Showing posts with label Calais jungle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calais jungle. Show all posts

Thursday, 28 January 2016

Thursday, 21 January 2016

Asylum and the rights of unaccompanied children

In case of any doubt, the rights of unaccompanied child refugees are clearly defined in the European Union regulations that cover how EU member states should treat asylum seekers.

And contrary to reports in the media (especially the BBC, which should know better), there is no law that requires refugees to claim asylum in the first safe country they reach.

There are, however, obligations under the Dublin 3 Regulation for EU member states to take responsibility for asylum seekers who arrive in their country first.

Saturday, 12 December 2015

Son of Syrian migrant creates the world's most profitable business

• Banksy paints the case for refugees

Migrants and refugees not welcome is the cold-hearted cry of some people, papers and politicians these days. But just think what would have been lost by banning all migrants or all Muslims. 

It’s something that the British artist, Banksy, has clearly been thinking about.

He’s just painted a mural on a desolate concrete bridge at the ‘Jungle’ refugee camp in Calais, depicting Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computers, carrying an early version of his computer invention and a bin-bag of possessions.