Articles by Ben Cowles

Punk or not, don't miss this

Ben Cowles speaks with IAN ‘TREE’ ROBINSON and ANDY DAVIES, two of the string pullers behind the Manchester Punk Festival, ahead of its 10th year show later this month

World | Monday 17th Mar 2025

Unicef: A million children in Gaza ‘are living without the very basics they need to survive’

Features | Thursday 13th Mar 2025

Make anti-racism cool again

World | Wednesday 29th Jan 2025

Two lives could have been saved had Malta launched rescue sooner, activists say

Tuesday 08th Jun 2021

Refugee support organisation calls for donations after donor pulls out following Greek ‘criminalisation campaign’

Meanwhile, five NGO refugee rescue ships continued to be held in Italy

Tuesday 08th Jun 2021

Almost 4,000 kids separated from families at US-Mexico border, Biden administration estimates

Meanwhile, US Vice-President Kamala Harris criticised for telling migrants ‘do not come’ to border when seeking asylum at any border is 100% legal

Monday 07th Jun 2021

Greece designates Turkey as a safe place for some asylum-seekers

GREECE has designated Turkey as a “safe” country for asylum-seekers from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Somalia.

Monday 07th Jun 2021

Palestinian activist twins released hours after Israeli police arrest them

TWO prominent activists fighting the forced removal of Palestinian families from their homes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh

Wednesday 26th May 2021

UN demands EU reforms it search-and-rescue policies days after refugee bodies wash up on a beach in Libya

Meanwhile, lawyers take Frontex to court for the first time in the agency's history over its alleged role in pushbacks

Friday 21st May 2021

Rescued refugees reach dry land after authorities send them on a two-day detour

Sea-Eye chairman Gorden Isler says the 1951 Refugee Convention might as well be written off for good if EU countries continue to mistreat people at its borders

Tuesday 18th May 2021

Malta refuses to allow 400 rescued refugees to come ashore

The Sea-Eye 4 rescue ship heads to Palermo, on the Italian island of Sicily, after mayor says the city is open to them

Monday 17th May 2021

400 refugees saved in 72 hours off Libyan coast with no help from European authorities

Rescuers on board the Sea-Eye 4 call for a port of safety to disembark the rescued

Tuesday 11th May 2021

Israeli air raids on Gaza kills at least 28 Palestinians

UN calls for a ‘redoubling of efforts to calm down the situation’ and for an immediately halt to Israeli threats to evict hundreds of Palestinians from their East Jerusalem homes

Monday 10th May 2021

European states urged to stop ignoring refugee deaths after at least six drown and 700 others are returned to Libya

Articles by Ben Cowles

Punk or not, don't miss this

Ben Cowles speaks with IAN ‘TREE’ ROBINSON and ANDY DAVIES, two of the string pullers behind the Manchester Punk Festival, ahead of its 10th year show later this month

Unicef: A million children in Gaza ‘are living without the very basics they need to survive’

Make anti-racism cool again

Two lives could have been saved had Malta launched rescue sooner, activists say

Refugee support organisation calls for donations after donor pulls out following Greek ‘criminalisation campaign’

Meanwhile, five NGO refugee rescue ships continued to be held in Italy

Almost 4,000 kids separated from families at US-Mexico border, Biden administration estimates

Meanwhile, US Vice-President Kamala Harris criticised for telling migrants ‘do not come’ to border when seeking asylum at any border is 100% legal

Greece designates Turkey as a safe place for some asylum-seekers

GREECE has designated Turkey as a “safe” country for asylum-seekers from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Somalia.

Palestinian activist twins released hours after Israeli police arrest them

TWO prominent activists fighting the forced removal of Palestinian families from their homes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh

UN demands EU reforms it search-and-rescue policies days after refugee bodies wash up on a beach in Libya

Meanwhile, lawyers take Frontex to court for the first time in the agency's history over its alleged role in pushbacks

Rescued refugees reach dry land after authorities send them on a two-day detour

Sea-Eye chairman Gorden Isler says the 1951 Refugee Convention might as well be written off for good if EU countries continue to mistreat people at its borders

Malta refuses to allow 400 rescued refugees to come ashore

The Sea-Eye 4 rescue ship heads to Palermo, on the Italian island of Sicily, after mayor says the city is open to them

400 refugees saved in 72 hours off Libyan coast with no help from European authorities

Rescuers on board the Sea-Eye 4 call for a port of safety to disembark the rescued

Israeli air raids on Gaza kills at least 28 Palestinians

UN calls for a ‘redoubling of efforts to calm down the situation’ and for an immediately halt to Israeli threats to evict hundreds of Palestinians from their East Jerusalem homes

European states urged to stop ignoring refugee deaths after at least six drown and 700 others are returned to Libya

EUROPEAN states can no longer ignore refugee deaths in the central Mediterranean, humanitarian organisations said today following more deaths and t

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