insert_link World Biden’s immigration order won’t fix problems quickly – 4 things to know about what’s changing Undocumented migrants in Jacumba, Calif., are detained by U.S. Border Patrol officers on June 4, 2024. Katie McTiernan/Anadolu via Getty Images By Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California Immigration is a top issue in the upcoming presidential election – and President Joe Biden’s new executive order restricting migrants’ ability to apply for asylum is likely to further elevate the subject in national politics. The number of […] todayJune 6, 2024 21
insert_link World Arrests made as unrest erupts in New Caledonia More than 80 people have been arrested after unrest in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Shops and cars were burnt as violence broke out during protests against constitutional reform. Ross Cullen reports. todayMay 14, 2024 50
insert_link World Putin’s Russia: first arrests under new anti-LGBT laws mark new era of repression By Sergey Katsuba, University College Dublin Just over three decades after Russia decriminalised homosexuality in 1993, three people have been arrested and charged under the country’s harsh new anti-LGBT laws and could face ten years in prison for membership of an “extremist organisation”. The arrests are a clear indication of how Russia has come full circle on its persecution of sexual minorities under Vladimir Putin. On March […] todayApril 10, 2024 12
