Asylum Seekers

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Meghan McCain
Meghan McCain Name-Checks Obama In Inhumane Treatment of Immigrants, Viewers Give Her a Piece of Their Mind
atlantablackstar.com - Tia Berger
*Meghan McCain To ‘View’ Co-Hosts on Obama Era’s Tear-Gassing of Migrants: ‘You Should’ve Been Infuriated Then’*Meghan McCain Name-Checks Obama for …
Trade Pact
Mexico's new socialist president vows 'profound and radical' change
washingtonexaminer.com - Steven Nelson
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office Saturday, vowing to transform the nation after winning 53 percent of the vote in a July …
Bernie Sanders
Arson in Moville: ‘People won’t tell you what they really think’
irishtimes.com - www.irishtimes.com
The town is ‘coming around to the idea’ of asylum seekers after last week’s hotel fire
The Telegraphadded this to News
North Africa
Andalusia elections: Spanish far-Right expected to take first seats amid surge in illegal immigration
The Telegraph - By James Badcock
The populist tide that has brought the far-Right into mainstream politics across Europe has so far largely failed to materialise in Spain. But that could be about to change on Sunday as the anti-immigration
Politics
Dem lawmaker to join group of migrants applying for asylum
thehill.com - John Bowden
Rep. Pramila JayapalPramila JayapalOvernight Health Care: Senators urge vote on delaying health insurance tax | Joe Kennedy III 'hopeful' he can back …
dozzamadded this to Asylum Seekers, Refugees & Immigrants
Australia
‘This is barbarity’: stars to wear blue ribbons at Aacta event to support asylum seekers
Australia News - Luke Henriques-Gomes
More than 700 arts industry professionals sign letter that will be presented to Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten Some of Australia’s biggest stars will wear blue ribbons to the country’s top film and TV
Teargas
It was appropriate for Border Patrol to use tear gas on migrants
star-telegram.com - www.star-telegram.com
Tear gas a shame, but necessary I read with interest the Nov. 29 column by Leonard Pitts Jr.. (9A, “The day we used tear gas against children”) I …
Hillary Clinton
Trump winning on ‘Remain in Mexico’ deal
bostonherald.com - Betsy McCaughey
President Trump is putting the economic screws to Mexico to control the flood of Central American migrants storming our southern border. Unlike prior …
Central America
In an overcrowded Tijuana shelter, asylum seekers from Central America begin a long wait
americamagazine.org - Jan-Albert Hootsen November 30, 2018
Fabiola Díaz sighs in her small blue tent after her baby son, less than 2 years old, trips and falls over the cords of other tents and clotheslines. …
The Washington Post
Trump Administration
The administration is treating the border like a war zone — but it’s violating the laws of war
The Washington Post - By Neta C. Crawford
When it comes to establishing international boundaries, clear lines are essential — not only to demarcate the borders themselves, but to regulate the conduct of officials. When U.S. officials fired tear
Reutersadded this to Top News
World News
Trump demand that asylum seekers wait in Mexico may turn on legal clause
Reuters - By Tom Hals
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's unprecedented proposal to keep migrants waiting in Mexico while seeking U.S. asylum will likely face challenges that it endangers refugees and denies them due
Newsmaxadded this to Global News
The Hague
Dutch Church Holds 24/7 Service to Shield Asylum-seekers
newsmax.com
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — For more than a month, a rotating roster of preachers and visitors has been leading a non-stop, round-the-clock service …
koptiuchadded this to Migration
El Paso
Migrants, blocked at the border, wait turn to apply for asylum
HuffPost - Caitlin Dickson
JUAREZ, Mexico — At approximately 1 o’clock on Wednesday, a white van adorned with a pink heart decal surrounding the letters DIF pulls up to the foot of the Paso del Norte, one of the bridges that leads
Quartz
Human Rights
The one time Americans really rallied to welcome asylum seekers
Quartz
America’s attitude toward refugees is hardening. After banning refugees from war-torn countries like Syria and Yemen, the US this week launched tear gas at Central American asylum seekers on the southern
Haaretzadded this to Haaretz News
Schadenfreude
New UN Refugee Representative: If Israel Doesn't Act Now, It Will Fail This Generation
haaretz.com - Lee Yaron
The UN Refugee Agency’s new representative in Israel says he’s greatly concerned about asylum seekers’ uncertain status in the country – an …
The Conversation USadded this to POLITICS & SOCIETY
LGBTQI
LGBTQ caravan migrants may have to 'prove' their gender or sexual identity at US border
theconversation.com - Stefan Vogler
Among the more than 7,000 people who are part of the migrant caravan – a group of Central American refugees fleeing extreme violence in their home …
The Washington Postadded this to Politics
Politics
‘This is not an infiltration by criminals,’ Democratic congresswoman says after visiting with asylum seekers
The Washington Post - By Paige Winfield Cunningham
Rep. Pramila Jayapal met Saturday with asylum seekers in Tijuana, Mexico, who are running up against strict new Trump administration policies, saying she is determined to tell the truth about what is on
The New Yorkeradded this to Culture
U.S.-Mexico border
Trump Makes Things Nearly Impossible for Asylum Seekers
The New Yorker
Jonathan Blitzer was at the U.S.-Mexico border as tensions heightened after the U.S. fired tear gas at migrants seeking refuge in America.
