Cultural globalization
Exhibition marks World Refugee Day
UNHCR Türkiye marked the World Refugee Day with a photography exhibition, "Life Through My Eyes," originating from a series of photography workshops where Turkish and refugee children living in the southeastern province of Mardin came together to reflect on the environment they live in through their own lenses.
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Greece pushes back more than 41,000 migrants since 2020: Report
Greece has pushed back a total of 41,523 irregular migrants to Turkish waters between 2020 and May 31, 2022, according to a report by Turkey's Ombudsman Institution (KDK).
The report also said that 53 irregular migrants in 2021 and 33 others in 2022 lost their lives - either drowned or froze to death - due to pushbacks.
Brits living in the EU are Not Allowed to Vote or Participate in Local Elections
The European Court of Justice has ruled today that Brits living in EU countries have lost the right to vote and stand in local elections after Britain left the bloc in 2020. Exceptions are those British citizens who also have EU citizenship, the DPA and AP reported.
Dutch Journalist Awaits Trial in Greece for Helping Asylum Seeker
Asylum seekers wait with their belongings as refugees and migrants from the destroyed Moria camp wait to enter a new camp on Lesbos island, 17 September 2020. Photo by EPA-EFE/VANGELIS PAPANTONIS
Greek forces pushback dozens of Syrian refugees into Turkey
Greek forces have forcibly pushed 94 Syrian refugees, 30 of whom were children trapped in an islet in the Meriç River that forms the Turkish-Greek border, for four days using violence.
Illegal migration in January-April period up 86% y/y
Ljubljana – Slovenian police dealt with 3,107 cases of illegal migration in the first four months of this year, up nearly 86% on the same period last year. Afghan citizens accounted for more than a quarter of all the illegal migrants caught from January through April, fresh police data shows.
EU starts to see Greek pushbacks in Aegean against refugees: Defense minister
The European Union has finally started to see the Greek policy of pushbacks in the Aegean Sea, which has claimed many lives of asylum seekers, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on May 7.
The Digital Revolution is Leaving Poorer Kids Behind (infographic)
The digital divide works to deepen inequalities that already exist within communities in the US
Turkey expands capacity of repatriation centers
Turkey has increased the number of repatriation centers, expanding the capacity of those facilities to accommodate 20,000 people.
The capacity of the repatriation centers scattered across the European Union countries is only 16,000.
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Greece pushed back some 16,000 migrants in 2021
The Turkish Coast Guard last year rescued 23,676 irregular migrants in the Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea and 15,794 of them were pushed back by Greek authorities into Turkish waters.
In 2021, a total of 619 pushback incidents took place, according to data from the Turkish Coast Guard.
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