Swiss investigate death of Nigerian asylum seeker
Police methods at Zurich airport are now under scrutiny Switzerland has halted special flights to deport asylum seekers after a Nigerian man on hunger strike died on the tarmac at Zurich airport....
View ArticleAsylum seekers destroy part of Brussels facility in protest
Asylum seekers destroyed a part of a Brussels detention centre in a fire on Sunday, also threatening to hang themselves in a dramatic rooftop protest, Belgian authorities said. A wing of a secure...
View ArticleItaly: Libya unrest may unleash wave of ’350,000′ migrants
(AKI) – The violent unrest in Libya may spark a wave of up to 350,000 immigrants toward European shores, warned Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini, who asked the European Union for help, “We ask...
View ArticleTunisian migrants spark protests on Italian island
EUOBSERVER / LAMPEDUSA – With hundreds of Tunisian migrants arriving every day by boat, the inhabitants of the overcrowded island of Lampedusa over the weekend have staged daily protests in the port,...
View ArticleLampedusa immigrants protest over treatment
More than 100 illegal immigrants protested on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday, alleging inhumane treatment by authorities there. Thousands have poured onto the island from North...
View ArticleTunisian boat people riot on Italian migrant island
LAMPEDUSA, Italy — Tunisian boat people rioted Monday on the Italian island of Lampedusa in a protest against their imminent deportation under a controversial deal struck between Rome and Tunis last...
View ArticleTunisian migrants squatting in Paris building refuse to leave
Tunisian migrants have occupied a Paris building deemed unsafe, refusing pleas to leave and offers of alternative housing Tuesday. The 130 migrants, calling themselves the Lampedusa Tunisian...
View ArticleWorld Popular Resistance Clippings 26/2/2014
National unity govt be formed: CPN-Maoist General Secretary KATHMANDU, FEB 26 – General Secretary of the CPN-Maoist , Ram Bahadur Thapa, has demanded that a national unity government should be formed...
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