IT is a reassuring victory for humanity and the power of redemption — one of the great and underestimated forces of conscience and decency — that Germany has assumed the role of Europe’s moral leader by spearheading the EU’s response to the refugee crisis.

A global situation where physical, sexual and psychological violence is being perpetrated against children on a daily basis has been revealed in a UN report.

A GROWING number of migrant workers are being subjected to racist attacks, harassment and discrimination in the workplace, according to the Equality Authority.