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Moria camp was exposed to a large fire that destroyed it completely
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There are a variety of issues related to the Middle East that have been covered in the British newspapers published this morning. There is the issue of the mental health of immigrants besides the discussion on the tenth anniversary of the “Arab Spring” revolutions and a reference to a British prison sentence for violating the American embargo on Iran.
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The beginning with the Guardian newspaper, which published a report by Correspondent Helen Smith from the Greek capital, Athens, entitled “Thousands of immigrants suffer from mental health problems after years in refugee camps on the Greek islands.”
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Helen says that after years of being stuck in the Greek islands, many immigrants and asylum seekers have become suffering from mental problems, which is evident from the high rate of suicide attempts among them to one in three people, according to a report on the psychological and mental conditions of migrants.
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Helen added that the report prepared by the International Rescue Committee revealed that the European Union’s policies in confronting the influx of refugees at its borders have contributed to the high rate of suicide attempts among refugees. It also reveals that the data collected by the preparation team over the past two and a half years of cases in refugee camps in Lesbos and Samos And Chios, “there is accumulating evidence of mental and psychological problems between them.”
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Helen added that the report also spoke of “the spread of symptoms of post-traumatic stress depression, nervous tension and the pursuit of self-harm among immigrants of various age groups and cultural backgrounds, all of which led to the development of a general state of despair and frustration on the eastern and southern borders of Europe.”
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Helen notes that during the year that witnessed the outbreak of the Corona epidemic and the massive fires in the Lesbos camp, 13,000 refugees became temporarily living in the open due to the burning of the Moria camp, and the specialists concluded that their psychological and mental situation has changed from bad to worse and continuously escalating.
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Demonstrators against the Ben Ali regime in Tunisia in 2011 – Archives
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The Independent Online published a report by Middle East correspondent Borzo Draghi entitled “The dream of freedom that sparked the Tunisian revolution.”
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Draghi says that when the young Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi burned himself in protest against the confiscation of his goods in the city of Sidi Bouzid, this sparked a revolution across his country, and then the matter quickly moved to the rest of the Arab world, and hopes were high at the time that the countries of the region would achieve prosperity, progress and improve the standard of living while establishing the principles of democracy. Freedoms and a peaceful exchange of power.
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“But after 10 years from that moment, its glow has faded, to show pain and the bitter truth,” he added. “This small country is struggling hard to make its way through a choppy sea of political and economic problems due to the constant corruption and political, cultural and societal polarization.”
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Draghi pointed out that Tunisia witnessed many changes, as many electoral rounds were held, the ruling class changed completely, and the constitution to grant parliament more powers in exchange for reducing the army’s power. The new laws also guaranteed full freedoms for people and women. However, the country “has nonetheless suffered from a series of terrorist operations and political assassinations.” About 600 young people joined the Islamic State, the highest percentage among all countries in the world compared to the number of inhabitants. Despite this, Tunisia succeeded in handing power peacefully from a government with an Islamic majority to a secular government. Then a joint government between the two parties in a strange scene in the political world.
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Draghi quotes from a number of Tunisian citizens their assertion that the difficulties the country is currently experiencing enables a decline in the standard of living more than freedoms and political participation. Some of them also said that life under the rule of former dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was better despite the repression and the deprivation of freedoms.
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Violate the US embargo on Iran
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A port in Iran
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Finally, with the Telegraph newspaper, which published a news story about a US court ruling a British man for two and a half years in prison for attempting to smuggle industrial equipment into Iran, in violation of the embargo imposed by Washington on Tehran.
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According to the newspaper, Corinne Fisher, 45, admitted before a federal court in Florida that he had violated the US decision by trying to smuggle power-generating equipment to Iran.
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Fisher was arrested last August after arriving from the UAE to the United States to end a deal to export a turbine engine worth half a million dollars that could be used to provide energy to oil fields.
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