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Migrant busted trying to sneak into Switzerland in a suitcase

Wed, 06 Jul 2016 12:25:49 +0200

Border guards at a Swiss train station were shocked to find an Eritrean migrant trying to sneak into the country from Italy crammed inside a suitcase.

UN rights chief attacks rising xenophobia

Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:34:19 +0100

A growing number of migrants worldwide are fleeing "sickening atrocities" and often encounter cruelty and xenophobia instead of compassion, the UN's rights chief said Monday.

Asylum seekers sanding off fingertips: report

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:27:00 +0100

Many Eritrean and Somalian refugees are taking extreme measures to destroy their fingerprints to avoid being identified and returned to the first country they entered in Europe.