#somali — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #somali, aggregated by home.social.
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(from Border Violence Monitoring Network)
BVMN’s monthly report of May 2026 is now online.
Link to the report: https://borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn-monthly-report-may-2026
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Deadly impacts of the criminalisation of movement in #Serbia
❌ Conditions in #Blažuj TRC
❌ Violations in the #Lukavica Inmigration Detention Centre
❌ Deaths at the Croatian borders
❌ Conditions in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre
❌ EU Pact implementation and signs on #Lesvos
❌ Transfers form #Crete to #Kos
❌ Resistance movement against the ongoing evictions in #Calais
❌ Pushbacks and detention conditions at the border police station in #Menton
❌ Attacks by Libyan militias in the Central #Mediterranean
❌ Increase in apprehension and #deportations of #Somali nationals in FebruaryPhoto credits: Mustafa/Lakta média
#BorderViolence #Corinthia #Croatia #Lybya #NoBorders #Frontex #Europe #migration #RefugeesWelcome
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⚡Six boats carrying #Somali 🇸🇴 pirates from Puntland are attempting to hijack a tanker in the Gulf of Aden. The vessels were identified as part of an active maritime security threat in the region. [Rerum Novarum]
Check back as this develops
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#Trump amplified another [hateful] user’s caption— “Every girl is in a hijab…in kindergarten.”
The faces of the young #children were clearly visible in the video shared with Trump’s 12.9 million followers. Members of the #Somali community said that exposure could open the door to attacks on some of the community’s most vulnerable members. The replies to Trump’s post quickly filled with anti - #Muslim invectives, including one user who called the children “future terrorists.” -
Hateful emails & calls targeted a #Minnesota #school serving #Somali families after #Trump shared a video of its kindergartners on social media this week, …an escalation of a sustained campaign of political & rhetorical attacks during Trump’s 2nd term….
Trump reposted a video from a #kindergarten graduation ceremony…. In the clip, #children in blue graduation gowns, including girls wearing hijabs beneath their mortarboards, sing in Somali as they celebrate the end of the school year. -
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#Somali school in #Minnesota faces threats after #Trump posts clip of #kindergartners
Trump’s post clearly showed the students’ faces. Replies filled with anti - #Muslim invectives, including one user who labeled the #children “future terrorists.”#Unfit #law #ChildEndangerment #WhiteSupremacy #Islamophobia
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#Somali referee denied entry to US for 2026 World Cup over ‘vetting concerns’ | CNN
If FIFA officials are denied entry because they're from Somalia, not fans. Another mistake of mixing games with politics.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/08/sport/somali-referee-denied-entry-to-us#:~:text=Somali%20referee%20Omar%20Abdulkadir%20Artan,States%2C%20FIFA%20confirmed%20on%20Monday. -
More bad news...
"#Somali piracy threatens ships rerouted from Middle East ~ As ships reroute around #Africa to avoid Middle East conflict zones, piracy off Somalia is back. The resurgence is driving up insurance, transit times and security costs"
#NACHO #TACO #Trump #China #Ukraine #News #Politics #Nato #War #ww3 #Military #Russia #USA #Escalation #Europe #EU #Iran #Israel #Pakistan #OilShock #Economy #Lebanon #Recession #Inflation
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📣 New Podcast! "26 April 2020: Amazon Minnesota strike" on @Spreaker #amazon #anniversaries_history #black #day #facts_weekly #history #history_historical #history_otd_on #history_weekly #in #lives #minnesota #news_everyday #somali #stories_daily #this #women
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/26-april-2020-amazon-minnesota-strike--71033856 -
Somali Americans hounded by ICE and rightwing ‘influencers’ on edge in #Ohio: ‘I’m scared to go outside’
ICE launched ‘Operation Buckeye’ and ‘influencers’ claimed Somalis are running fraudulent businesses after #Trump repeatedly used racist language against group
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/09/ohio-ice-somali-communityfrom #TheGuardian
March 9, 2026#ICE agents have been turning up in cars around Somali-owned businesses and schools that teach children from immigrant backgrounds. Rightwing so-called “influencers”, including leaders at #TurningPointUSA, have followed suit.
Since then, Somali-owned businesses have struggled to attract customers and schools have closed due to low attendance fueled by the presence of federal agents and anti- #immigrant provocateurs.
Today, the #Somali community in #Columbus, which numbers around 60,000 people, is still reeling from the fallout.
#AbolishICE
#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
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How soon people forget...
A century ago, #FrancoAmericans were targeted in #Maine like today’s #Somali #immigrants
Opinion by Tommy Pinette, March 3, 2026
"Two years ago, I learned the infamous #KuKluxKlan exploded in popularity throughout Maine during its resurgence in the 1920s. Across the United States, the terrorist group amassed hundreds of thousands of new followers in a rather clever dissemblance as a community service and fraternal organization. At one point, in fact, approximately 30% of Maine’s native-born population were enrolled members of the KKK. Yet they did not target Somali-Americans, people on work visas, or permanent residents from Africa — they vehemently attacked the people we now call Franco-Americans.
"Prominent Franco communities in #LewistonME, #RumfordME, #OldTownME, #AugustaME, and #WatervilleME, called 'petits Canadas,' became targets of violence for the #KKK.
"One local history of the Franco-American community of Old Town recounts a horrific stand-off at French Island: holding torches and weapons, a mob of angry klansmen attempted to cross the bridge onto the island in order to burn it down. Only the rapid efforts of men in the community to block the bridge physically kept the island from going up in flames.
"And yet, I hear many of my Franco relatives talk poorly about immigrants. They repeat similar slogans to the ones President Donald Trump spreads about immigrants who come from Africa, particularly those from East Africa: “they shouldn’t be here … Somalia is not even a country” Animus defines how many Franco-Americans understand immigrants, the people who stand in the very same place their ancestors once stood a couple generations ago.
"Do not forget that our #WhitePrivilege came at a great historical cost in the forms of systemic French language suppression, decades of shameful stereotypes, and barriers to higher education. For almost 70 years, the state of Maine had a legislative policy of only offering public education in English. We must remember our ancestors, the memères and pepères who endured the same xenophobic insults immigrants in America face today."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/83Hi6#USPol #WorldPol #MainePol #NewAmericans #NewMainers #USHistory #MaineHistory #ICESucks #AbolishICE #Hypocrisy
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‘A Tedious, Tiresome Performance’ — #Trump’s #SOTU
There are just too many bad moments to choose from. Was the worst one of the many instances where he gave lurid descriptions of pain & suffering? Was it when he began to hand out awards like reality TV prizes? Or was it when he tried to write Democrats out of the political community? If I have to choose, I’d say the braying #racism against #Somali Americans—it would not have been out of place in a DW Griffith film.
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‘I was shocked’: 3 Minnesotans describe unexpected #ICE detentions
https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/minnesota-somali-immigrants-ice-texas-detentions/Now back in #Minnesota, three #Somali #immigrants who had been abiding by legal requirements describe their recent arrests and troubled detentions in #Texas.
