Human Rights
UN exhorts EU to stop violence against asylum seekers
A UN agency says Europe needs to stop violence against asylum seekers. Eugenio Ambrosi of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement on Wednesday (February 10): “The use of excessive force and violence against civilians is unreasonable.” Ambrosi said that the EU and its member states need to take urgent […]
Read MorePortugal: Nearly 350 victims of human trafficking
A United Nations report shows that between 2014 and 2018, more than 350 people in Portugal were victims of human trafficking, mainly men in forced labor. The data is contained in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) “Global Human Trafficking Report 2020”. In the case of Portugal, the data […]
Read MoreNetherlands sees sharp drop in asylum requests in 2020
According to data released by the Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND), by 2020, the number of people seeking international protection in the Netherlands has significantly decreased by 40%. According to the latest IND report, nearly 14,000 people applied for asylum in the Netherlands for the first time last year. Syrian citizens are […]
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Spain: Investigations into oragnised attacks on migrants in Canary Islands
On Monday, the prosecutor’s office in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, announced an investigation into potential hate crimes committed by members of WhatsApp chat groups, which are trying to organize in ways to intimidate or beat immigrants. News agency Efereported that prosecutors are looking at several pieces of information exchanged […]
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Portugal: New bill passed to legalise euthanasia
The Portuguese parliament, which recently re-elected the president, passed a law that allows euthanasia in the country. The bill will authorize doctor-assisted suicide for Portuguese adults in the event of “extremely painful and irreparable loss”. Those who would rather die can also choose to make “free and informed” decisions. The draft was […]
Read MoreEU asks Google, Facebook and Twitter to keep monitoring fake news
The European Commission has informed Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft that it will continue to publish monthly reports on its efforts to deal with fake news (especially news about COVID-19) for six months. Social media and online platforms have come under fire around the world for the spread of fake news, leading to […]
Read MoreWorld Bank: Slum children in Bangladesh to receive skills and education
The government of Bangladesh today signed a US$6.5 million financing agreement with the World Bank to enable approximately 39,000 slum children to receive primary education and to provide pre-employment training for 8,500 dropout youths in Cox’s Bazar. This additional funding for the “Second Out-of-School Children” program (ROSC II) will support poor children aged […]
Read MoreGreece exhorts EU to issue vaccination certificates for travellers
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on the European Commission to issue certificates of vaccination against the coronavirus to facilitate travel between the EU. The Prime Minister of Greece responded to his request in a letter to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. The letter emphasized that the […]
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