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Protests as Greece allows private universities
19 March 24
An estimated 18,000 students demonstrate outside the Greek parliament against the authorisation of degrees from private universities and fee-charging branches of international ones.
Source: THE
Category: EDUCATION
Country: Greece
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Far-right Austrian nationalist Martin Sellner banned from entering Germany
19 March 24
The German authorities ban Martin Sellner, leader of Austria’s Identitarian Movement, from entering the country for three years.
Source: Al Jazeera
Category: ANTI-FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHT
Country: Germany, France, EU
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Jonathan Glazer: more than 450 Jewish creatives denounce Oscars speech in open letter
19 March 24
Following Jonathan Glazer’s Academy Awards acceptance speech for Best International Film Zone of Interest director saying he and producer James Wilson ‘refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people, whether the victims of October 7 in Israel or the ongoing attack in Gaza’, over 450 Jewish creatives denounce the speech for ‘drawing a moral equivalence’ between a Nazi regime and Israel.
Source: Guardian
Category: CULTURE | MEDIA | SPORT
Country: UK
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Union condemns suspension of Civil Service Muslim Network
19 March 24
The civil service union PCS condemns deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden’s suspension of the Civil Service Muslim Network and expresses concern over HMRC’s claim that donating to Medical Aid for Palestinians is ‘contrary to civil service values’.
Source: Morning Star
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: UK
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Secret NHS report reveals failure to protect trainee paramedics from sexual harassment and racism
19 March 24
A secret NHS England report shows that the NHS is failing to protect trainee paramedics in the ambulance service from sexual harassment and racist abuse by its own staff.
Source: Independent
Category: EMPLOYMENT | EXPLOITATION | INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Country: UK
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How absence is rising for disadvantaged secondary students
18 March 24
Research from FFT Education datalab shows that ‘at every transition point in secondary school, absence figures for students from disadvantaged background increased more than for their peers.’
Source: TES
Category: EDUCATION
Country: UK
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Rule of law declining across EU, report warns
18 March 24
Berlin-based civil liberties group Liberties finds in its annual report that in many EU member states pushbacks have been legalised and unaccompanied minors’ rights regressing, while refusal to comply with court rulings reached record highs in Belgium and Greece.
Source: Guardian
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: EU
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Seven men jailed for their part in a riot outside an asylum seekers hotel in Kirkby
18 March 24
Seven men are jailed for a total of 18 years, and another is given a suspended sentence, for violent disorder outside The Suites Hotel asylum accommodation in Kirby, Merseyside in February 2023, causing £80,000 worth of damage to the hotel. A total of 17 people have been convicted in relation to the disorder.
Source: ITV
Category: RACIAL VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT
Country: UK
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Inter Milan’s Acerbi leaves Italy camp amid racism allegation
18 March 24
Inter Milan footballer Francesco Acerbi leaves Italy’s national team training camp amid accusations that he racially abused Napoli footballer Juan Jesus during a match between the two clubs.
Source: ESPN
Category: CULTURE | MEDIA | SPORT
Country: Italy
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Romania’s far-right snatches first place, Germany’s AfD drops: EU elections projection
18 March 24
Romania’s far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), which appeared on the political scene in 2019, tops the poll in monthly projections for the European Parliament in March and is projected to win 12 seats in the EU elections in June.
Source: EurActiv
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: EU
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Labour pledges 1,000-strong returns unit for asylum seekers if it wins power
18 March 24
Labour announces it will set up a 1000-strong ‘returns and enforcement’ unit to speed up removal of refused asylum seekers and undocumented migrants, to demonstrate its hardline approach to migration ahead of this year’s general election.
Source: inews
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: UK
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P&O Ferries has paid some crew less than half UK minimum wage
18 March 24
P&O Ferries, which controversially sacked 800 workers in 2022, is paying some crew members less than half the UK minimum wage, it is revealed. Hired from countries including India, the Philippines and Malaysia, they are required to work 12-hour daily shifts, seven days a week for up to 17 weeks at a time.
Source: Guardian
Category: EMPLOYMENT | EXPLOITATION | INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Country: UK
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EU leaders ink €7.4B economic aid, migration deal with Egypt
17 March 24
The EU signs a €7.4 billion deal with Egypt to boost border controls and curb irregular migration to Europe.
Source: Politico
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: EU
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Swiss Police Deport Austrian Far Right Activist Sellner
17 March 24
Swiss police prevent a gathering organised by the far-right Junge Tat group, proponents of the ‘great replacement’ theory, and deport Austrian nationalist Martin Sellner.
Source: Barron’s
Category: ANTI-FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHT
Country: UK
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Asylum seekers living in tents in Dublin moved
16 March 24
As the months-long encampment around the international protection centre in Dublin, Ireland is emptied and asylum seekers are bussed to a campsite in Crooksling, 20km from the city centre and previously subject to anti-migrant protests, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar denies the move is to ‘cleanse’ the city for tourists ahead of St Patrick’s Day, saying it is for ‘health and safety’ reasons.
Source: BBC
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: Ireland
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