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Islamic State’s position on Christians

by BBC News
27 February 2015
   
The recent abduction of dozens of Assyrian Christians and the mass beheading of Egyptian Copts at the hands of the Islamic State (IS) militant group raises questions about its stance on Christians, both in the Middle East and worldwide.

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South-east Asia faces its own migrant crisis as states play ‘human ping-pong’

by Simon Tisdall

Obscured by the uproar over migrant trafficking in the Mediterranean, the dire plight of tens of thousands of refugees, This week’s callous move by Malaysian patrol ships to turn back two boats carrying about 600 people, many in critical physical condition, and similarly unconscionable, coordinated actions by Thailand and Indonesia may soon shift attention to one of the world’s other big migration crises.

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Don’t look away: SA’s dirty slavery secret in 2014

by Emma Thelwell and Corli van der Merwe
November 10, 2014

What’s the third most lucrative illegal commodity after drugs and weapons? Human beings. Human trafficking in South Africa is real and it’s happening right now. The shackles of the slave trade may be long gone, but tens of thousands of people in South Africa are still being subjected to modern day slavery right under our noses – and most perpetrators are getting away with it. In 2013, only two people were convicted in this country.

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Blood at the end of the rainbow

by The Economist
April 25, 2015

South Africa’s poor are turning on those even more downtrodden. Thousands of fearful foreigners, many from Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, have sought refuge in makeshift camps. Others have returned home.

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Don’t look away: SA’s dirty slavery secret in 2014

by Emma Thelwell and Corli van der Merwe
November 10, 2014

What’s the third most lucrative illegal commodity after drugs and weapons? Human beings. Human trafficking in South Africa is real and it’s happening right now. The shackles of the slave trade may be long gone, but tens of thousands of people in South Africa are still being subjected to modern day slavery right under our noses – and most perpetrators are getting away with it. In 2013, only two people were convicted in this country.

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Migrant crisis: Who are Africa’s people smugglers?

by BBC News
23 April 2015

European countries are scrambling to stop record numbers of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean Sea, but who are the men sending them on perilous journeys? Human traffickers are the key link that European officials wish to target. But they are taking on complex criminal networks that do not recognise borders and which experts liken to “multinational corporations”.

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