: “This would inundate the state and, to a considerable degree, cancel out its image as a Jewish and democratic state,”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday highlighted what he believes as dangers of an uncontrollable influx of African migrants to the Jewish state, while vowing he would act to resolve the issue. The phenomenon of “illegal work infiltrators” is “very grave and threatens the social.......

Foreign journalists threatened in China

Source country taipeitimes Monday, May 21, 2012 8:05:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Immigration] human trafficking[1]; xenophobic[1]; xenophobia[1];

Entities: Melissa Chan[1];

Other categories: Human Trafficking;

The level of harassment and threats foreign journalists based in China are facing today is worse than ever, some are saying, following the expulsion of a reporter from Qatar-based TV network Al-Jazeera and comments by a top TV show host that exposed an alarming xenophobic streak within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)....

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