Migrants’ Party

Stop voting for people who you are not

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European Day of Languages Nearing


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September 26: European Day of Languages

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British universities want foreign students to stay back in the UK after graduation

At Berber Street Food, a Chef Centers the Global Influence of African Food

‘Tibetan refugees down from 1.5 lakh to 85,000 in 7 years’

Tibetan Refugees Aim to Return and Restore Tibet: Dalai Lama

Tibetan protests at UN highlight deteriorating Human Rights situation in Tibet

Escape from Xinjiang: Muslim Uighurs speak of China persecution

Increasing Uyghur activism abroad against abuses in Xinjiang

UK-based Georgian singer Katie Melua set for Tbilisi open-air show

13-Year-Old Kurdish-American Boy Becomes Entrepreneur

Six Kurds elected to Swedish parliament

Nearly 28,000 expats arrested in Oman in 2017

Rough sleeping and racism: Refugees struggle in Belgium

Despite Reforms, Qatar’s Migrant Workers Still Fear Exploitation

Worker at Arizona Center for Migrant Children Is Convicted of Sexual Abuse

Number of migrant children in federal shelters hits record, as facilities near capacity

More Migrant Families, and Guatemalans, Are Trying to Enter the U.S.

Irish high schools offer Lithuanian and Korean foreign language courses

Soldier who fought for Ukraine in Donbas extradited to Russia

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Lures and Surprises vary by Ethnicity


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Immigration officials asking sex workers for ‘coffee and a chat’

OECD blames Finland’s home care allowance for poor integration of immigrant women, children

Sweden about to deport a Uyghur family to Xinjiang

A Town Hall in London Hoists the Tibetan Flag for the First Time

Kurds in US demand right to vote in Kurdistan Region elections

At Transfer Time in Lithuania, Prospects and Profits Collide

Hmong Farmers Drive Local Food Economy in Minnesota

Pay of NHS doctors varies by ethnic group

No senior black or ethnic minority officers in police force

Dominica Remains the Best Economic Citizenship Option for Expats

From architecture to chocolate farming in Costa Rica

Belgium faces reckoning over racism after two high-profile cases shock country

Luxembourg lures asset managers ahead of Brexit

Sierra Leone’s Kamara says Euro 2004 winner motivated him over Greece move

A new scramble for Africa has begun

Punishing tax stops refugees studying at Hungarian universities

Nine things that are sure to surprise you about moving to Switzerland

US resettles displaced South Sudanese to improve security in camps

World Nomad Games Kick Off In Kyrgyzstan

El Salvador: 3 kids separated in US were abused at Arizona shelters

Expatriates praise lifting exit permit system in Qatar

Thousands of migrants trapped in middle of escalating Libyan violence

Migrant detention centres in Libya unable to cope amid fighting

International Criminal Court rules it can investigate alleged crimes against the Rohingya in Burma

Chechen refugee forcibly disappeared after being unlawfully deported from Poland

Relatives of the young men who recently attacked Chechen police officers have been forced to flee the republic

Mediterranean Death Rate Is Highest Since 2015 Migration Crisis

Trump Administration Proposes Rule To Allow Longer Detention Of Migrant Children

A Toddler’s Death Adds To Concerns About Migrant Detention

Europe Benefits by Bankrolling an Anti-Migrant Effort. Niger Pays a Price

Brazil sends troops to Venezuela border as migrant crisis worsens

Foster Parents And Migrant Kids

German Politicians Call for Surveillance of Anti-Immigrant Party

New Zealand journalist reprimanded for interviewing refugee on Nauru

Adrià Carrasco, exiled activist: ‘We are being used as scapegoats to scare people’

How Russia is trying to erase Crimean Tatar Muslims

No Ukrainian school left in Russian-occupied Crimea – media

Sending Crimean political prisoners to Russia is a war crime

Ukrainian Activist Flees Crimea Under Pressure From Russian Authorities

Occupied Donetsk: re-settlement of Russian “immigrants”, all-pervasive fear & ecological disaster

Sentsov tells about his health, asks to write him letters more often

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As Europe’s empathy for refugees wanes


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August 30: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

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Immigrants Are One Fifth of Icelandic Labour Market

To be a Good Estonian; is to Sing… Estonian Life

China’s Muslim Crackdown Extends to Those Living Abroad

‘An information black hole’: Exiled Muslim Uighurs fear for loved ones back home as China tightens its grip on Xinjiang

MEP Thomas Mann to open exhibition titled ‘Tibetans in Diaspora: A success story’ in European Parliament

Ex-Kurdish Party MP Seeks Asylum in Greece

20 Kurds compete to gain seats in upcoming Sweden parliamentary elections

Remigration pilot project has brought 64 families back to Latvia

Asylum seekers in Austria to be denied apprenticeships

Asian expat killed, three injured in mall escalator accident in Oman

Yazidis seek church asylum as Europe’s empathy for refugees wanes

Moscow Works Hard To Block Syrian Circassians From Returning To Their Homeland And To Russify Those Who Do – OpEd

Denmark to cut English-language university places

Inept lies after Ukraine illegally hands journalist & Erdogan critic over to Turkey

