In a report released on 7th August, FRONTEX adulated at the decrease of “migration flow” from the end of 2015 until now. The publication cites the closure of the route in 2016 as being a key component in the decrease of migration, as well as crediting enhanced security measures at EU borders with Serbia, translating
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USA: 18 year old Occupy ICE activist faces deportation
Last Friday, ICE detained a local activist from Occupy ICE San Antonio in retaliation for his political work. 18 years old Sergio, AKA Mapache, was detained as he left the occupy camp to go for a morning walk. According to fellow anti-ICE protesters, three vans ambushed him at the road by the camp before an ICE
Italian and Polish neo-nazis join forces to patrol beaches to “protect women from migrants”
The members of Italian far-right party Forza Nuova (FN), in coalition with Polish neo-nazi group National Radical Camp (Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny, ONR), launched beach patrols in order to “protect women and children from migrants” in the Italian town Rimini. Additionally, the fascists intend to conduct separate patrols in the town, against “migrant drug dealers”. The first
Polish Embassy in London support of far right groups
CONTENT WARNING: racism The Polish Embassy in London, using funds from Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, sponsored at least one event organised by Polish nationalists in the UK. The group receiving cash from Polish state is “Independent Poland”: and extreme right-wing organisation, which, until very recently, declared on their Facebook page that its main aim
America’s treatment of refugee children is abhorrent, so is Europe’s
‘’Hamid* and his kids are in jail, they were rejected again,’’ a volunteer on the Greek island of Chios called to tell me late last year. Chios has received the second largest number of refugees fleeing to Europe via. Turkey since the refugee crisis began in 2015. The youngest of the imprisoned Syrian Kurdish family
Refugee crisis: violent push backs in the Balkans
In spite of severe weather conditions, push backs of refugees in the Balkans continue. Are You Syrious present the report on illegal push-backs from Croatia. “The law has changed!“ This is what a police officer told to H. J. As hundreds of other migrants in transit who try to reach Western Europe through the Balkans,
Film Review: Detroit
The misnamed film “Detroit” is more about a triple slaying by police than the city’s 1967 Rebellion. Director: Kathryn Bigelow Released August 2017 143 min Reviewed by William Boyer It first opened in the Motor City in July, and then nationwide 50 years to the day of the final riot fatality, a firefighter electrocuted trying to
Victory for anti- gentrification campaigners in Elephant and Castle
Plans to regenerate Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre and surrounding areas by development firm Delancey were halted by the council Planning Committee late yesterday night. After 7 hours of discussion, Southwark Planning Committee voted 4 against 3 to reject application for redevelopment. Now committee will meet again on 30th January to vote again for the
1958: The Season of Goodwill
Ahead of Christmas, we reproduce the following historic seasonal Freedom article from nearly 60 years ago, comprised of a selection of small festive vignettes by Philip Sansom. Please note some of the language is dated — the main lesson here however is that the issues raised by Sansom (pictured above) at the time are decidedly
Notes from the US: Billionare’s Bonanza
Freedom correspondent Louis Further rounds up the latest efforts of the US State to bolster polluting and violent industries at the expense of all. Last month, a report, Billionaire Bonanza, published by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) revealed that the 400 richest people in the United States now own more than the bottom 64%