Refugees

The Courageous Resistance Of The Palestinians In Jenin Continues

June 30, 2023 Ramzy Baroud, Common Dreams. Resist! Israel, Jenin, Occupation, Palestine, Refugees

On June 19, a large Israeli military force raided the northern Palestinian town and refugee camp of Jenin from multiple directions. Not only did the raid fail, it backfired, and it also created a precedent in Israel’s decades-long war on the ever-rebellious Palestinian region. Israel killed eight Palestinians and wounded 91 more, following hours of clashes involving Israeli soldiers, on the one hand, and unified Palestinian Resistance groups, on the other. Israel only admitted to the wounding of eight of its soldiers, with some Israeli media outlets speaking of critical injuries among the invading troops and others claiming only moderate wounds.

The Irony Of World Refugee Day: Celebrating, Then Blaming The Victims

June 22, 2023 Ramzy Baroud, MintPress News. Educate! Disaster, Greece, Refugees, World Refugee Day

Fadi, a Syrian teenager with curly hair and an acne-covered face, has miraculously survived one of the greatest migrant boat disasters in the modern history of the Mediterranean. Only 104 people have been rescued from a boat that carried an estimated 750 refugees after it capsized on June 13 in the open sea near the coastal town of Pylos. Scores of lifeless bodies have been pulled out from the water, and many more have washed ashore. Hundreds are still missing, feared dead, many of whom are women and children, as they huddled on the lower deck of the 30-meter boat. Fadi survived. A heart-rending photo shows the young Syrian sobbing as he met his older brother, Mohammed, who rushed to the port of Kalamata, Greece, to see him.

110 Million Now Forcibly Displaced By War And Climate Crisis

June 16, 2023 Julia Conley, Common Dreams. Educate! climate crisis, Displacement, Refugees, Wars and Militarism

The United Nations refugee agency on Wednesday released its annual report on forcible displacement across the globe, revealing that the refugee population has hit a new record of 110 million people who have been driven from their homes due largely to violent conflicts and climate-related disasters—with the numbers showing the crisis is rapidly intensifying with each passing year. At the end of 2022, more than 108 million people were living as refugees—up nearly 20 million from the previous year, according to the report, Global Trends in Forced Displacement 2022. The recently erupted conflict in Sudan has pushed millions more people out of their homes this year, bringing the mid-year total to 110 million.

Inside The Underground Network Supporting Asylum Seekers In Scotland

March 21, 2023 Agatha Scaggiante, Waging Nonviolence. Resist! Asylum, Housing, Refugees, Scotland

Every Sunday for the past six weeks, far-right protesters have been gathering in the small Scottish town of Erskine to complain about plans to house some 200 asylum seekers in a local hotel. However, they are not alone. Asylum seekers in Scotland and their local allies have also been protesting the use of these hotels, and for a much longer time. Scotland takes in thousands of asylum seekers each year: 4,000 in 2019. Normally Scotland is not the first stop for asylum seekers. The Home Office — the arm of the U.K. government that deals with immigration — processes most asylum seekers in England, and spreads people out around the U.K.

A New Book Of Migrant Stories Exposes Europe’s War On Refugees

January 1, 2023 Chris Hedges, The Real News Network. Resistance Report Europe, Immigration, Refugee Camp, Refugees

Over the past 20 years, the Mediterranean Sea has become a graveyard as the EU’s brutal “Fortress Europe” policies unleash brutal hostility against migrants and refugees. While mainstream media has often sensationalized the problem as a “migrant crisis” or “refugee crisis,” little scrutiny has been placed on the role of Europe and other countries of the Global North in producing this crisis of mass displacement through the War on Terror or the historic underdevelopment of the former colonial world. Authors Helen Benedict and Eyan Awwadawnan join The Chris Hedges Report to discuss their book, Map of Hope and Sorrow: Stories of Refugees in Greece. Helen Benedict is a novelist and journalist. Her previous books include The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq, and Wolf Season.

COP27 Deliberations Reaffirm Imperialist States As Main Obstacle To Ending Climate Change

November 17, 2022 Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report. Educate! climate crisis, COP27, Loss and Damage, Refugees

After one week of speeches, discussions, demonstrations and debate, the 27th United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) has once again stalled over the questions of which global interests are actually responsible for environmental degradation. More importantly in contemporary times, the issue of imperialist countries and their multinational corporations being obligated to pay for the negative impact of greenhouse gas emissions within the former colonial and neo-colonial territories has been raised to the top of the agenda of international gatherings.

Alarm Phone, The Hotline For People In Need Of Rescue

April 17, 2022 Ricard González, Equal Times. Create! Human Rights, Mediterranean, Migrant Rights, Refugees

In early March, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU announced the activation of a never-before-used directive, authorising entry to the EU of an unlimited number of people fleeing disaster. Ukrainian refugees will have the right to reside and work in the EU for one year, extendable to three, a right that refugees fleeing other recent wars, such as those in Syria and Afghanistan, have been denied. It is not known how many people from these countries never reached European territory, having died in the attempt, drowned in the Mediterranean. Alarm Phone’s network of volunteers relies on two basic tools in its work to help prevent migrants and refugees from dying at sea.

