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Tear Gas Used at Guarded Immigration Center in Poland

Polish Border Guard officers used direct coercive measures and deployed tear gas against foreigners held at the guarded immigration center in Biała Podlaska. Women and children were among those requiring medical...

tear gas , Border Guard , immigrants , centre for migrants , Poland
April 18, 2017 • Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
Foreign-Born Workers Are a Boon to Italy's Economy

The Italian state receives 7.2 billion euros each year from taxes paid by foreigners. Taxes from foreign-born workers grew by 13.4 percent between 2010 and 2016, whereas those contributed by Italians diminished by 1.6...

Italy , migrants , Taxes , economy , immigrants
April 03, 2017 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
​To CIE or Not to CIE? Italy Wants More Inhumane Detention Centers for Foreigners

Although centers for identification and expulsion (CIE) are manifestly ineffective and inhumane, Italy could soon be getting many more of them.

CIE , lasciaecientrare , Cild , Open Migration , Antigone , migration , immigrants , asylum seekers , Migrants' rights
January 18, 2017 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Czech Far-Right Leader Detained for Crimes Against Humanity

The chairman of the extreme-right National Democracy party, Adam B. Bartos, is accused of crimes against humanity. He is accused of committing them through the content of his published books and public speeches....

intolerance , extremism , genocide , hatred , xenophobia , Jews , immigrants , extreme right , neo-nazi , racism , nazism , ethnicism
May 04, 2016 • The League of Human Rights
Polish Security Guards Illegally Arrest Syrian Immigrant

A Syrian man was arrested by security patrol in Zgorzelec, a town on the Polish-German border. The guards checked the man’s ID and after concluding that his stay in Poland is illegal, handed him over to the Border...

Syrians , immigrants , Border Guard , security , Poland , Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
February 23, 2016 • Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
153 Christian Refugees Will Relocate to Czech Republic

The Czech government approved the resettlement of 153 Christian refugees from Iraq and Lebanon. Their relocation was initiated by the Generace 21 Fund, which will provide most of the costs. The families are currently...

ISIS , refugees , immigrants , Christians , Iraq , Lebanon , ISIL , Islamic State , integration , Czech Republic
January 06, 2016 • The League of Human Rights
Violence Against Refugees in Germany Increases

So far 222 assaults at refugee shelters were registered in Germany for 2015. Their aim was to destroy the shelters or to injure people. There has been a strong rise in the number of assaults from January to November,...

Germany , immigrants , violence , refugee accomodation , Die Zeit , Zeit Online , PRO ASYL
December 11, 2015 • JUMEN - Juristische Menschenrechtsarbeit in Deutschland
"Islamic Refugees Won't Respect Our Laws," Says Czech President

Islamic refugees will not obey Czech laws and practices, according to Czech President Miloš Zeman. In his statement, which generalized all immigrants, President Zeman said refugees will respect Sharia law, so...

generalisation , Czech Republic , islam , refugees , immigrants , xenophobia , racism , panic , sexism , Populism , othering , president
October 27, 2015 • The League of Human Rights
Czech Republic Fails to Respect Rights of Child Refugees

The rights of migrant children and their families are not well protected in the Czech Republic, where volunteers make up for the state's shortcomings in caring for refugees.

immigrants , migrants , Czech Republic , refugees , children's rights , detention , child protection , xenophobia , repression , humanitarian aid , humanitarian crisis , volunteers , family , human rights , foreigners
October 21, 2015 • The League of Human Rights
Czech Refugee Debate Would Be Unacceptable in the West

The Czech Republic's good name and little-known language allow xenophobic rhetoric against refugees, even from the country's president, to go largely unnoticed by the West.

immigrants , migrants , migration , refugees , racism , xenophobia , politics , hate speech , hate , public authorities , Human Rights Watch , Eastern Europe , Czech Republic , Czech language , Western Europe , Milos Zeman , asylum seekers , Visegrad Group
October 09, 2015 • The League of Human Rights
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