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Children stand around a solar powered charging station for mobile devices designed by a group of university students, at the municipality-run camp of Kara Tepe on the island of Lesbos, Greece, June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Sun-Powered Phone Charger Gives Migrants in Greece Free Electricity

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 17, 2016 | Technology

Refugees and migrants stuck in Greece find it hard to access electricity to charge their phones, especially that it’s not always free in cafes or even available in overcrowded camps. In hope to change that, a team of students from Edinburgh University have...

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A Syrian passport is examined to see whether it is genuine at a refugee centre in the German city of Heidelberg yesterday (Reuters)

The Beginning of the End of New Immigrants’ Honeymoon in Europe

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 29, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

After months of European and international sympathy for the immigrants who arrived via Turkey, especially those fleeing from the war in Syria, things have started to take a turn for the worse especially after some of these immigrants committed crimes including those...

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French Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem holds a press conference during her visit of the Crous of Paris, on September 8, 2014, in Paris. (AFP PHOTO/ MARTIN BUREAU)

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem: France’s Rising Star

by Michel Abu Najm | Sep 11, 2014 | Profiles

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—A recent opinion poll conducted by a French newspaper showed that Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, France’s new minister of education, had become the country’s second most popular politician, only 15 days after her official appointment. The 36-year-old...

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Pope Francis celebrates a mass during his visit at Lampedusa Island, southern Italy, July 8, 2013. Pope Francis makes his first official trip outside Rome on Monday with a visit to Lampedusa, the tiny island off Sicily that has been the first port of safety for untold thousands of migrants crossing by sea from North […]

Pope blasts indifference over migration deaths

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 8, 2013 | World

Lampedusa, AP—Pope Francis on Monday denounced the “globalization of indifference” that greets migrants who risk their lives trying to reach Europe, as he traveled to the farthest reaches of Italy to draw attention to their plight and to mourn those who...

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Saudi deputy Defence Minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan (3rd right) visits troops in the southwestern province of Jizan near the border with Yemen on November 10, 2009. Source: AFP Photo/STR

Saudi border patrol seizes 7000 weapons in 6 months

by Said Al-Abyad | Jun 24, 2013 | Middle East

Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi border guards have thwarted more than 159,000 attempts to enter the country illegally over the last 6 months, according to the latest statistics issued by the kingdom’s authorities. Some 3328 smugglers have been prevented from...