‘The disappeared’ – the hidden part of Russia’s hybrid deportation of the Crimean Tatars

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No Handshakes


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Estonian-American Special Forces legend Jyri Laats

Over 2,500 Ukrainian construction workers work in Lithuania – association

‘I Don’t Like Being in Exile’, former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont

Number of young Catalans abroad rises 115% in nine years

Migrants Celebrate Eid in Bosnia

Nigeria’s Wizkid meets president Talon, declares Benin his new home

Tinariwen Brings Desert Blues to Colorado

Interview: Bombino

What it meant to be Irish a century ago and an ocean away from Ireland

Netanyahu lands in Lithuania, grandma’s birthplace, in search of European allies

Dozens of smuggled Kurds caught as Bulgarian police arrest traffickers

Greece faces Turkish rage for granting asylum to fugitive soldier

Young Tibetan Refugees Who Fled China Seeking Education Arrive in India

Tibetan Girl’s Indian Independence Day Message Will Melt Your Heart

Tibetan Refugees Extend Helping Hand to Kerala Flood Victims

8 Tibetans Held in Nepal Custody Arrived in Dharamsala, India

A migration crisis is overpowering this tiny French island

Hungary Intentionally Denying Food To Asylum-Seekers, Watchdog Groups Say

Domestic abuse adds to Yemeni refugee women’s woes in Djibouti

Equatorial Guinea repatriates North Korean workers, cuts agricultural ties

Switzerland denies couple citizenship – because they won’t shake hands

Ukrainian Rights Activist Says Poland Has Barred Her From Travel In EU

A Haitian Slave Turned Emperor Brings Celebration and Controversy to Brooklyn

US sanctions Myanmar military over Rohingya ‘ethnic cleansing’

Mro villagers warn they will leave homes if Rohingya refugees return

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Catalogue of Abuse


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‘Escape from Tibet most fearful day of my life’

We are not refugees out of will: His Holiness the Dalai Lama at inauguration of Dalai Lama Institute’s new hostel

Film exploring Tibetan community in India to be shown at Toronto festival

Four female members of Kurdish family drown in perilous journey to Europe

Yezidi ‘ex-sex slave’ trapped both in Iraq and in German exile

IOM: Libya Struggling With High Numbers of Migrants in Detention

Somaliland Diaspora Agency officially launches 4th Annual Diaspora Conference 2018

Between Hate, Hope, and Help: Haitians in the Dominican Republic

Migrant rescue ship arrives in Malta, ending standoff

Returning from Libyan detention, young Gambians try to change the migration exodus mindset

Catalogue of abuse: Seeking justice for the Rohingya

Right of return? — The struggles of the Circassian diaspora to settle in Adygea

Melania Trump’s Parents Become U.S. Citizens, Using ‘Chain Migration’ Trump Hates

Kazakhstan’s secret services harass activists in Ukraine, Russian political refugee says

Ukrainian Open Dialogue activist deported from Poland after criticizing right-wing government

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Kurdish-Iranian Refugee Wins Fields Prize For Mathematics


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Jehovah’s Witnesses, Fleeing Russia Crackdown, Seek Shelter in Finland

Estonian-American summer camps in the US are still vibrant

Kurdish-Iranian Refugee Wins Fields Prize For Mathematics

A day in the life of Kurdish asylum-seekers in Tokyo

Austrian Kurd arrested at Turkish airport for critical Facebook posts

2 Workers at Arizona Migrant Children Centers Are Charged With Sexual Abuse

For Hondurans, staying home more perilous than taking the migrant path

Greek police arrest eight suspected of killing Pakistani migrant

Welsh teacher for refugees wins award at Eisteddfod

The Forgotten Story Behind Crimea’s Only Displaced University

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Notsome Scouts


Reporters To Face Trial In Myanmar After Covering Rohingya Massacre

Bangladesh Begins Registering Rohingya Refugees

‘We are always missing you’: Torn apart by violence, Rohingya families connect through letters

U.N. readies to send experts to Myanmar’s Rakhine after Rohingya return deal

Spy For Us — Or Never Speak To Your Family Again

Young members of diaspora explore their Latvian roots

Latvia’s rate of population decline still among EU’s worst

Whether Latvian children abroad will learn Latvian language and culture depends on their parents – Sadurskis

Catalonia’s Roma: Fighting stereotypes 600 years after migration

The only district in Europe where Roma are the majority: a day in Šuto Orizari

Roma integration strategies are failing: weak governance, unchecked discrimination and deep-rooted antigypsyism

The Importance of Educating Roma Girls: a message to my 16-year-old self

Gypsy children cannot become scouts in Hungary

Marshalls improves in US human trafficking ratings

Ukrainians in Poland attracted by average wage 4 times higher

Americans in UK warned to keep ‘low profile’ during Trump visit

91-year-old man beaten with brick, told ‘go back to Mexico’

Plaque in honour of Basque refugees who sought refuge in Newport unveiled

More black and ethnic minority adoptive families needed

Donald Trump: The Ethnic Minority Jobs President

U.S. Imposes Visa Sanctions on Myanmar and Laos Over Their Refusal to Accept Deportees

