Category: migration policy
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German Greens’ leadership quits after coalition’s election blows
Item 1 of 2 Greens party co-leader Ricarda Lang, German Economy and Climate Minister and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Baden-Wuerttemberg State Premier Winfried Kretschmann appear on stage at the Greens party convention in Rheinstetten, near Karlsruhe, Germany, November 23, 2023. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/ File Photo [1/2]Greens party co-leader Ricarda Lang, German…
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Sweden offers to pay migrants from third-world countries $34,000 to self-deport
Sweden is radically changing its migrant policies, in what the government is calling a “paradigm shift,” to reverse the course of decades of leniency. The Minister of Migration announced it would pay migrants to return to their home of origin, up to $34,000. Migration Minister Johan Forssell announced the policy amid the right-wing bloc taking…
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Sweden wants to pay immigrants up to $34,000 to voluntarily leave
Sweden plans to boost payments to up to $34,000 to immigrants who leave the nation that has been a haven for the war-weary and persecuted, the right-wing government said Thursday. The Scandinavian country was for decades seen as a “humanitarian superpower”, but over the years has struggled to integrate many of its newcomers. Immigrants who…
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Sweden Says To Pay Immigrants Up To $34,000 To Leave
Text size Sweden plans to boost payments to up to $34,000 to immigrants who leave the nation that has been a haven for the war-weary and persecuted, the right-wing government said Thursday. The Scandinavian country was for decades seen as a “humanitarian superpower”, but over the years has struggled to integrate many of its newcomers.…
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Sweden To Pay Immigrants Up To $34,000 To Return
By AFP – Agence France Presse September 12, 2024 Order Reprints Print Article Text size Sweden’s government said Thursday it would drastically increase grants for immigrants who choose to leave the country and return home, to encourage more migrants to do so. As of 2026, immigrants who voluntarily return to their home countries would be…
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Fact check: Trump made at least 20 false claims in his conversation with Elon Musk
Washington CNN — Former President Donald Trump delivered his usual bombardment of false claims – at least 20 in all – during a Monday conversation with billionaire supporter Elon Musk, which aired on Musk’s social media platform, X. Most of the falsehoods uttered by the Republican presidential nominee were claims that have been repeatedly debunked…
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“It Could Have Been Us”: media frames and the coverage of Ukrainian, Afghan and Syrian refugee crises – Springer
Since February 2022, the forced displacement of refugees from Ukraine following Russia’s invasion has brought increased media and public attention to migration policy, humanitarian assistance, and concepts of solidarity, responsibility, and hospitality. It has also raised important questions about the alleged bias of contemporary media in reporting on the different refugee crises. A growing body…
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Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon who rose to power in parliament, runs to be Iran’s next president – Arab News
ANKARA: Tensions continue to rise amid Turkiye’s normalization efforts with Syria after attacks were carried out on Syrian refugees in the country and Turkish flags were targeted in northern Syria. The events re-opened the debate on refugees and over Ankara’s ties with its war-torn neighbor. Both Syrian President Bashar Assad and Turkish President Recep Tayyip…
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Keir ‘folded like a deck chair’ on immigration as Rishi came out swinging in fiery last clash – he took Labour to task
RISHI Sunak came out swinging on tackling illegal immigration – demanding to know if Labour would do a deal with the Taliban. The Prime Minister took Sir Keir Starmer to task on stopping small boat Channel crossings and how to send back rejected asylum seekers. 1 Rishi Sunak called out his opponent on his plan…
