Senior US District Judge Charles Breyer said on Tuesday that substantial progress has been made toward a deal for owners of the VW cars affected by the emissions cheating scandal. Attorneys for Volkswagen and Volkswagen owners filed an agenda for Tuesday's hearing before Judge Breyer that included a report on discussions over roughly 482,000 Volkswagens with 2-liter, four-cylinder diesel engines. It is believed to include a settlement will include "substantial compensation." Breyer said engineering studies and testing were continuing concerning a resolution for 80,000 larger 3.0 liter vehicles. Those vehicles emit up to 9 times legally allowable pollution. The judge mentioned no timetable for a resolution. announced a tentative deal last month. jh/jm (AP, Reuters) … [Read more...] about Volkswagen and US vehicle owners on target for final settlement
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Australia begins Manus resettlements to US
The US embassy in Port Moresby said 24 asylum seekers held on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island would fly to Manila Tuesday and then to an undisclosed American location. The first group included men from Bangladesh and Sudan as well as Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. A second group of 30 refugees held on the Pacific island nation of Nauru would head to the US "in the coming days," said US public affairs officer Beverly Thacker. Reluctant Trump acknowledgement Since 2014, Canberra has barred boat refugees and sent those who try to reach the continent to camps it runs on islands in the two neighboring Pacific nations. Since taking office in January, US President Donald Trump has reluctantly accepted Australia's prior deal with his predecessor Barack Obama that Washington offer residency to up to 1,250 refugees. In return, Australia agreed to accept several dozen resettled Central American refugees. They are expected to arrive in Australia within weeks. Last October, … [Read more...] about Australia begins Manus resettlements to US
What Germany’s post-war refugees taught us about integration
Werner Krokowski was 10 years old when he arrived in the western German town of Helmstedt late in the summer of 1945, together with his mother, grandmother, sister, an aunt, and her three children. The women and children were ragged, hungry and thirsty after having eaten only the berries and fruit they found along the way, and bribing Russian soldiers at the border with spirits. For weeks they'd trekked through Eastern Europe in overflowing trains and on foot, crossing the "green border" between the Russian and British occupation zones. They'd finally reached Helmstedt, where they wanted to stay - for the time being, at least. Europe 1945: A continent in motion Werner Krokowski and his family were among the some 12 million refugees and expellees that came to a damaged Germany directly after World War II. He was born and grew up in Neu-Schiemanen in East Prussia, which is part of Poland today. Even during the war, the Allied powers - the US, the Soviet Union, Great Britain and … [Read more...] about What Germany’s post-war refugees taught us about integration
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