Honduras identifies 313 children separated from families in US

1-year-old separated from dad will return to Honduras soon

Belarus Refuses Asylum For Uzbek Transgender Woman

Namibia: former refugees return

Confronting Horror at the Jordan-Syria Border

UN to repatriate 3,500 Sudanese refugees from Chad in 2018

Denmark introduces interpreter charge at hospitals

The Trump Family’s Immigrant Story

Arunachal Student Group Holds Rally Against Tibetan Refugees

Ukrainian who went to Russia to get medicine for his child jailed on ‘spying’ charges

Ukrainian gets jail sentence in Russia for involvement in a legal organization in Ukraine

Vital rulings could end humiliating discrimination against Ukrainians displaced by Russian aggression

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Canibalball


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Estonia: A nation dispersed by history – united by a global destiny

Austrian Saharawi Association (ÖSG) calls Morocco to respect human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara

Refugees rescued by Catalan NGO reach Barcelona

Uyghur Exile Group Leader’s Mother Died in Xinjiang Detention Center

Calls to stop 11 Uighurs’ return to China amid fears of torture

Can’t leave Iraq, can’t go back to Iran: Kurdish political refugees in limbo

Tibetan Migration Into India Down to a Trickle

Kashmiri Tibetans Dream to Return to Tibet from Kashmir

Tibetans Marked a Grand Celebration of Dalai Lama’s Birthday in Nepal

Cannibal Island: In 1933, Nearly 5,000 Died In One Of Stalin’s Most Horrific Labor Camps

Dreams Of Change Deferred: Activists Can’t Work In Tajikistan, Can’t Live Outside It

Gabon struggles to stem tide of child trafficking

Physicians say Rohingya scars ‘highly consistent’ with Myanmar atrocity reports

Malta prevents migrant spotter aircraft taking to skies

A tent hospital run by Jordan offers hope to Syrians fleeing war

In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’

“No ghettos in 2030”: Denmark’s controversial plan to get rid of immigrant neighborhoods

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Tales of Foreigners and Worst Human Traffickers


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‘Worst Human Traffickers’ Include Russia, Belarus, Iran, Turkmenistan

Tibetan Exile Narrative Has Transformed from a Victim Mindset to One of Success

11 English Scots for Yes tell us why they back independence

In Europe, the targeting of Roma sets off alarm bells for Jews

Exiled Catalan leader gets Swiss residence permit for five years

Kyrgyzstan Extradites Activist to Risk of Torture

The tale of foreign fishermen living in Gabon

New London festival celebrates Basque culture

Syrians trickle home from Lebanon, but most stay put

Baloch activists hold anti-China protest to oppose CPEC project in Balochistan

Baloch activists hold anti-China protest to oppose CPEC project in Balochistan

World Sindhi Congress protests in U.S. against enforced disappearances in Pakistan

Pashtun, Baloch and Sindh Activists Protest Outside UN Headquarters In Geneva against Atrocities Committed by Pakistan Army

Criminalising Dissent: Repression of Sikhs in Indian-Occupied Punjab

Migration to Europe Is Slowing, but the Political Issue Is as Toxic as Ever

ISIS slave master slips through Canada’s vetting process

Multilingualism online: “Language barriers are a major challenge”

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Leave Now Pay Later


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1941 June 14: Soviet Mass Deportations from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

June 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day, Canada

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Kristy Yang, First Hmong-American Woman Judge in U.S., Will Keynote WWOCN Conference

Iranian refugee dies of apparent suicide in Nauru camp

Why the Iceland National Team Has So Many Polish Fans

A Visa Lottery Winner a Decade Ago, a U.S. Soldier Returns Home to Lithuania

Russian dissidents find refuge in Lithuania

Finnish citizen ‘first European woman to get driving licence’ in Saudi Arabia

Finland’s first terror attack: Life sentence for Turku stabber

Record number of foreign residents get Finnish citizenship in 2017

Stranded ship with 629 refugees to be taken to Valencia

Barcelona offers to take in 100 refugees from Aquarius ship

Basque region offers to host rescued Aquarius migrants

Student In Turkey ‘Tricked Back’ To Turkmenistan And Imprisoned

‘We felt Ireland forced us out, we felt betrayed’

Landslides and Flooding Threaten 200,000 Rohingya Refugees as Monsoon Rains Lash Into Bangladesh Camps

Leave now, pay later migration scams lure somali teens to their deaths

Welsh children being sent to prisons in England are lonely and isolated

Sweden jails man for spying on exiled Tibetans for China

Indian sellers using Estonian e-residency to access European markets, PayPal system

Sikhs abroad feel Khalistan narrative meant to marginalise

Jonathan Lee: Antigypsyism is a cancer at the heart of Europe

Young Gypsies and Travellers launch activist network at Appleby fair

Exiled as a child, Sahrawi grandmother still longs for home

Mauritania’s ‘nomadic spirit’ comes alive in Canadian restaurant

1st Tibetan-Canadian elected to public office in North America reflects on humble beginnings in Canada

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