Migrants' Party

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
2001 September 11: 9/11
1821 September 15: Costa Rica Independence Day
1821 September 15: El Salvador Independence Day
1821 September 15: Guatemala Independence Day
1821 September 15: Honduras Independence Day
1821 September 15: Nicaragua Independence Day
1810 September 16: Grito de Dolores, Mexico
1810 September 18: Fiestas Patrias, Chile
1983 September 19: Saint Kitts and Nevis Independence Day
1981 September 21: Belize Independence Day
September 26: European Day of Languages
October: Black History Month, Europe

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Migration to Greece Is Rising, as Erdogan Warns of Still More
Tracing the Migrant Journey
Migrant Women Face Mental Trauma
Genocide threat for Myanmar’s Rohingya greater than ever, investigators warn Human Rights Council
20-year-old refugee expelled from university for being Rohingya
Get $27,000 to move to Italy: That’s this region’s plan to attract newcomers
Trapped, alone and ‘desperate to come home.’ American siblings barred from leaving China
US Hospital Ship Dispatched for Migrants in Trinidad and Tobago
UK cleaners could earn 175% more in Switzerland
Up to three thousand Ukrainians jailed in Russia in human trafficking scam
‘We are treated like an infestation’ – Romani traveller speaks for her community
Chechens complete ‘March for the Supremacy of Law and Justice’ at UN HQ in Geneva
Pro-Khalistan Sikhs and Pakistanis hold protest against India over human rights’ violations
Russia Orchestrated Chechen Rebel’s Murder in Germany, U.S. Officials Say
Remembering the Sweeping Expulsion of Poland’s Jews—23 Years After the Holocaust
Sending children to Nauru was a ‘human rights breach’, commission finds
Kazakhstan: After Xinjiang, the long road to recovery
Nicaraguan professionals seek safety in Costa Rica
The changing profile of the U.S. military: Smaller in size, more diverse, more women in leadership
Italy arrests three men suspected of torturing migrants in Libya
In Ireland, a star is born
Brussels backs exiled rapper’s arguments against extradition
Immigrant children need to learn English, and they need to retain their native languages
Clara Ponsati backs Catalan civil disobedience push
Rally for Catalonia independence held in London
Portuguese cafe gives Wrexham residents chance to learn Welsh language

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1822 September 7: Brazil Independence Day
2001 September 11: 9/11
1821 September 15: Costa Rica Independence Day
1821 September 15: El Salvador Independence Day
1821 September 15: Guatemala Independence Day
1821 September 15: Honduras Independence Day
1821 September 15: Nicaragua Independence Day
1810 September 16: Grito de Dolores, Mexico
1810 September 18: Fiestas Patrias, Chile
1983 September 19: Saint Kitts and Nevis Independence Day
1981 September 21: Belize Independence Day

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Conflict and Persecution are the Main Reasons to Flee to Europe
AU KO TUVALU Comes to The Forge at The Court Theatre
Interview with Western Sahara advocate Tecber Ahmed Saleh
Kidnapped South African mine worker freed in eastern Congo
‘To hell with it’: She ditched Canada at 56 for Belize, where a couple can get ‘everything you could imagine’ for under $50,000 a year
How to Retire in Belize: Costs, Visas and More
Lao Worker in Thailand Vanishes After Criticizing Lao Regime
16 U.S. soccer players find a home in Switzerland — and in the Champions League
For these Latvian Americans, summer is for learning about their roots
Why Estonia pioneered digital identity
From forced migration to forced return: the plight of Afghanistani returnees
Hong Kong democracy protester ‘detained’ briefly by Australian Border Force as artists counter Beijing
Chinese diplomats violently clash with pro-Hong Kong protesters in Europe
In ‘Dear Haiti, Love Alaine,’ Haiti Comes Alive As A Character
Employer of Filipina killed in Kuwait guilty of murder
Rwanda’s economy is booming, but at what cost?
South Africa seeks arrest of murder suspects with alleged links to Rwandan government
Iceland launches push for overseas specialists
Brits in Ireland Rally to Protest Boris Johnson’s Brexit Gambit
I’ve moved back to Ireland in retirement. Can I transfer my pension? – No
Last words of a Tibetan freedom fighter
Nepal Deports 6 Tibetan Asylum Seekers to China
Central Tibetan Administration President begins six-day official visit to the United States
In Spain, young migrants fall between cracks in an overburdened system
Trump administration imposes new limits on remittances to Cuba
Taiwan & Hong Kong Independence Rally in NYC

