Refugees & migrants

Refugees protested outside Labor MP Andrew Giles鈥 office in Thomastown and immigration minister Tony Burke鈥檚 office in Punchbowl, calling for permanent visas.聽Chris Slee and Zebedee Parkes听谤别辫辞谤迟.

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Die Linke (The Left), Germany鈥檚 democratic socialist party, staged a huge upset in the capital, Berlin, winning 21.8% of the city鈥檚 vote in the February 23 elections. Marcel Cartier looks behind the party鈥檚 revival and the challenge in winning working-class support away from the far right.

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United States President Donald Trump has implemented a whirlwind of attacks and changes that are shifting politics internationally. 91自拍论坛's Isaac Nellist spoke to US socialists Cyn Huang and Michaela Brangan about the devastating impacts of Trump鈥檚 second presidency and the challenges in building resistance to it.

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Mary Merkenich looks at the good, bad and ugly aspects of the German federal election results.

Isaac Nellist asks US socialists Cyn Huang and Michaela Brangan, members of the Democratic Socialists of America Bread and Roses caucus, about Trump鈥檚 attacks on immigrants, workers and human rights.聽

More than 100 people helped launch long-term Merri-bek councillor Sue Bolton鈥檚 campaign for the seat of Wills. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

Children

The situation in Sudan is described as the 鈥渂iggest humanitarian catastrophe on Earth鈥, with children dying at a rate of 13 a day in the famine-stricken Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons, reports Pavan Kulkarni.

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The Rohingya refugee crisis remains one of the most urgent humanitarian challenges of our time and Cox鈥檚 Bazar in Bangladesh has become the epicentre of the world鈥檚 largest refugee settlement, housing more than a million forcibly displaced people, writes Noor Sadeque.

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From preparing to send Latinx migrants to Guantanamo Bay, to labelling Latin American cartels 鈥渢errorist organisations鈥, United States President Donald Trump is criminalising the region in order to subjugate it, writes Tamara Pearson.

The Tamil Refugee Council marked 77 years of genocide with a protest outside the Sri Lankan Consulate on Tamil Oppression Day. Zebedee Parkes reports.

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Palestinians evacuated from Egypt are languishing in a Malaysian military hostel, waiting for news that they will be sent home to Gaza. Khaled Ghannam spoke with some of them about their plight.

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Within days of being inaugurated, United States President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive orders attacking migrants and rolling back the gains made by Black, LGBTIQ and women鈥檚 rights movements.聽Malik Miah聽补苍诲听Barry Sheppard聽report.