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European Court of Auditors: Special report No 20/2019
The latest update on migration to the Greek islands.
Abused in a Bosnian police station: “they even took my asthma inhaler”
"Two new anthologies of pieces from the magazines Race Today and Race & Class recall important struggles on the streets, the factory floors and in communities, linking them to both class and global internationalism."
Office of the Prime Minister official Neville Gafà acted as intermediary in deal
A new report from the organisation Pax looks at the development of automated weaponry.
A study by Pew Research Centre estimates that the number of "unauthorized immigrants" in the EU has levelled off in recent years.
Are You Syrious Daily Digest 12/11/19
"During the night of 10 November a planned asylum centre in the city of Bilzen, in the Belgian province of Limburg, was set on fire."
Including: Presentation of the English version of the Atlas of Migration 2019.
"Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again used the millions of refugees hosted in the country as a bargaining chip against the European Union."
"A German public prosecutor’s office is investigating the shooting of the ship "Alan Kurdi". Its crew could be caught between the fronts of two coastguards equipped and trained by different EU missions."
An update from Bordermonitoring Bulgaria.
"Spot checks at ferry ports and on trains and vehicles follow attacks in Copenhagen area."
"Thousands of Poles took part in a nationalist march through the capital Warsaw on Monday (11 November), chanting “God, Honour, Fatherland”, with the march leaders protesting against same-sex liberties, globalism and abortion.
"On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, a new report reveals the European businesses profiting from the construction of new walls across Europe. It identifies three key players – the arms firms Thales, Airbus and Leonardo – as well as a whole host of construction, shipping, technology and security firms from across Europe winning border militarisation contracts."
"Justice officials in England and Wales are facing renewed calls to deal with thousands of prisoners still jailed under an abolished Kafkaesque sentencing regime that a report has branded “deeply harmful” for families."
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