7 DAYS IN SYRIA IN 2022. Barcelona’s pro-mother tongue project that inverts the classic rule of migration | Global development. Every immigrant knows that the key to integration is learning the language of their new country. For many the language they brought with them is simply a relic of their former life. In Barcelona, a project is turning that on its head with the philosophy that no one arrives in a host country empty-handed. They may not yet have a job or much of an education, they may even be staying illegally, but they have a language – often more than one. Since 2020, the Prollema (pro-llengua materna, or pro-mother tongue) project has been helping those from north and west Africa gain confidence by helping them teach their mother tongue, the Berber – or Amazigh – languages, as well as Darija, Fula and Wolof.
Based at Nau Bostik, a former glue factory now home to a range of cultural and community initiatives, the scheme is open for people aged 17 to 23, unemployed and at risk of social exclusion. “I never imagined I’d be teaching my language,” says Mohamed Oulhisse, 23, who teaches Amazigh. Parents of 545 children still not found three years after Trump separation policy.
Three years after Donald Trump ordered a crackdown on undocumented migrants crossing into the US, lawyers are still struggling to find the parents of 545 children separated from them under the “zero-tolerance” policy, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. In a court filing, the ACLU said that about two-thirds of the parents had been deported back to the country of origin in Central America, leaving their separated children behind. In the rush to carry out Trump’s orders, the locations of the parents were not recorded and three years later they still cannot be found. The zero-tolerance policy was announced in April 2018. It was later revealed that the administration had begun family separation the previous year under a secret pilot program. In total, 1,030 children were removed from their parents by the US government under that pilot scheme, of whom 485 children have had their parents found under a scheme imposed by federal judges.
Syria: Seven years of war explained - BBC News. Syrian Journey: Choose your own escape route. Journalist appears to kick and trip fleeing refugees – video. Brexit: Facts vs Fear, with Stephen Fry. Sykes-Picot: Carving up the Middle East | The Economist. Why is there a war in Syria? Image copyright Reuters A peaceful uprising against the president of Syria seven years ago turned into a full-scale civil war. The conflict has left more than 350,000 people dead, devastated cities and drawn in other countries. How did the Syrian war start? Image copyright AFP Even before the conflict began, many Syrians were complaining about high unemployment, corruption and a lack of political freedom under President Bashar al-Assad, who succeeded his father Hafez after he died in 2000.
In March 2011, pro-democracy demonstrations erupted in the southern city of Deraa, inspired by the "Arab Spring" in neighbouring countries. When the government used deadly force to crush the dissent, protests demanding the president's resignation erupted nationwide. The unrest spread and the crackdown intensified. The violence rapidly escalated and the country descended into civil war. How many people have died? Image copyright Getty Images What is the war about? Who's involved? February 2018 August 2013. Migrant crisis: Migration to Europe explained in seven charts.
Giant portrait of toddler peers over US-Mexico border wall | World news. A photo of a giant toddler stands in Mexico and peers over a steel wall dividing the country from the United States. The boy appears to grip the barrier with his fingers, leaving the impression the entire thing could be toppled with a giggle. A French artist who goes by the name JR erected the cut-out of the boy that stands nearly 65 feet (20 metres) tall and is meant to prompt discussion of immigration. On Friday, a steady stream of people drove to the remote section of wall near the Tecate border crossing, about 40 miles (64km) south-east of San Diego.
Border Patrol agents warned visitors to keep the dirt road clear for their patrols and not pass anything through the fence. Elmond Davantes, a software developer from Carlsbad, California, took photos from the US side. “It’s larger than life,” he said. “It just draws attention to the whole issue in a positive way.” On the Mexican side, families scrambled down a scrubby hillside to take selfies with the artwork.