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THE European Parliament voted yesterday to approve EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker’s quota system for settling refugees across member states.
Its decision came as thousands of desperate refugees braved torrential downpours to cross from Greece into Macedonia.
Greek authorities had managed to register about 17,000 people on the island of Lesbos in the space of a few days, allowing them to continue their journey northward further into Europe.
Despite opposition from Greenland’s people and Denmark, Washington intends to control the Arctic territory one way or another. Strategic dominance, mineral wealth and military power are the driving forces at play, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
RON JACOBS welcomes a book that tells the story of the far right in Greece from the perspective of migrants