Paris Attacks: the intellectuals’ forecasts that we did not heed
Monday, 30 November 2015 15:56 Le Figaro Published some sociodemographic studies by several French researchers, in which they forecasted 10 years ago what France is facing.
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United States: Moroccan Taxi driver shot in the back on Thanksgiving Day
Monday, 30 November 2015 15:54 On Thursday, a Moroccan immigrant was on the brink of death due to a hate crime in Pittsburgh, Hazelwood.
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Refugees welcome? How UK and Germany compare on migration
Thursday, 03 September 2015 13:03 Berlin has proposed a quota system, thousands of Germans have volunteered to help refugees, and press coverage has been more balanced – but there have also been more violent incidents in Germany.
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Migration crisis: pressure mounts on Cameron over refugees
Thursday, 03 September 2015 13:03 Pressure comes from senior UN official and rising number of Tory MPs after pictures of drowned Syrian boy published.
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Hundreds of migrants protest at Budapest station, want to go to Germany
Thursday, 03 September 2015 13:02 Hundreds of migrants protested in front of Budapest's Keleti Railway Terminus for a second straight day on Wednesday, shouting "Freedom, freedom!" and demanding to be let onto trains bound for Germany from a station that has been closed to them.
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EU refugee crisis: World mourns Syrian toddler as Andy Burnham calls for emergency Parliament debate
Thursday, 03 September 2015 11:57 As the world reacts to the image of the dead three-year-old, police leave the main station in Hungary's capital where refugees are sleeping outside.
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Migration crisis: EU ministers to meet in two weeks to find solution
Monday, 31 August 2015 14:39 EU interior and justice ministers are to meet in a fortnight in an effort to find concrete measures to cope with the escalating migration crisis.
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Merkel calls on EU to share burden of exploding refugee crisis
Monday, 31 August 2015 14:39 Angela Merkel says Europe must show solidarity on its refugee policies.
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Austria defends border checks amid migration crisis
Monday, 31 August 2015 14:38 Austria has denied that it is in violation of the European Union’s open-border policy, after it tightened up controls in the face of the growing migration crisis.
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UN Secretary General urges global community to address migration issues
Monday, 31 August 2015 14:38 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moonon Friday urged the global community to develop comprehensive solutions to allow for safe and legal migration after 70 bodies, believed to be Syrian asylum seekers, were discovered in a truck near the Austria-Hungary border.
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Horrific tragedy reinforces Europe's escalating migration crisis
Monday, 31 August 2015 14:37 ON AUGUST 28th Austrian police said they had found 71 dead migrants in a refrigerated lorry. The bodies of 59 men, eight women and four children were discovered just inside Austria’s border with Hungary. The vehicle appears to have been abandoned on August 26th, but the decomposition of the bodies indicates that the migrants may have suffocated or died of thirst earlier than that. Torn lining inside the lorry’s interior suggests that some had battled, fruitlessly, to escape.
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Dutch plan tougher asylum policy as migrants flock to Europe
Monday, 31 August 2015 14:36 As Europe grapples with its biggest wave of migration since World War Two, the Netherlands is about to toughen its asylum policy by cutting off food and shelter for people who fail to qualify as refugees.
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France train shooting: Hollande thanks 'heroes' who foiled gunman
Monday, 24 August 2015 21:24 French President Francois Hollande has thanked three American men hailed as heroes for overpowering a heavily-armed gunman on a train in northern France.
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France train shooting: Suspect identified as Moroccan man Ayoub El-Khazzani
Monday, 24 August 2015 21:24 The suspect in the train attack in France on Friday has been identified as 25-year-old Moroccan man Ayoub El-Khazzani.
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No new EU summit on immigration
Monday, 24 August 2015 21:24 European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker dismissed calls for a new EU summit on immigration, saying member states should stop dragging their heels and implement existing agreements on the matter.
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UK, France Agree to New Measures to Tackle Migration Crisis
Monday, 24 August 2015 21:23 In response to the rapidly growing numbers of refugees and asylum seekers flooding European shores, France and the UK have announced new measures to crack down on English Channel crossings.
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Macedonia allows hundreds of refugees to cross border
Monday, 24 August 2015 21:23 Macedonian police have allowed hundreds of refugees to pass through their border from Greece after police fired stun grenades for a second day in a failed bid to stop them from breaking through.
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US: 100 women plan 100-mile march to support immigration reform
Monday, 24 August 2015 21:22 Inspired by Pope Francis' prayerful pleading for immigrant families, 100 women are preparing to march 100 miles - from Pennsylvania to the U.S. Capitol - to highlight their call for "commonsense" immigration reform.
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Argentinian TV Channel Highlights Morocco's Civilizational
Wednesday, 19 August 2015 13:55 Buenos Aires - Argentinian TV channel TVP has recently aired a program "special Morocco", dedicated to the civilizational richness of the Kingdom, its cultural diversity, exceptional monuments and natural beauty.
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A Moroccan fix to Europe's migrant crisis
Wednesday, 19 August 2015 13:54 Once harshly criticized for its mistreatment of African migrants, Morocco has changed its view and now lays down a well-regulated welcome mat. If Europe did more of the same, fewer migrants would risk dangerous sea journeys with smugglers.
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- The Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez meetings on the Alliance of Civilisations with participation of the Moroccan Community Council Abroad
- Migration Flows Management: Spain Hails “Close Cooperation with Morocco
- The Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) publishes a new report on the social and economic status of Moroccans in the Netherlands.
- France, Morocco Hold Unprecedented Meeting in Paris to Improve Migration Procedures
- Mr. Driss el Yazami on “decentralised cooperation in the history of Moroccan migration” at the Eugène Delacroix Circle