Saudi Arabia denies claims that staff at detention facilities treat violent abuse of undocumented migrants ‘like a sport’ By Tom Gardner the guardian Zeynu Abebe, 19, sits between two sleeping people at Addis Ababa airport after being deported from Saudi Arabia, from where roughly 10,000 Ethiopian migrants are ejected each […]
Day: August 16, 2019
UN refugee agency abused their power by soliciting bribes from refugees.
By Sally Hayden An internal UN refugee agency investigation into allegations of corruption in its Sudan resettlement operations has determined that a staff member abused their power by soliciting bribes from refugees. UNHCR spokesperson Cécile Pouilly told The New Humanitarian in an email that the probe, which began early […]
Netanyahu rejected Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar entering Israel
Israel has decided to bar United States congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering the country in a trip that was planned this weekend. This comes shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump said it would “show great weakness” to allow them in. Last month, Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer said […]