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An EU Rubber-Boat Ban Won’t Stop Migrants

by Leonid Bershidsky | Jul 21, 2017 | Opinion

If it looks as though Europe is clutching at straws to stop hundreds, sometimes thousands, of migrants from crossing the Mediterranean into Italy every day, that’s exactly what’s happening. On Monday, the European Union’s foreign ministers approved...

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Sudanese Immigrant Serves Up the Best Falafel in Los Angeles

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Los Angeles – Falafel has many flavors because of the many ingredients it can be prepared from, but apparently, the Los Angeles Palate newspaper saw that the most delicious Falafel is being prepared in Los Angeles by a Sudanese immigrant called Amin Musa....

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Egypt: Dozens Killed After Boat Carrying Migrants Capsizes

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Sep 22, 2016 | Middle East

Egyptian prosecutors remanded four men in custody today on suspicion of people trafficking after a migrant boat capsized in which dozens are feared to have drowned, judicial and security officials said. According to the officials, the four suspects are accused of...

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Video grab of emergency workers and vehicles following the explosion in Ansbach. Reuters

Bomb-carrying Syrian Migrant Dies Near German Music Festival,12 Wounded

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 25, 2016 | World

A Syrian migrant, denied asylum in Germany a year ago, set off an explosive device near an open-air music festival in the country’s south, killing himself and wounding a dozen others, authorities said Monday, the third attack to hit the region in a week. The...

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Merkel Ally Threatens to Take Germany to Court

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 16, 2016 | World

BERLIN – A prominent ally of Germany’s Angela Merkel threatened on Saturday to take her government to court over its “open doors” refugee policy as political pressure grows for the chancellor to reduce the number of new arrivals. Bavarian state...