An Icelandic Coastguard vessel on international duty has rescued a group of refugees from a sinking boat. Read the full story
Posted on 23 September 2011.
An Icelandic Coastguard vessel on international duty has rescued a group of refugees from a sinking boat. Read the full story
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Posted on 02 August 2011.
The Icelandic coastguard patrol ship Aegir rescued 58 refugees on Saturday. Read the full story
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Posted on 04 July 2011.
The director of a specialised healthcare centre claims Finland’s immigration service has a callous disregard for torture victims, as dozens are deported back to their homeland each year. Read the full story
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Posted on 29 October 2010.
A care company which provides transitional housing for refugee children in Sweden has been slammed for pocketing nearly SEK 3 million (USD 456,330) in profits since April this year. The city of Malmo pays the VoB Syd firm SEK 37,000 a day to provide housing for unaccompanied refugee children in the nearby Lomma area, but according to newspaper Sydsvenskan, only half of this is actually spent on accommodation. Read the full story
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Posted on 13 October 2010.
A limited liability company which tried to find jobs in Denmark for rejected asylum seekers from Iraq has been found to be acting illegally. Refugee support group Asylbureau was found guilty of intent to employ illegal aliens at Copenhagen City Court On Monday, October 4. Read the full story
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Posted on 11 February 2010.
The Reykjavik City Welfare Board confirmed today it wants to welcome refugees from the recent earthquake in Haiti. Read the full story
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Posted on 28 January 2010.
Iceland’s Minister for Justice and Human Rights is looking into whether Haitian refugees can be brought to Iceland. Read the full story
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Posted on 25 November 2009.
A refugee from Sierra Leone who went into hiding when authorities decided to deport him from Iceland has sent a video plea to the Icelandic nation on YouTube. A friend of the man says that he does not intend to come out of hiding before his case is reopened. Police have been looking for the man. Read the full story
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Posted on 04 October 2009.
Sweden has joined a dozen fellow European nations in agreeing to UNHCR quotas for the acceptance of Eritrean and Somali refugees from camps in Sudan and Kenya. The UNHCR is the refugee division of the United Nations and it has been working to get its quota proposal accepted on a global scale. Read the full story
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Posted on 19 September 2009.
The Danish immigration minister has made an about turn on her policy of accepting Iraqi refugees under the United Nations agreement. Just eight weeks ago Immigration Minister Birthe Ronn Hornbech announced that Denmark would be accepting a quota of refugees from the Arabic nation. Read the full story
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Iceland central bank holds rates, predicts ongoing economic growth
Continued Malmö violence embarrasses police
Currency exchange privacy case thrown out of Icelandic court
Sauli Niinistö wins Finland presidential race
Iceland historic French village restoration finance secured
Murder in Hafnarfjörður
Workplace drug tests increase tenfold
Mythical Icelandic monster captured on film?
Explore Vatnajökull and Jökulsárlón in Iceland with Glacier Lagoon tour
Ocean turbine designer: “Iceland could up its energy production twentyfold”
