BNN IN FOCUS | Political analyst: Latvia does not have to support the entire population of Egypt

This week, Latvian Interior Minister Jānis Dombrava stated that a strict procedure is needed for identifying and deporting illegal migrants who cross the border unlawfully and then claim asylum-seeker status. According to Dombrava, Latvia’s asylum centres are overcrowded, while some migrants “mock European humanitarianism, walk around carrying knives, and have turned the surrounding environment…

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Anti-immigrant violence erupts in Belfast

Violence against migrants has erupted in Belfast after a Sudanese man was charged with attempted murder, with masked men setting houses and vehicles on fire, Reuters reports. Hundreds of protesters, many with their faces covered, attacked police and set a number of vehicles on fire in several locations across Northern Ireland. The unrest began after […]

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Greece approves procedure to speed up migrant returns

The Greek parliament has approved a law that will allow for the accelerated return of rejected asylum seekers to their countries of origin and, after bilateral agreements with third countries have been reached, allow migrants to be transferred to return hubs, Reuters reports. Greece, Europe’s southernmost Mediterranean country, is a major entry point for asylum […]

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Agenda du Libre pour la semaine 23 de l'année 2026

Calendrier Web, regroupant des événements liés au Libre (logiciel, salon, atelier, install party , conférence), annoncés par leurs organisateurs. Voici un récapitulatif de la semaine à venir. Le détail de chacun de ces 59 événements (France: 52, Québec: 3, Internet: 2, Belgique: 2) est en seconde partie de dépêche.

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As Seas Rise, Louisiana Faces a Choice: Plan for Movement or Let Crisis Decide

The shoreline of Louisiana has never been still or fixed, though recent generations have treated it as such. Since the last ice age roughly 20,000 years ago, around when people arrived in what is now the United States, sea levels have repeatedly reshaped aspects of the Gulf Coast. But today, human-caused warming is accelerating that […]

Do Sanctuary Cities Work?

At 10 p.m. on June 27, 1980, Jose Artiga received word that El Salvador’s death squads were hunting him. The then-23-year-old engineering student had been involved in political protests — and for that, he and his friends had a target on their backs. “They had already found the other four...

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How Trump’s Wars Might Kick Off the Next Big Refugee Crisis

As the chaos of Trump’s war on Iran and the stilted, tumultuous ceasefire negotiations drag on, the world has been watching with steep concern over the short- and long-term economic and energy ramifications. Most visibly, Iran has for weeks limited access to the Strait of Hormuz, recently attacking several ships transiting the crucial channel even as the U.S. attempts its own blockade.

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Latvia faces a tense summer: migrant pressure not expected to ease

The pressure of illegal migration organized by Belarus on Latvia’s border is expected to remain as high this year as it was last year, State Border Guard Chief Guntis Pujāts said on Tuesday in an interview on LTV’s Morning Panorama. Pujāts explained that after a harsh yet relatively calm winter, a steady flow of illegal […]

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