Mois : octobre 2015

REPORT from Human Rights Watch HRW – Published on relief web.int, by Lydia Gall, Oct 20, 2015.

We are stuck between two borders. We can’t enter Slovenia and we are not allowed to go back into Croatia. Everyone says we are someone else’s responsibility.”

25-year-old Hadi from Syria was shivering as we spoke. He said he had been stuck for nearly 20 hours, exposed to rain and cold in the no-man’s land between the Croatian and Slovenian borders. I met him there last night, together with hundreds of other migrants and asylum seekers, including many women and children, who were brought from Croatia’s Tavornik camp at about 1 a.m. the morning before.   Continuer la lecture de « Dispatches: EU Border Closures Leave Asylum Seekers Stranded »

Medication rates high for ADHD sufferers – Published on JMU (Liverpool UK), by Amy Cole, Oct 19, 2015.

Medication for Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder [ADHD] is being heavily prescribed across Merseyside, with statistics showing Wirral ranking second highest in the country … //

… Dr Tony Lloyd from the Liverpool-based ADHD Foundation says that medication isn’t always the best option and can cause reliance on a pill for a chronic condition.
He told JMU Journalism: “Sadly, in most parts of the country, medication is the first and only line of treatment.”
Blame is quick to fall on doctors for overprescribing and not offering alternative treatments and therapies … // Continuer la lecture de « ADHD – alternative treatments to medication »

Published Croatia, the War and the Future, by Ina Vukic, Oct 18, 2015.

More than 190,000 refugees and migrants have crossed into Croatia over the past month and assisted to cross over Hungary to richer European countries (383,000 have crossed Hungary so far this year). At midnight Friday 16 October Hungary sealed its border with Croatia and, hence, refugees making their way to Hungary from Croatia can no longer contemplate that route. Continuer la lecture de « Migrant Crisis In Croatia Widens Political Rift – Plans For Coup d’état Suspected »

Published on Middle East Eye MEE, Oct 17, 2015.

British resident Shaker Aamer has been imprisoned without charge by US authorities since 2001.

A senior UK politician will be taking part in a hunger strike to show support for the last British resident held at the US run Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba.   Continuer la lecture de « Shaker Aamer's case represents skewed US-UK relationship, says Conservative MP »

Interview with integration specialist Naika Foroutan – Published on Spiegel Online International, by Frank Hornig and Maximilian Popp, Okt 14, 2015: Doubt has lately begun creeping into the German refugee debate, but integration specialist Naika Foroutan says that the new Germany has sent its message loudly and clearly: We can absorb the refugees … //

… SPIEGEL: Will competition for jobs increase?   Continuer la lecture de « Germany's Refugee Challenge: It's Mostly the Politicians Who Have Been Overwhelmed »