InfoMigrants By Marion MacGregor Published on : 2021/03/10
Twenty-six Afghan men arrived in Kabul early Wednesday on a deportation flight from Germany. Over 1,000 Afghan asylum seekers have now been returned from Germany since 2016.
On Wednesday (March 10) a chartered plane operated by Spanish company Privilege Style landed in the Afghan capital Kabul shortly after 7 a.m. carrying 26 Afghan men. It was the 37th deportation flight from Germany to Afghanistan since December 2016, bringing to 1,015 the number of asylum seekers sent back to Afghanistan since then.
Critics of group deportations continue to claim that Afghanistan is too dangerous for return, with attacks by Taliban militants occurring almost daily. The Islamic State militia also remains active in the country.
Fear is the Glue That Holds Myanmar’s Military Together
Fear is the Glue That Holds Myanmar’s Military Together
Myanmar military personnel in Naypyitaw before they cracked down on the peaceful protesters on 22222 nationwide general strike against the regime on Feb 22. / The Irrawaddy
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By Bertil Lintner 9 March 2021
Demonstrations against the Feb. 1 military coup in Myanmar have continued for more than a month. Brutal and even lethal force against the pro-democracy demonstrators may have reduced the number of people who are risking their lives by taking to the street, but there is nothing to indicate that protests against the re-introduction of a naked military dictatorship will cease any time soon. But what has stunned the world most is the violence that Myanmar’s army and police have unleashed on the population at large.
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
A noncitizen applying for relief from deportation bears the burden of proving all elements of eligibility for relief, including that a conviction under a divisible state statute does not render the person ineligible for relief, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-3 opinion (Justice Amy Coney Barrett did not participate).
No. 19-438 (Mar. 4, 2021) Clemente Pereida entered the United States illegally approximately 25 years ago. He is married and has three children, one of whom is a U.S. citizen. He was convicted in 2010 under the laws of the State of Nebraska of criminal impersonation, which is a divisible statute that includes four distinct crimes, three involving fraudulent conduct, but one of which, carrying on a business without a license, does not. The case focused on whether Pereida is required to prove definitively that he had
How the Trump Admin Left Long-Lasting Mark on US Immigration Courts
The Trump administration gave lifetime positions to immigration judges more likely to deport immigrants than previous judges, encouraged deportation rulings during judgesâ training and appointed judges with no immigration experience.
Former US attorney general Jeff Sessions speaks on issues related to visas and travel after then-US President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban order in Washington, US, March 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
World09/Mar/2021
On a rainy September day in 2018, Jeff Sessions, then US attorney general, addressed one of the largest classes of newly hired immigration judges in American history. “The vast majority of asylum claims are not valid,” he said during a swearing-in ceremony in Falls Church, Virginia, according to his prepared remarks. If judges do their job, he said, âthe number of illegal aliens and the number of baseless claims will fall”.
Directed by Lázaro Ramos; written by Lusa Silvestre, Aldri Anunciação, Elísio Lopes Jr. and Ramos
Among the films screened at this year’s Pan African Film Festival, which was held virtually in February,
Executive Order (2020) stood out not only for addressing identity politics, but also for approaching the subject with a combination of humor and seriousness.
Based on a 2011 play called
Namibia, No!, the Brazilian film exposes the absurdity and reactionary logic of a perspective that elevates race above all other considerations. But as thoughtful and refreshing as the film is, it is unable to articulate a progressive alternative to racial politics precisely because it does not reject them completely.