Month: November 2017

                    Millions of people who have no nationality face discrimination, poverty, and fear. The lack of documents creates a barrier extremely hard to outcome, isolating them from the rest of the society and restraining them from getting access to basic rights.           … Continue reading At least 20 countries have laws that enable the refusal or withdrawal of nationality based on discriminatory factors

                   The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT) released a set of recommendations to tackle the growing recruitment of western women by Daesh.  The document entitled “IS’s Appeal to Western Women: Policy Implications”, written by Kiriloi M. Ingram, revealed that estimations point out that in… Continue reading According to ICCT, Daesh has constructed narratives to empower women to incite them to plot terrorist attacks

Everyone on the right needs to get over their petty grudges & personality clashes and realize we are all being targeted. Time to unite                          These words were tweeted by Paul Joseph Watson, editor-at-large of the right-wing website Infowars, four days before the infamous… Continue reading The study conducted by ISD also points out that their narratives focus on multiple grievances so as to expand their reach

                       The Forum for European Philosophy is an educational charity that organises events to encourage critical thinking on issues connected with contemporary, cultural and intellectual life. On October, 30th The Forum for European Philosophy organised a public lecture about the meaning of the word refugee.… Continue reading The Forum for European Philosophy helps you understand the difference between refugees and asylum-seekers

                     In 2016 the number of Afghans deportations from Europe rose nearly 300%. 2016 was also the year with the highest recorded number of civilian casualties in the country. The report published by Amnesty International on October 4th, 2017 named Forced Back To Danger, Asylum-Seekers Returned… Continue reading 9.460 Afghans were sent back to their country in 2016

                    Some countries have started working with families to prevent radicalization and last month researchers from the Utrecht University confirmed it can indeed be a successful strategy to reduce the growth of extremist movements. They conducted in-depth interviews with 11 former radicals and members of their… Continue reading Research reveals how dialogues with sons/daughters can be more effective

                     Cameroonian authorities have deported at least 10.000 Nigerian refugees since 2015 according to the Human Rights Watch report released in September 2017. The decision to deny asylum to thousands of Nigerian was defend by Cameroon authorities as a measure to prevent attacks from the Islamist… Continue reading According to Human Rights Watch, Cameroon argues deportations will prevent attacks from Boko Haram

                       Despite the reputation of being one of the world’s great receivers of refugees, Jordan has been accused of deporting Syrian refugees without giving them the benefit to contest their removal.                           According… Continue reading Jordan has been deporting Syrian refugees without explanation

                         The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has reduced its presence in Afghanistan after having suffered multiple attacks on their facilities and staff members by extremist groups in the region. Due to these violent attacks, which have been taking place predominantly in… Continue reading To Afghans Against Extremism it has been hard to tackle extremism in the region