Tag: Interior Ministry
The Tragic, Bloody Origins Of The Dominican Republic’s Plan To Erase...
AFRICANGLOBE - The womb of Hispaniola is in pain and, by tomorrow, could be a war zone. The hate against Haitians in the Dominican Republic has become increasingly alarming. As we have gotten closer to the deportation deadline, hate crimes have been very visible, with Haitians being lynched in broad daylight.
Meritorious Manumission: Malian Who Saved Lives In Deli Attack Gets French...
AFRICANGLOBE - A Malian Muslim who hid shoppers from an Islamist gunman during an attack on a Jewish supermarket in Paris will be given French nationality, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Israel Continues To Mistreat Africans, Despite High Court Order
AFRICANGLOBE - Israel's Interior Ministry’s Population, Immigration and Border Authority announced on Monday morning that it had ceased summoning asylum seekers to the Holot detention facility, but its officials have continued to order Africans to the facility. The authority is also refusing to cancel summonses given out after the High Court of Justice ruled that the Holot center must be closed within 90 days.
23 Dead In Bloody Fighting Between Arabs And Nubians In Aswan,...
AFRICANGLOBE - A bloody feud in Egypt's southern Aswan province between an Arab clan and a Nubian family has killed at least 23 people in two days of fighting, leaving bodies strewn on hospital floors and homes torched in its wake, government officials and witnesses said Saturday.
Mass Protests By Africans In Israel Continues
AFRICANGLOBE - Tens of thousands of African asylum seekers marched to Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square Sunday to protest measures restricting their freedom of movement, ability to work and long delays in processing refugee applications. They are demanding official refugee status and an end to the government’s policy of holding them for long periods in the new detention centre at Holot in the Negev desert.
Israel’s New Strategy: Classify Eritrean Refugees as Ethiopians to Deport Them
In recent months, the state of Israel has increased its efforts to expel Eritrean, Sudanese and other African citizens. Most of the effort is focused on convincing migrants to sign controversial 'consent' forms stating they agree to return. Another method is to classify Eritreans as Ethiopian, in spite of their insistence that they are Eritrean.
Somalians Flee Yemen Amids Xenophobia and Attacks
Continuing unrest and xenophobia in Yemen have prompted an upsurge in the number of migrants and refugees returning to Somalia, with up to 6,000 reported to have travelled back across the Red Sea since the beginning of October.
