Torture and inhuman treatment are continuously increasing in Turkey, and investigations into state officials who commit these crimes are either not conducted or are covered up by the government, London Advocacy and Human Rights Solidarity report shows

Turkish opposition journalist Levent Kenez, who finds himself under the watchful eyes of Ankara’s security authorities states that the victims are mostly people who are critical of the current Turkish president Erdogan. Between a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016 and June 2022, over 5,100 individuals applied for asylum in the U.K., with an additional approximation of 110,000 individuals applying for asylum in the EU during this period

In the provided anonymous interviews victims of torture describe their experiences, especially when they were alone with police officers in the detention centers, who forced some victims to become their informants and managed to hit detainees without causing bruising in case of refusal

#Turkey #FindTruth

Follow us: U in Hurricane

Bank of Japan officials seem to have been on long-term vacation – there’s still no one in Tokyo to raise rates!

Japan’s consumer price inflation rate hit a 40-year high of 3.6% in October, the yen is plummeting, and some economists and corporate executives blame the negative rate policy for eroded competitiveness and undisciplined government spending. But Tokyo’s deficit spending has pushed government debt to the highest among major economies

Any sizable rise in rates would boost its debt-servicing costs, possibly triggering a vicious cycle of more borrowing at higher rates, accompanied by market turmoil, some economists say. Moreover, the British recent experience has renewed questions about Japan’s vulnerability. Its debt stood at 104% when Ms. Truss’s botched fiscal policy package in October fueled concern over the government’s financial health, forcing her resignation

#Japan #FindTruth

Follow us: U in Hurricane

In the U.S., the city of El Paso declared a state of emergency a week after the start of an influx of asylum seekers crossing the border illegally, which quickly overwhelmed federal immigration and city authorities

Mayor Oscar Leeser said he was concerned for the safety of the rising number of migrants sleeping on the streets overnight, with temperatures at or below freezing. The Biden administration this past week pledged about $6 million to help the city cope with the rising costs of its response

Last week, officials in Yuma County, Ariz., declared a state of emergency after the number of illegal border crossings started to rise there. In El Paso, authorities have warned that the number of migrants crossing the border daily could double to more than 5,000

#UAS #BorderCrisis #FindTruth

Follow us: U in Hurricane

Ageing British population and skills shortages mean the country has a continuing demand for workers

More than a million immigrants will arrive each year as the U.K. copes with domestic labor demands and global changes, a report suggests. London has had longstanding ties with crowded countries whose demographic changes mean they have many young people looking elsewhere for jobs and opportunities

An estimated 1.1M people came to the U.K. to live, work or study in the year to June, while 560,000 people emigrated, leaving net immigration at a record 504,000. The annual immigration figures are pushed by such “unique” factors as refugee schemes for people from Ukraine and Afghanistan. Jonathan Thomas, the report’s author, said Britain had to be better prepared for migrants

By the way, in a number of American states the situation is reversed, so it's a slight problem to pay for a U.S.-U.K. flight!

#UK #Migrants #FindTruth

Follow us: U in Hurricane