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
August 30: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
1962 August 31: Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day
1960 September 2: Tibetan Democracy Day
1822 September 7: Brazil Independence Day
2001 September 11: 9/11
1821 September 15: Costa Rica Independence Day
1821 September 15: El Salvador Independence Day
1821 September 15: Guatemala Independence Day
1821 September 15: Honduras Independence Day
1821 September 15: Nicaragua Independence Day
1810 September 16: Grito de Dolores, Mexico

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Pope names 13 new cardinals, including 2 who help migrants
Greece to increase border patrols and deportations to curb migrant influx
Baloch hold anti-Pakistan protest in London to demand release of disappeared activists
Russia strips Azeri blogger of citizenship and moves to deport him
Missing Yezidi victims continue to be freed from ISIS in Syrian refugee camp
China’s Cross-Border Campaign to Terrorize Uyghur Americans
Int’l Day of the Disappeared: Educating the United Nations on enforced disappearances of Uyghurs
Haiti childhood cancer victim Djooly Jeune is dead
Rohingya Camps in Cox’s Bazar: Activities of 41 NGOs halted for ‘misdeeds’
Stolen son: child traffickers preying on the Rohingya
Tibetans in Dharamshala commemorate the 59th Anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day
Tibetan Democracy Day marked in the London Borough of Waltham Forest Council with the raising of Tibetan national flag for 2nd consecutive year
More than 1,100 unaccompanied refugee and migrant children in Greece need urgent shelter and protection
New rules, new debts: slavery fears rise for migrant workers in Thailand
A Palestinian Freshman Arrived in the U.S. to Study at Harvard. Immigration Officials Revoked His Visa and Deported Him.

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1939 August 23: European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
1825 August 25: Uruguay Independence Day
August 30: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
1962 August 31: Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day
1960 September 2: Tibetan Democracy Day
1822 September 7: Brazil Independence Day

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A German-English collaboration produces Welsh language music in Barry
A new Trump rule could hold migrant families indefinitely in detention
Ship captain who faces prison time for migrant rescues refuses Paris bravery medal
Lengthy Detention Of Migrant Children May Create Lasting Trauma, Say Researchers
19 States And D.C. Sue Administration To Stop Indefinite Detention Of Migrant Children
Freedom Tree in Elizabeth Park in West Hartford 30 years after historic Baltic Way protest against Soviet Union
Chicagoland Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians commemorate the Baltic Way
Guantanamo’s ‘most tortured detainee’ still can’t leave Mauritania
UK Home Office accused of persecuting LGBT Asylum seekers
Fear, disowning of children among reasons Yezidi women cannot leave Syria camp
Belgian Kurd spent 40 days in Turkish prison over Facebook posts
Ninety-three Iraqi refugees return from Turkey as part of ‘voluntary return’ program
Octavio Dotel, Luis Castillo — ex-MLB stars — linked to Dominican Republic drug trafficking ring: reports
Costa Rica Expects More Nicaraguans At The End of 2019
How a Soviet emigré tied to Miami Beach’s ‘B-girls’ scam became Grenada’s man in Moscow
Rohingya say no to repatriations around anniversary of atrocities
Migrants flooded to modern-day Denmark from all around Europe 2,200 years ago after the ‘Nordic Bronze Age’ triggered a period of wealth in Scandinavia
25 years later: Remembering the Lithuanian Lion, Vitas Gerulaitis
George Takei Honors Legacy of Japanese Diplomat Who Saved Thousands of Polish Jews During WWII
‘Unwanted citizens of EU Member States’ – a one-day conference
Foreign Citizens’ Pensions Stranded in Iceland
Alternatives to Irregular Migration: IOM Launches Vocational Training Programme for Gambians
Chechen activists marching from Strasbourg to Geneva to seek justice for their nation
Georgian national, Chechnya–Russia war veteran killed in Berlin

