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by Ingrid Carlqvist
• July 23, 2015 at 5:00 am
- The number of children
seeking asylum in Sweden has exploded over the last ten years,
presumably because children are granted asylum much quicker than adults,
and Swedish authorities don't verify the age of these
"children." Refugees are allowed to bring their entire family
to Sweden once they get residency status.
- Swedish
journalists do everything in their power to maintain this image of
"refugee children."
- "I'm risking
my job by telling you this. ... Many of us are under state orders to
keep quiet. It's professional misconduct to contact, for example,
immigration services with information about someone lying on their
asylum application." — "Isak," an employee at a facility
for unaccompanied children.
- During the last
few years, violent incidents at homes where the "children"
live have become more and more prevalent.
- Unaccompanied
refugee children are the next billion-dollar industry in Sweden. With an
average cost of 2000 kronor ($233) per child per day, the 7000 refugee
"children" who came last year cost 5.1 billion kronor ($595
million).
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Saad Alsaud (left frame, center), an unaccompanied
"child refugee," is pictured in 2012, when he was reported to be
Sweden's fastest "14-year-old". In 2011, a newspaper reporter
from Malmö shared a teddy bear and some laughs with "16-year-old"
Ahmad Farid (right frame), an unaccompanied "child refugee" from
Afghanistan.
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One of the fastest growing refugee groups in Sweden is the so-called
"unaccompanied refugee children." The number of children who seek
asylum has exploded over the last ten years. It is presumed that the reason
for this is that children are granted asylum much quicker than adults, and
that Sweden does not verify the age of these "children." Refugees
are also allowed to bring their entire family to Sweden once they get
residency status -- even if you claimed to be alone in the world when you
arrived.
In June alone, 1500 asylum-seeking children came to Sweden; authorities
are now struggling to find accommodations for them.
Asylum-seeking children are a relatively new occurrence among the
Swedish migration flora. The earliest figures are from 2004, when 338 came to
Sweden. Ten years later, the number increased to 7,049, a figure that will
most likely be even higher this year.
by Lawrence A. Franklin
• July 23, 2015 at 4:00 am
- Iran's
negotiations with the P5+1 powers are narrowly defined to include only
the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. However, Tehran's abysmal record
on human rights should reveal to the world what to expect by way of
compliance on any nuclear deal.
- In facilities
under their control, both the IRGC and the MOIS are permitted to execute
prisoners without trial or effectively any judicial proceeding.
- Iran will also
have permission to import or develop Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
(ICBMs) with the ability to deliver a nuclear weapon to other
continents, including to the United States.
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Gohardasht Prison, Karaj, Iran. (Image source: Ensie
& Matthias/Flickr)
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The Islamic Republic of Iran's human rights record is among the earth's
worst. Iran's horrific treatment of its own citizens, however, has long been
obscured by headlines of the ongoing nuclear negotiations, from which human
right issues have been excluded.
Lost in the daily detailed reporting about nuclear talks is the regime's
increased rate of executions of its own citizens during the negotiations.
Iran now has overtaken China as having the highest per capita rate for
inflicting capital punishment.
While the Islamic Republic dons a reasonable and sophisticated face to
the world as it negotiates with P5+1 powers in Switzerland, the authoritarian
theocracy's intelligence services continue to arrest journalists, Bahai and
Sunni religious minorities as well as ethnic minorities like Kurds from
Kordestan Province and Arabs from Khuzestan Province.[1]
by Tharwa Boulifi
• July 23, 2015 at 3:00 am
- Many political
meetings are held to take the "necessary measures." The attack
turned lives upside down. All they can do is "analyze the current
situation"?
You can write a ton of articles about terrorism attacks but you can
never feel it. You will not be able walk with your friend during lunch break
without turning around to see if someone is following you. You will not feel
comfortable around a bearded man. You want to wake up in the morning without
being worried that someone will attack you. You are not witnessing the
destruction of your country.
You stare mechanically at the flat television screen . Many political
meetings are held to take the "necessary measures." The attack
turned lives upside down. All they can do is "analyze the current
situation"?
You cry alone in your house. Your parents are late and you do not know
if they are okay or not. You do not to know if you will come back from the
beach with all your family safe.
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