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| Protestor in Hungary- photo via ENAR |
Kuwait: After last week's promise to grant citizenship to 3000 of the 100,000 stateless residents of Kuwait, the Bidoons are in the spotlight again for protests against the government. At a protest on Tuesday police used force, including batons, to disperse the crowd of over 200 and accused the protestors of violence against the police. The protestors were angered by a promise of identification that would have indicated their stateless status, thereby ensuring discrimination.
Meanwhile, still convinced that this is not really their problem, the Kuwaiti government has requested some 42,000 passports for Bidoons from Iraq so that they can be issued work documents. (I'm sure Iraq was all, "Totally, we'll just send those right over!") Facing arrests, deportation and jail time the protestors continue on, which demonstrates that this problem is not going to go away without serious efforts by the government.
Kuwait say stateless protestors carried out criminal acts (via Chicago Trib)
Kuwait asks Baghdad to issue passports for 42,000 Bedoons (via Kuwait Times)
Hungary: As part of the continuing effort to shock the EU with their human-rights deviant behavior, Hungary is now being accused of locking up asylum seekers alongside criminals for months after arrival. Some have apparently been beaten and denied the opportunity to apply for asylum. If Hungary is indeed violating human rights norms on detention and refoulement, let's hope they manage to straighten out the system before 800 more ECtHR cases are filed against them. (Strasbourg must be SO sick of getting cases from Hungary..)
UN Accuses Hungary of Locking Up Asylum Seekers (via Euronews)
Hungary as a Country of Asylum (PDF via RefWorld)
And in short:
Israel: Are asylum-seekers, particularly from Africa, facing discrimination and violence?
From Asylum Seeker to Community Leader (via Haaretz)
Australia: Politicians offer an idea for their asylum woes: Pay citizens to host asylum families. Well, its a better idea than detention or return, but will Aussies go for it?
Govt Defends Asylum Seeker Homestay Plan (via Sydney Morning Herald)
Afghanistan: Following a (fund-raising) conference in Geneva held by UNHCR, several countries have agreed to contribute $1.9 billion to support the return of refugees to Afghanistan. Wonder how much the US chipped in?
Countries Agree on 1.9B Afghan Refugee Strategy (via AP)
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