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
August 14: Navajo Code Talkers Day
1939 August 23: European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
1825 August 25: Uruguay Independence Day
August 30: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
1962 August 31: Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day
1960 September 2: Tibetan Democracy Day

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One migrant’s story: ‘There were 15 of us on the boat, I am the only one alive’
East Timor youth leaving in droves to seek employment
As long as Crimea remains occupied, Kurban-Bayram will have ‘special meaning’ for Crimean Tatars, mufti says
New memorial honors Hmong legacy and history
Lao Cinema Steps Forward on International Stage at Locarno, Venice
Portugal wants its emigrants back – so it’s paying them to return
African-Americans retrace painful ancestral journey into slavery as Kalabo residents console them with regatta
Burundi: 15 Years On, No Justice for Gatumba Massacre
Levan Akin on the Impact of ‘And Then We Danced’
The strengths and weaknesses of the Brussels demonstration by Romani Europeans
North Macedonia battles youth ‘brain drain’
New York’s world champion Kurdish pizza chef
Four female foreign workers died of sexual assault after trafficking in Kurdistan Region
Iran arrests British-Kurdish academic in Tehran
Yezidi community gets first religious temple, cemetery in Germany
Five arrested for setting fires at Yezidi displacement camp in Kurdistan Region
UK grants asylum to Iraqi doctor accused of war crimes under Saddam regime
As China Cracks Down on Uighurs, a Uighur American Joins the White House
This Uighur Journalist Is Bravely Fighting a Homegrown Cultural Genocide
Uyghurs in the Netherlands call on Dutch gov to defend their rights
Kazakh advocate of Muslim rights in China set free in plea bargain
‘Nightmare’ as Egypt aids China to detain Uighurs
Botswana Battles Influx of Zimbabwean Illegal Immigrants
Myanmar and Bangladesh Say They Will Try Again to Repatriate Rohingya Refugees
Lithuanian expatriates to get their own member of parliament
Open Arms rescue ship in ‘critical’ situation with 107 on board
Court says detained migrant children can’t be sleep-deprived, must get soap
White House Looked Into Ways to Block Migrant Children From Going to School
U.S. Government Faces Lawsuits Over Care Migrant Children Received In Foster Homes
Border agent who called migrants ‘subhuman’ pleads guilty to intentionally running over migrant

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

1825 August 6: Bolivia Independence Day

1962 August 6: Jamaica Independence Day

August 9: International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples

1965 August 9: Singapore National Day

1809 August 10: Ecuador Independence Day

August 14: Navajo Code Talkers Day

1939 August 23: European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism

1825 August 25: Uruguay Independence Day

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The first Europeans weren’t who you might think

A Chechen refugee Poland wants to give up to Russia

Norway Mosque Shooting Investigated as Attempted Terrorist Attack

Cook Islanders celebrate culture and language

BAROTSELAND: Pomp and Splendor await African-Americans as they return home today!

Brockton woman celebrates her heritage at home & in Cape Verde

Haitian influx create hysteria in Guyana, Brazil and Suriname

The asylum seeker who has learned fluent Welsh in a year

Seminars, protests to mark August 11 as Baloch National Day

Xinjiang: What China shows world vs. what former detainee describes

‘They want to erase us.’ California Uighurs fear for family members in China

Uyghur Mother, Daughters Deported to China From Turkey

Kyrgyzstan: With tensions still simmering, exiled big-hitter makes homecoming

France takes in 31 more Yezidi families who suffered under ISIS

German Kurd deported from Germany to Turkey for waving YPG flag

Experience Ancient And Contemporary Tibetan Culture At Tibet Fest

Taiwan, Tibet and Uygur expats join Hongkongers in New York to show support for protests