Ukraine’s Non-White Refugees

April 14, 2022 Emmanuel Achiri And Hrishabh Sandilya, Consortium News. Educate! Human Rights, Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Over 4 million refugees – mostly women, children, and students – have fled Ukraine over the past month. In response, Europe has opened its arms to Ukrainian refugees and the EU has announced that all Ukrainians are eligible for temporary refugee protection for up to three years, with politicians and the public showing their support. This is how the international refugee protection regime should work. According to official Ukrainian government statistics, Ukraine had over 76,000 foreign students in 2020. About 20,000 of these were Indians and over 15,000 originated from Africa, mainly from Nigeria, Morocco and Egypt. In contrast, they have had a very different experience fleeing Ukraine. African and Asian students have described horrid stories of being beaten with sticks by Ukrainian security, pushed off buses and trains, and neglected in favour of Ukrainians. And recent disturbing reports suggest that they are also being unfairly detained at EU borders – being denied access to protection, basic human rights, and dignity, as well as being threatened with deportation.

The Refugee Crisis And US Troop Buildup In Poland

April 13, 2022 Mnar Adley, Mintpress News. Resistance Report Poland, Refugees, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

In just a few short weeks, Russia’s war on Ukraine has precipitated a massive exodus of refugees. According to the United Nations, more than 4.3 million people have fled the country since February 24, the majority of them – 2.5 million – traveling west to Poland. Media across the world have closely covered the story, and shown a great deal more sympathy for the Ukrainian refugees than for others fleeing from U.S. wars in the Middle East or North Africa.

Eat NATO For Breakfast: Abolish Frontex And Demilitarize Europe’s Borders

March 26, 2022 People's Dispatch. Educate! NATO, Refugees, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth week, EU authorities are increasingly revealing their double standards in how they treat refugees. European countries have welcomed white Ukrainian refugees, quickly integrating them into the labor market and schools. Meanwhile, Black and Brown refugees from the Global South continue to experience Europe’s racist border regime. Reports coming out in news globally shows that people from the African continent who have lived in Ukraine for years are not receiving the same treatment as white Ukrainians. Refugees trying to reach Europe from Africa and West Asia are violently rejected, as exemplified by the brutality on the border between Morocco and Spain surrounding Melilla, occurring just a couple of days after European governments opened their doors to Ukrainian refugees.

Ukrainian Refugees Spare No Words On Zelensky Government

March 23, 2022 Fergie Chambers, Toward Freedom. Educate! Refugees, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

Chisinau, Moldova - Nestled above the Black Sea, between the war zone in Ukraine and the eastern limits of NATO territory in Romania, sits the tiny, oft-forgotten landlocked nation of Moldova. Among the poorest countries in Europe by just about any relevant metric, it has been overwhelmed by Ukrainian refugees in the three weeks since the outset of what Russia calls its “special military operation” (спецоперация) in Ukraine. More than 359,000 people of the 3.38 million who have fled Ukraine since February 24 have passed in and out of the country, according to the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees. Roman Macovenco of the Moldovan Consular Directorate confirmed at least 300,000 Ukrainians had crossed through Moldova.

The US, NATO And The Article IV Trap In Ukraine

March 16, 2022 Scott Ritter, Consortium News. Educate! NATO, Refugees, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

The ongoing Russian invasion has torn asunder whatever passed for geopolitical stability in Eastern Europe in the years since NATO expansion brought Poland and the three former Soviet Baltic Republics of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia into its membership. While peeved, Russia had accepted the resulting equilibrium with stoic grace, bristling at every NATO effort at muscle flexing, but not overreacting. Even in the face of NATO and EU intervention in the affairs of Russia’s neighbor and ostensible ally, Belarus, in the aftermath of a contested August 2020 presidential election and sustained border crisis over immigration policy, Russia kept its cool, reining in Viktor Lukashenko, the impetuous Belarussian president, while trying to calm the situation with the four NATO members in question.

The Ukraine War And The ‘Good’ Refugee

March 8, 2022 Binoy Kampmark, Counter Punch. Educate! Refugees, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism, White Supremacy

In the history of accepting refugees, countries have shown more than an erratic streak. Universal human characteristics have often been overlooked in favor of the particular: race, cultural habits, religion. Even immigration nations, such as the United States and Australia, have had their xenophobic twists and turns on the issue of who to accept, be they victims of pogroms, war crimes, genocide, or famine. The Russian attack on Ukraine has already produced refugees in the hundreds of thousands. By March 2, with the war one week old, 874,000 people were estimated to have left Ukraine. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that up to four million may leave, while the European Union adds a further three million to the figure.

UN Admits Refugees Have Faced Racism At Ukraine Borders

March 1, 2022 Nadine White, The Independent. Educate! Racism, Refugees, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

The United Nations has admitted that some non-Europeans refugees have faced discrimination while trying to flee to safety at Ukraine borders after their experiences were dismissed as lies and “Russian disinformation” by online commentators. Filippo Grandi, the organization's High Commissioner for Refugees, acknowledged their plight during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. “You have seen reports in the media that there are different treatments – with Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians. Now our observations, and we possibly cannot observe every single post yet – but our observations is that these are not state policies – but there are instances which it has happened,” he said. “There has been a different treatment (...).

The War Has Started – Evacuations, Drafting Men

February 21, 2022 Regis Tremblay. Resistance Report Donbass, Refugees, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

High caliber artillery fire, though prohibited in the contact zone, is intensifying against the Donbass. Six 120mm shells hit the village of Zhelobok, seven of 122mm hit the village of Rayevka, then ten against Vesyola Gorka. Shelling was also carried out from the Kyiv-controlled city of Novotoshkivske, against Lugoanskoe, Krimsoe and Sokolniki, with more than 20 bombs dropped. On February 17, 17 bombing operations had been committed against the Donbass. In Donetsk, on the evening of February 18, 2022, the car of the head of a DPR militia department Denis Sinenkov was targeted by a bomb attack. In front of the DPR government building. A unit of saboteurs from Kiev attempted to blow up an ammonia tank at the Stirol power station in the town of Gorlovka, an operation claimed to have been foiled by the Donetsk authorities.

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