Ed Miliband has admitted that solar panels for English schools and hospitals will come from China, despite concerns over human rights and environmental impacts. The first project of the Energy Secretary’s new green quango will see it oversee a £180 million project to install rooftop panels on 200 school buildings and nearly as many NHS sites. He informedContinue reading “Ed Miliband Admits His Solar Panels Bought For English Schools And Hospitals Are Chinese And May Be Made Using Coal”
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Smuggling of migrants
The smuggling of migrants is indeed an international problem, with a considerable number of countries impacted by it as origin, transit or destination points. Profit-seeking criminals smuggle migrants across borders and between continents, and assessing the actual size of this crime is a complicated matter, owing to its covert nature and the difficulty of identifyingContinue reading “Smuggling of migrants”
For Young Rohingya Brides, Marriage Means a Dangerous, Deadly Crossing
Haresa measured the days by the moon, waxing and waning over the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Her days on the trawler, packed into a space so tight she couldn’t even stretch her legs, seeped into weeks, the weeks into months. Haresa, 18, said of the other refugees on the boat that peopleContinue reading “For Young Rohingya Brides, Marriage Means a Dangerous, Deadly Crossing”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 