A Young Artist Charts the Journey from “Haiti to Hood”

More than half a million Rohingya refugees receive identity documents, most for the first time

Migrants From Pakistan, Iraq Allegedly Beaten At Bosnia-Croatia Border

The forgotten ‘wolf children’ of World War II

Spain keeps close eye on Catalan activities in Switzerland

Mexico detains migrant children in cramped holding center despite court ruling

Mexico’s Crackdown Is Making the Migrant Crisis Worse

US: July migrant numbers slide 21% below 100,000

The Other Mexican Migration

Qatar: Migrant Workers Strike Over Work Conditions

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

1944 August 2: Roma Genocide Remembrance Day

1825 August 6: Bolivia Independence Day

1962 August 6: Jamaica Independence Day

August 9: International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples

1965 August 9: Singapore National Day

1809 August 10: Ecuador Independence Day

August 14: Navajo Code Talkers Day

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Europe experienced a surge in government restrictions on religious activity over the last decade

Brighton’s Amine brothers wrestling internationally for San Marino

Turkey Jails Another Professor Deported from Moldova

‘Irish people often think we are bad but we are good and friendly’

European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day: Statement by First Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioner Jourová

Canada marks Romani genocide during WWII

Italy’s Matteo Salvini accused of racism after ‘dirty gypsy’ comments

What is Roma Holocaust Memorial Day?

A South Korean cult leader who held 400 followers captive in Fiji has been jailed for six years

Young Kurds in diaspora – don’t ignore your roots

Costa Rica and Panama bust migrant-smuggling ring, arrest dozens

Diaspora Liberians to Suspend Remittances to Liberia

National Galleries’ exhibition on Scots migration omits Clearances

Pioneering migrants visit Australia’s Basque heartland to trace family history

Mejlis reports on 73 searches, 69 detentions and 200 arrests in Crimea over past six months

Uyghur Man in Qatar Fears Forced Return to China

Little Tibet Welcomes a Little Bauhaus

Malaysia’s Rohingya Refugees Forced to Work in Shadows

Libya shutting down three migrant detention centers

Estonia’s e-residents form an international chamber

From child refugee to president: Latvia’s Vaira Vike-Freiberga

What to do in Gimli — Manitoba’s New Iceland

Irish couple beaten by neighbours after disagreement turns violent in Turkey’s Didim

Report: 50% rise in suspected human trafficking victims in Finland

Doctors call for investigation after 3 migrant children in custody die of flu

Mexican Police Kill Migrant in Front of His Daughter as He Was Trying to Cross to the U.S.

Qatar: Migrant construction workers on World Cup projects protest delayed wages & poor working conditions

How Russians Make and Hide Their Dirty Money Abroad, and What Can Be Done to Stop It

Ex-Berkut officer wanted for Maidan crimes seen helping Putin savagely crush protest in Russia

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

1847 July 26: Liberia Independence Day

1821 July 28: Fiestas Patrias, Peru

1944 August 2: Roma Genocide Remembrance Day

1825 August 6: Bolivia Independence Day

1962 August 6: Jamaica Independence Day

August 9: International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples

1965 August 9: Singapore National Day

1809 August 10: Ecuador Independence Day

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Gypsy Den café changes its name out of respect for Romani people, who find ‘G-word’ offensive

Baloch people urge US president to help end human rights abuses by Pakistan

A Baloch sister’s open letter to UN

Irish community celebrates “Irish Heritage Day” in La Crosse

East Timorese Study Korean Language to Fulfill the ‘Korean Dream’

A Welsh TV show is filming in a Wisconsin village of fewer than 2,600 people

Aberystwyth-based Syrian refugee wins Welsh learner award

Samoa’s lively version of cricket turns Jefferson Park into ‘a little piece of home’

Advocates work to stop human trafficking’s causes like poverty, exploitation of human rights

Amid US sanctions, Iranian Kurds seek jobs in Iraq

British police bust Kurdish human trafficking gang

New report by Iraqi organization documents multiple cases of human trafficking

Young migrants and refugees in Greece wanted to be heard. So they started their own newspaper.