The Wall Street Journal.
Donald Trump
Job One for Mexico’s New Leader: Fix Migrant Crisis
The Wall Street Journal. - Juan Montes
López Obrador must navigate tough talks with the U.S. over asylum seekers and investor skepticism over his policies when he takes office on Saturday MEXICO CITY—President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador
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Transgender Women
Transgender Members Of The Caravan Are Having A Hard Time Finding Sponsors In The US
buzzfeednews.com - Adolfo Flores
"If they don't have a sponsor, they'll have to fight their case in detention." Attorneys for transgender members of the caravan are rushing to find …
Hundreds protest at plans for temporary asylum unit in Castlemilk
eveningtimes.co.uk - www.eveningtimes.co.uk
The applicant wants to create 200 rooms in the building which has not been used as an 88-bed care home for dementia patients for at least four …
Sanctuary Cities
Trump Loses Another Court Battle Over Sanctuary Cities
splinternews.com - Nick Martin
Yet another federal judge has found that the Trump administration’s attempts to strong-arm state and local governments into being as hostile to …
El Salvador
The Crisis at the Border is an LGBTQ Issue. Here's Why.
hrc.org - Human Rights Campaign
The Trump-Pence administration’s cruel immigration policies are harming LGBTQ and other asylum seekers who are fleeing violence in Central America by …
The Vancouver Sunadded this to Metro Vancouver
Opinion (Canada)
Daphne Bramham: More illegal migrants are coming here, but profile is different from those arriving elsewhere in Canada
vancouversun.com - Daphne Bramham
There are no migrant caravans here and no mass rush across British Columbia’s unprotected border with the United States as there has been in …
Thomson Reuters Foundation
UK rejection of gay asylum claims rises to four out of five
trust.org - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Only 22 percent of asylum claims from LGBT+ people were approved in 2017 By Rachel Savage LONDON, Nov 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It is getting …
Christmas Traditions
25 Days of Christmas traditions (& Friday Links)
hitherandthither.net - Ashley
Tomorrow is December 1st, which means we will be pulling out the advent calendar and decorating the tree! Some of the traditions I’m looking most …
Latino News
Migrants from US-Bound Caravan Get Help Returning Home
voanews.com - Lisa Schlein
The U.N. migration agency says that in November it repatriated more than 450 Central American citizens, mostly men, who were in a caravan of …
Liverpool
Two difficult subjects, two examples of how Scousers just do things differently to anyone else
liverpoolecho.co.uk - Liam Thorp
You will often hear people in Liverpool say 'Scousers are different' and wonder if it just people from a city paying a natural tribute to their home …
HuffPost UKadded this to News
Amnesty International
Refugees Facing Another Winter Of Discontent Is A Stain On Europe
HuffPost UK - Kumi Naidoo
Those arriving on Europe’s shores must be given the care they are entitled to - their ongoing suffering is an indelible stain on our …
Liberal View
Fox's Jeanine Pirro says that the real racists are asylum-seekers for trying to enter the United States
mediamatters.org - www.mediamatters.org
JEANINE PIRRO (HOST, JUSTICE WITH JUDGE JEANINE): OK, enough of the nonsense. Are you people stupid? Let me count the ways. There's a way to come to …