In a reversal of recent policy, Italy has announced it will allow migrant rescue ships to dock at its ports, at least for the next five weeks. After a discussion between Italian Foreign Minister Enzo ...
Earlier today Citizen’s Truth received exclusive confirmation regarding upcoming humanitarian action at the United States and Mexico border. Grannies Respond formed after news of families being separated at the border became a national story, per ...
Italy’s interior minister is Europe’s answer to President Donald Trump with an even more hardline stance on immigration than his American counterpart. Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who took the position in June, said that he ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has surrendered to pressure from her party alliances and accepted a more restrictive immigration policy at the nation’s borders. This follows a week of tense internal negotiations with the German conservative ...
Last Friday, 14 members of the European Union (EU) said they had reached an agreement with Germany over the return of asylum seekers. The countries included are Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Finland, ...
Refugees at the Kakuma Refugee Camp celebrated World Refugee Day on June 20 just like in any other refugee center around the world; but with a bustling economy and a spending power running into tens ...
Over 68 million people worldwide were forced to flee their homes due to war, persecution, and violence in 2017 according to the latest report from the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR). That translates to one person every ...
June 20 is World Refugee Day, and at a time when refugees are facing mounting obstacles around the world, there is a way you can help. In June of 2017, Kiva launched a World Refugee ...
A search-and-rescue ship carrying 629 people was stuck for two days off-shore from Italy, where a new right-wing government leader has refused to allow the migrant rescue operation to take port. Matteo Salvini, newly elected ...
The Hungarian government and Prime Minister Victor Orban have drafted a new law to combat migrant asylum-seekers moving into the EU and to criminalize the aide workers assisting them in Hungary. If passed in its ...
Illegal border crossings into Turkey are increasing in a phenomenon known as ‘reverse flight’. In 2015 Angela Merkel, Germany’s Chancellor, declared “Yes, we can!” in reaction to the massive number of refugees, mainly from Syria, ...
Two unrelated demonstrations clashed on Sunday night when a group of far-right Greek militants charged a police barrier and attacked a group of asylum-seeking migrants in Mytilene, capital city of Lesvos island. Unprovoked, these attackers ...
The German government has pledged to accept more than 10,000 refugees from the Middle East and North Africa. The country’s acceptance of refugees is a commitment to resettling those considered particularly vulnerable. The European Union ...
Since August of 2017, over 700,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar and settled in refugee camps in Bangladesh. The Myanmar government just visited the refugee camps in an apparent effort to repatriate the refugees. After ...
Two years have passed since Turkey and the European Union signed a refugee deal meant to help Turkey handle the flow of thousands of Syrian refugees arriving at their borders. Is it a success or ...