Why America remains a beacon of hope for Liberian refugee

Mental health issues dominate Nauru and Manus asylum seekers medical admissions

My Uyghur family is quietly living in fear. This is how we become lost

Migrant receives chilling warning: ‘We can find you. We are in New Zealand’

Amid threatened ICE raids, safety at a Baltimore library

Major real estate developer takes on Trump’s immigration policy: ‘Don’t send them home, send them to us’

EU takes Hungary to court for criminalizing help for asylum seekers

Lebanon ups pressure on Syrian refugees to return

In Lebanon, Palestinians Protest New Employment Restrictions

Up to 150 migrants die in shipwreck off the coast of Libya

US citizen held in detention center says conditions were so bad he was ready to sign deportation papers

Border Patrol Chief Admits Even They Don’t Want Migrant Children in Their Facilities

Libya’s Migrant ‘Holding Areas’ Have Become Death Camps

Leading Catalan independence figures meet in Puigdemont’s Waterloo residence

How this quiet region in Guatemala became the epicenter of migration

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

1810 July 20: Colombian Declaration of Independence

1847 July 26: Liberia Independence Day

1821 July 28: Fiestas Patrias, Peru

1944 August 2: Roma Genocide Remembrance Day

1825 August 6: Bolivia Independence Day

1962 August 6: Jamaica Independence Day

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The 204 Oromo children of Ethiopia who were rescued from Arab slavers in 1888 and ended up in South Africa

Program helps maintain Hmong music by teaching kids about traditional instruments

More Than 100 Greater Cincinnatians Rally Downtown Protesting Injustice in Mauritania

Kurds in Germany celebrate success of Kurdish-language academy

Australia calls on China to release mother and child held in Xinjiang

Four Members Of First All-Female Afghan Orchestra Missing In Slovakia

Baloch activists in S Korea’s Busan stage protest against enforced disappearances at home

US: Baloch groups campaign against ‘enforced disappearances’ in Pakistan ahead of Imran Khan’s visit

Kyrgyzstan: Killing of Nigerian teacher sparks conversation around racism

Go back to Africa: A phrase that no longer wants to be with racism connected

Trans asylum seekers assaulted, abused in U.S., UK, Norway detention

These Americans Went Back and Fixed It

Voice in Exile: The Story of a Tibetan’s Fight for Freedom

Ocasio-Cortez gets new 2020 challenger: a Republican immigrant from Jamaica

U.S. sanctions Myanmar generals over mass killings of Rohingya

Palestinians in Lebanon protest crackdown on unlicensed workers

Kuwait: Activists Arrested for Peaceful Sit-In

Irish in London attend funeral of man with no mourners

Workplace etiquette in Ireland voted ‘easiest to understand’ in Europe in extensive global study

The Most Irish Town in America Was Built on Seaweed

Russia cracks down on environmental activists

‘I want Sindhis to not be embarrassed about their language’

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee Week

1816 July 9: Argentina Independence Day

1973 July 10: Bahamas Independence Day

1968 July 11: American Indian Movement founded

1995 July 11: Srebrenica Massacre

1810 July 20: Colombian Declaration of Independence

1847 July 26: Liberia Independence Day

1821 July 28: Fiestas Patrias, Peru

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Ethnic minority pay gap in UK still stubbornly wide

Tajikistan regime targeting families of political activists

The Last Basque Restaurant in Southern California

Monsoon floods sweep through world’s biggest refugee camp

Kuwait Unlawfully Returns 8 Egyptian Dissidents

One out of five Barcelona residents are foreign

Palestinians Were Spared Turkey’s Rising anti-Arab Hate. Until Now

Ukrainians hungry for Lithuanian jobs, but some end up here in deeper misery

Why has it taken two lads from Lithuania to clean up the canals in Manchester?

Migrant Flow Across U.S.-Mexico Border Falls For First Time This Year

US launches raids targeting migrant families

Marshall Plan for Central America would restore hope, end migrant border crisis

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