This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
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Stansted 17 On Trial: U.K. Protesters Face Terrorism Charges For Helping Save Migrants
One year ago, 17 people locked themselves on to a deportation charter flight at London Stansted Airport, grounding a plan that would have sent 59 people back to face reprisal – and possibly death – in Ghana and Nigeria. Now, those activists could face life imprisonment.
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Teargas Fired As Refugees Try To Breach Greek-Macedonian Border
Chaotic scenes have intensified across Greece as the embattled government edged closer to declaring a state of emergency to deal with tens of thousands of migrants and refugees trapped in the country.
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Refugee Crisis Sharpens In Britain As Portsmouth Moves to Close Door On Asylum Seekers
As the daily flow of about 8,000 refugees into Europe shows little sign of abating, showdowns like the one in Portsmouth are likely to increase as tensions and frustrations grow.
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Berlin's Container Policy Called Racist
An anti-refugee wave has swept across Berlin as the December opening of six refugee container settlements nears – with one in 10 Germans now supporting National Socialism.
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Exclusive: Up Close With the Hunger-Striking Refugees In France
Any of the 15 South Sudanese refugees I meet may die this night attempting to stowaway in a vehicle and cross the English Channel from the French port city of Calais.
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Migrants and Supporters March Across Europe Demanding Asylum Policy Reforms
Asylum seekers are risking arrest as they cross borders during the multi-week march, which comes before right wing, anti-immigrant parties expect to make unprecedented gains in European Parliamentary elections.
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Seeking Asylum, 30,000 March for Refugee Rights in Israel
Human rights groups say more than 300 people have been arrested since a new law, passed by Israel's parliament three weeks ago, allows authorities to detain migrants without valid visas indefinitely.
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Syrian Refugees March and Occupy to Demand Asylum in Switzerland
Syrian refugees impatient with foot-dragging by Swiss authorities to grant them legal status have been braving the autumnal chill in an improvised camp out front of the migration office in Bern.
