Diplomacy & Crisis News

(Own report) - To ward off refugees, the EU should completely seal off the Mediterranean and immediately force refugees, intercepted at sea, to return to their home countries, demands Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, stating an even tougher position than the EU's current deportation agreement with Turkey, imposed by Berlin. Kurz also undermines the Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees and - taking Australia as a model - proposes to resettle those refugees, not immediately deportable, to islands. Refugees reaching the EU without a visa should be placed in detention camps on Lesbos or Lampedusa. Whoever attempts to enter illegally, loses their "right to asylum in Europe," Kurz declared. Protest came from Libya. Fayez al Serraj, the "Prime Minister" installed from abroad, declared that his country would not take back refugees the EU has deported. In the meantime, the number of refugees, who have drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean, is at a new high. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) - which is itself participating in the global fight against refugees - between January and Mai 2016, at least 2,443 people have lost their lives on their way from North Africa to Europe - more than ever before.

Les poètes sont en exil. Dans notre monde soumis à une nouvelle barbarie, celle de la ploutocratie, il faut les interroger pour retrouver la mémoire et l'utopie tout à la fois. / Europe, Grèce, Art, Culture, Idées, Identité culturelle, Langue, Littérature, Migrations - (...) / Europe, Grèce, Art, Culture, Idées, Identité culturelle, Langue, Littérature, Migrations - 2015/08

L'objectif de limiter le réchauffement global de la planète à 2 °C guidera les négociations de Paris. Mais une modification du climat aussi soudaine et d'une telle ampleur pourrait déjà avoir de graves conséquences. / Écologie, Mutation, Stratégie, Climat - (...) / Écologie, Mutation, Stratégie, Climat - 2015/11

Au Venezuela, la corruption s'oppose à l'éthique révolutionnaire que l'ancien président Hugo Chávez, décédé en 2013, revendique dans un livre d'entretiens avec Ignacio Ramonet, dont nous présentons ici un extrait. / Amérique latine, Venezuela, Capitalisme, Christianisme, Démocratie, Idées, Idéologie, (...) / Amérique latine, Venezuela, Capitalisme, Christianisme, Démocratie, Idées, Idéologie, Inégalités, Personnalités, Religion, Socialisme, Corruption - 2015/03

Pour la plupart des Chinois, Deng Xiaoping reste le responsable communiste qui a ouvert le pays, l'orientant vers la prospérité et le capitalisme. Une figure que l'équipe au pouvoir célèbre à travers un feuilleton-fleuve salué par un certain succès populaire. / Chine, Audiovisuel, Capitalisme, (...) / Chine, Audiovisuel, Capitalisme, Communisme, Histoire, Médias, Mutation, Parti politique, Personnalités - 2014/12

L'image du pauvre est associée à celle du profiteur. Une autre catégorie de la population bénéficie pourtant davantage des largesses publiques, comme le montre l'exemple britannique. / Europe, Royaume-Uni, Capitalisme, Entreprise, État, Inégalités, Logement, Recherche, Travail, Privatisation, Crise (...) / Europe, Royaume-Uni, Capitalisme, Entreprise, État, Inégalités, Logement, Recherche, Travail, Privatisation, Crise économique - 2014/12

Impératif de rentabilité, mise en concurrence des salariés, rationalisation de l'activité : le secteur public connaît lui aussi les dynamiques d'intensification du travail qui affectent les entreprises privées. A la Régie autonome des transports parisiens (RATP), par exemple, les logiques (...) / France, Entreprise, Fonction publique, Jeunes, Service public, Syndicalisme, Transports, Travail, Ville - 2014/11

Marta Santos Pais grew up in a happy home in Portugal. Seeing Roma girls her own age treated as outcasts and hearing stories from her father – a child welfare judge – about countless cases of her peers trapped in poverty and abandoned by their parents, troubled her, kindling a sense of duty to help others less fortunate.

As voters in Peru head to the polls, the country might elect a controversial candidate — Keiko Fujimori. But has she convinced the electorate that she’s shed the shady past of her father’s presidency?

The United Nations refugee agency has warmly welcomed today’s announcement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of the refugees who will compete as a team in the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In his annual report on children and armed conflict covering the year 2015, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his shock at the scale of grave violations against children in countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

Children and youth are often the most vulnerable victims of the scourge of radicalization and violence, the President of the United Nations General Assembly emphasized today, urging the international community to advance its own thinking and refine its responses to addressing the challenges of violent extremism.

Why Hillary Clinton’s speech bashing her opponent may have felt great to deliver but didn’t go far enough.

United Nations Police (UNPOL) has become a central pillar of the Organization’s peace operations and therefore must be “fit for purpose” to meet the security threats in today’s volatile world, senior UN officials told the first-ever gathering of national police leaders today.

The Indian government has issued new guidelines for online marriage sites.

Obama acknowledges the U.S.-led intervention in Libya left “a mess,” as his former secretary of state faces the clean up.

The top United Nations relief official said today he remains extremely concerned about the welfare of civilians across Syria, who he said continue to face “horrific deprivation and violence,” particularly those trapped in besieged areas.

A powerful Republican lawmaker wants the State Department’s inspector general to launch a formal investigation into why the recording of a three-year-old press conference about the Iran nuclear talks was deliberately doctored -- and to find out who gave the order to do so.

More and more troops are dying during training, and a Congressman wants to know why

Following a two-day visit to Lebanon, singer Ricky Martin, a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF), has called for greater efforts to safeguard the futures of millions of children affected by the Syrian conflict, whose lives have been shaped by displacement, violence and a persistent lack of opportunities.