eupolicy.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
This Mastodon server is a friendly and respectful discussion space for people working in areas related to EU policy. When you request to create an account, please tell us something about you.

Server stats:

226
active users

#xenophobia

10 posts10 participants0 posts today
Continued thread

"Japan to launch Cabinet team on issues related to foreign residents" [presumably to be seen to be tough on foreigners to gain public support, as stirring up xenophobia] "has become one of the major topics [of populist startups for the] House of Councillors election, with some minor parties arguing that regulations on foreigners living in Japan should be tightened to ”protect the rights of Japanese people” "
mainichi.jp/english/articles/2
#Japan #populism #xenophobia

The MainichiJapan to launch Cabinet team on issues related to foreign residents - The MainichiTOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged Tuesday to set up a new command center within the Cabinet Secretariat early next week to addres

The Oder Bridge between Germany and Poland: The decline of a European symbol.

After Berlin reinstated border checks to block migrants at the bridge in Frankfurt an der Oder, Warsaw responded with similar measures, disrupting daily life for locals.

Once emblematic of the European Union's eastward expansion, the site now bears witness to the rise of xenophobic sentiment.

mediafaro.org/article/20250707

The bridge over the river Oder. | Ksenia Ivanova For Le Monde
Le Monde · The Oder Bridge between Germany and Poland: The decline of a European symbol.By Elsa Conesa

This was supposed to be up on Canada Day, but now it’s up on the Fourth of July—introducing USians as well to Canada’s horrifically racist, xenophobic history, and offering a sharp reminder that we have always been struggling with vile notions of “the nation” that diminish us all.

Happy… Day?

#History #Canada #Racism #Xenophobia #Politics #Humanism

open.substack.com/pub/mlclark/

Better Worlds Theory · A Note on Canada's Histories of Racism, on a Grim Day for USians, TooBy M L Clark

#DarkPlace #politics #journalism

“10 years ago [those things] would simply not have not been imaginable... today it’s not just imaginable, it’s happening... Eighty per cent of the things that are said, or are written, or are accepted as a #normal part of the #discourse in today’s #Britain [or #Ireland, or #Europe] would have been totally #unacceptable, totally ridiculous, totally #shameful.”

#xenophobia #AntiMigrant #homophobia #transphobia #genocide #eugenics

theguardian.com/world/2025/jun

The Guardian · Third-country asylum plan shows UK is in ‘a very dark place’, says Albanian PMBy Helena Smith

‘Not for you’: Israeli shelters exclude Palestinians as bombs rain down | Israel-Iran conflict News | Al Jazeera
aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/17/n

"But for some Palestinian citizens of Israel – two million people, or roughly 21 percent of the population – doors were slammed shut, not by the force of the blasts and not by enemies, but by neighbours and fellow citizens."

Al Jazeera · ‘Not for you’: Israeli shelters exclude Palestinians as bombs rain downBy Al Jazeera
#Iran#Israel#Racism