Workers are striking at one of Greece’s most troubled camps to protest overcrowding and inhumane conditions after migration minister Dimitris Vistas called the situation “very difficult, near impossible”. The Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos only houses 3,100 refugees, but struggles to cope with over 8,300 entrants. Protesting squalid conditions, camp workers […]
Following a year in which arriving asylum seekers (about 163,000) outnumbered children being born in the nation’s hospitals (approximately 115,000), Sweden is still struggling with accommodating the new arrivals, as well as providing them with education and jobs. The growing costs of immigration and a housing bubble have paved the way for a “deep” economic […]
As German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives a European medal honoring her achievements in the “freedom from fear” while tackling Europe’s worst migrant crisis since WWII, RT looks back at other controversial awards given out to international leaders. Merkel & EU refugee crisis Merkel received the International Four Freedoms Medal from the Netherlands-based Roosevelt Foundation on […]
The German Chancellor is seeking to use the current refugee crisis to abolish national borders and further integrate the EU, DWN reported. The migration crisis may be used by Angela Merkel to build a “United States of Europe.” National borders are thought to disappear completely, while border guard activities are expected to be in the […]
Roughly seven hundred of 4,000 asylum-seekers who had been initially accommodated in the German state of Lower Saxony have mysteriously disappeared, and because of administrative breakdowns, local authorities are clueless about who and where they are. The staggering figures were revealed by local officials in the northwest German state by a survey conducted by the […]
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has dismissed the widespread belief that Thailand is in the middle of economic crisis claiming that the overall economic fundamentals are still strong. Giving a special lecture on policy and means to drive the economic engine, Dr Somkid argued that the main problem facing the country is falling prices of […]
The Cabinet today approved the proposal of the Royal Irrigation Department to cut water supplies from four major dams for farming and consumption to 18 million cubic metres from 28 million cubic metres. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
BANGKOK, April 24 — Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said he would meet representatives from varied groups to find mutually agreeable solution to bringing the country out of its political crisis. Mr Abhisit, on a four-minute video clip publicised on YouTube at 3pm Thursday, said the present political situation could not be left like this […]
