A family facing deportation say they would rather give up their daughter for adoption than see her face an unsafe future in South Africa. Forrest Hill man Daniel Labuschagne is desperate for his family to stay in the country despite Immigration New Zealand not renewing his work permit. He fears for the safety of his children and the future of his family should they return to South Africa. “I’m... 

The Frontex EU agency combats illegal immigration across the bloc. It is the first time that the European Union agency for external border security, Frontex, is financing a group deportation. One hundred and three women and men as well as one child were put on a plane to Hanoi on Monday evening. Around 200 demonstrators had gathered beforehand at Berlin’s Schoenefeld Airport to protests... 

Almost two months have now passed since that morning, March 9, 2009, around 11:45 am, when US federal agents arrested me – three squad cars – on a country road east of Sarver, Pennsylvania for a “visa violation.” As it quickly became known to me, in fact already during the car ride to the downtown Pittsburgh federal jail and even more so later in questioning, my arrest was politically motivated. The...