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Archives for June 2016

EU migration policy suggests Europe prefers strongmen over reality

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Patrick Kingsley, Migration correspondent | Wednesday 8 June 2016 | The Guardian Cuddly language cannot hide preferred EU method of dealing with migration: gratify those who cause it in the first place There is nothing especially seismic about the latest version of the EU’s migration policy, which was unveiled on Tuesday afternoon. The central … [Read more...] about EU migration policy suggests Europe prefers strongmen over reality

After dangerous Mediterranean voyage, migrants in Sicily face uncertainty, Mafia influence

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June 7, 2016 | PBS JUDY WOODRUFF: But, first: Europe’s problems in coping with the refugee crisis have taken a new, ominous twist, the involvement of the mafia. Authorities in Sicily have uncovered a $4 billion fraud scheme involving a reception center for migrants. This comes as humanitarian groups predict a grim summer in the Western Mediterranean, as thousands of … [Read more...] about After dangerous Mediterranean voyage, migrants in Sicily face uncertainty, Mafia influence

How to End the Oil Curse

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Leif Wenar | June 3, 2016 | Foreign Affairs Stop Trading With Autocrats For the past 40 years, the greatest threats to the West have emerged from oil-exporting states. Oil funded Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, Libya’s support for terrorist groups, and the build-up of the Soviet Union’s nuclear arsenal in the 1970s and 1980s. More recently, it has funded the rise … [Read more...] about How to End the Oil Curse

China’s Business and Politics in South Sudan

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Alice Su | June 6, 2016 | Foreign Policy Engineers Luo Minhai, 48, and Sun Xinfa, 44, grew up in Heilongjiang Province, China, but a few months ago, they arrived in Khor Wolyang, a neighborhood in Juba, South Sudan, not far from the barracks of the presidential guard. They are supervising the building of a ten-foot wall for the South Sudanese Ministry of Defence … [Read more...] about China’s Business and Politics in South Sudan

Muhammad Ali and Vietnam

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Krishnadev Calmur | Jun 4, 2016 | The Atlantic His refusal to be drafted to fight in the war transcended the boxing ring, which he had dominated, at great personal cost. Muhammad Ali’s stand against the Vietnam War transcended not only the ring, which he had dominated as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, but also the realms of faith and politics.“His … [Read more...] about Muhammad Ali and Vietnam

EU considering working with Sudan and Eritrea to stem migration

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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels, and Patrick Kingsley in Istanbul | Monday 6 June 2016 | The Guardian Proposal intended to stop refugees reaching southern Europe, according to draft document seen by the Guardian Europe is considering whether to forge ahead with a plan to work with repressive African regimes in an attempt to stem migration flows, according to the draft version … [Read more...] about EU considering working with Sudan and Eritrea to stem migration

Alleged people smuggling kingpin is extradited to Italy

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Wednesday 8 June 2016 | The Guardian Eritrean national Medhanie Yehdego Mered – accused of raking in millions by carrying thousands of people across the Mediterranean – was caught in Sudan Sudan has extradited to Italy an Eritrean national suspected of being a kingpin in an organised crime network responsible for bringing thousands of migrants and … [Read more...] about Alleged people smuggling kingpin is extradited to Italy