Asylum
Note to refugees from South Sudan: Israel is for the white man
These were the astonishing words uttered by Israel’s interior minister Eli Yishai in an interview recently in which he outlined the Israeli government’s view of African migrants.
By Richard Sudan | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 22 June 2012 at 7:19 pm
Gay asylum seekers: do we care about strangers?
This issue actually pivots on a single question: do we care about strangers? If we do, then we must strain every sinew to protect the vulnerable among their number. If we do not, then we have no right to call ourselves a compassionate nation.
By Samuel Muston | Eagle Eye | Friday, 9 July 2010 at 2:34 pm
Today’s gay asylum seekers ruling is a good day for justice
The news that two gay asylum seekers fighting deportation have been given leave to stay in UK by the Supreme Court, is a welcome one.
The men, from Cameroon and Iran respectively, sought to challenge the previous government’s contention that they had no grounds for asylum as they could move “elsewhere” in their home states and [...]
By Samuel Muston | Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 7 July 2010 at 6:18 pm
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