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As he continues to document the plight of the world’s displaced people, photographer Giles Duley lands on the remote island of Nagu, south‑west Finland, and is moved by the hospitality shown to its new arrivals
• Finland’s warm welcome for refugees – in pictures
In October 2015, I arrived in Lesbos to begin work on a long-term project for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), documenting the refugee crisis across Europe and the Middle East. It was a shocking, moving and deeply troubling experience. As I wrote in the Observer in November last year: “I thought I had seen it all, but I have never been so overwhelmed as by the human drama unfolding on the beaches of Lesbos. In its sheer scale, it is hard to comprehend; the lack of response impossible to explain or excuse.”
At that time, as I stood among the chaos and horror on the beaches of Lesbos, I could scarcely have imagined that three months later, telling the same story, I would find myself caught in the middle of a snowball fight on the remote island on Nagu on the southern west tip of Finland. Yet even here, in a small island community on the edge of Europe, the refugee crisis has had a huge impact. And as in Lesbos, it’s the local community and volunteers who have worked alongside NGOs to make a difference.
Four out of five MPs have been victims of intrusive or aggressive behaviour, study finds
Psychiatrists working with the Home Office have advised that MPs need greater protection after a groundbreaking study found that four out of five had been victims of intrusive or aggressive behaviour, and 36 even fear going out in public.
Marriages have been left on the brink, MPs have felt forced to take time off from work, a dozen have seen health professionals and several have resorted to seeing therapists or are on medication for anxiety or depression due to their experiences at the hands of members of the public, according to the study. “One MP described how his marriage was close to breakdown, as his wife blamed him for the persistent amorous intrusions of a female constituent,” the research notes.
Finland has opened its second sanctioned wolf hunt in what authorities say is an attempt to manage numbers and curb poaching. Environmentalists have protested, arguing the cull may destroy the genetic diversity of packs.
Anti-government protesters have rallied in dozens of Polish cities against additional government surveillance. Poland is facing an EU probe over controversial measures aimed at tightening the government’s grip on power.
A group of nightlife spots in the German city of Freiburg have banded together to bar refugees following a string of reported crimes. The city sells itself as being all inclusive.
Germany’s anti-immigration movement Pegida has signed a declaration with like-minded groups from 14 European countries, agreeing on joint protests in February. The associations warn of “Islam conquering Europe.”
SAS cancelled Saturday’s five flights from Oslo and Stockholm to New York, and from Copenhagen to New York and Washington.
the-one-fashionista said:
So I’m not against Anti-Vaccine people, but something about this (especially having 2 autistic brothers) rubbed me the wrong way.
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Wellllll you probably SHOULD be against antivaxxers. Their ableism is just one facet of their incredible horribleness….
Researchers have discovered that a gene which makes bacteria resistant to a last-resort antibiotic called colistin has spread from China and can now be found in several countries around the world.
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