World news about “Political refugees” published by euronews.
Bonus interview: Sobhan, a Baha’i Iranian refugee Baha’ism is a faith founded in the 19th century, which groups an international community of believers who wish to be considered as members of an “Independent… 14/06/2013
Bonus Mansour Osanlou interview Mansour Osanlou is one of the most famous trade union leaders of Iran, who was the head of the Tehran bus drivers union. He was emprisonned and tortured… 14/06/2013
Bonus interview: an Iranian homosexual in exile In Iran, homosexuals risk the death penalty. Human rights ngos estimate that several hundred of them have been executed since the islamic revolution of… 14/06/2013
Iranian voices from Turkey “I crossed the border illegally with the smugglers. It took us about eight days going from a north western city near the Iranian border to get to Ankara. We… 07/06/2013
Lebanon: The Syrian refugee factor So many Syrians are fleeing the war in their country that it has put a severe strain on neighbouring Lebanon’s infrastructure – the power grid, hospitals… 18/05/2013
Asylum: Fixing a broken system Last year, 330,000 people sought asylum in Europe. Thousands arrived in Greece, however only 152 were able to apply for asylum. Of these, just two were… 08/05/2013
Asylum: fixing a broken system – Full Debate To watch the full debate on asylum between European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström and former British Home Secretary Charles Clarke, please… 08/05/2013
EU provides extra funds to resettle refugees The EU will give more money to individual member countries to resettle refugees. The extra cash comes after MEPs accused the bloc of failing to take in its… 29/03/2012
Building bridges through education Education plays a key role in connecting cultures and fostering tolerance. Our first report takes us to Morocco where a non-profit organisation aims to bring… 02/09/2011
Syria refugees struggle on as opposition makes offer of talksNew video footage has revealed the harsh conditions that Syrian refugees are enduring within the country’s borders. More than a million people are estimated… 05/02/2013
UN seeks aid money for Syria at Kuwait conferenceUN efforts to raise money for aid for the Syrian crisis have been given a boost after large donations from the US and Kuwait. At a fundraising conference… 30/01/2013
UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon presses international community for greater supportThe UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has appealed for more aid to help the hundreds of thousands of refugees now displaced by the crisis in Syria. He… 07/12/2012
UN accuses Hungary of locking up asylum seekersAsylum seekers hoping for refuge in Hungary are systematically imprisoned in detention centres without ever being convicted of a crime and are held alongside… 25/04/2012
