The Rev. Daniel Alliët, for whom Jesus was a “political revolutionary,” has made it his life’s mission to fight for the rights of undocumented migrants, to the chagrin of some other clergy members.
As the dangerous voyage from Western Africa to the Spanish archipelago has become a more popular migrant route to Europe, the death toll has risen sharply.
Denmark Passes Law Allowing Asylum Seekers to Be Processed Outside Europe
The law is the latest in a series of hard-line measures that have been introduced in recent years to discourage migration.
Kaershovedgaard, a former prison, is now a departure center for rejected asylum seekers in Jutland, Denmark.Credit.Andrew Kelly/Reuters
June 3, 2021Updated 1:53 p.m. ET
LONDON The Parliament of Denmark passed a law on Thursday that allows the nation to relocate asylum seekers outside of Europe to have their refugee claims assessed, despite criticism from rights groups and the United Nations.
The law is the latest in a series of hard-line immigration measures that have been introduced in the Nordic nation in recent years particularly after the 2015 migration crisis in Europe to discourage asylum seekers. Those moves have been widely criticized by rights groups, and some have warned that the new measure could threaten the internationally established rights of refugees to protection
Spanish officials say Morocco increasingly sees migrants as currency for financial and political gains after it let up to 12,000 flood into a Spanish enclave in North Africa over two days.
With Official Housing Scant, French People Open Their Homes to Migrants
A shelter system supported by private individuals highlights the French government’s difficulties managing a backlog of asylum cases.
The Sanogo family arriving to spend the night at a French family’s home in a southeastern suburb of Paris.Credit.Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times
May 17, 2021Updated 11:15 a.m. ET
PARIS Walking home one night several years ago in a suburb of Paris, Raphaël Marre was horrified to see a group of migrants and asylum seekers sleeping on the street outside his home.
Why wasn’t the government housing them? he wondered. After witnessing the same scene for several weeks, he and his wife decided to do it themselves, signing up with a nonprofit that links migrants with people in the Paris region willing to open up their homes for a few nights.