Global Issues News Headlines for “Immigration”

Unicef Funding Falls Short Leaving Millions Of Children At Risk:

2012-02-03T16:04:00-08:00

If the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) had 1.28 billion dollars it could help 97 million people around the world.

The Ancient Wither In New Iraq:

2012-01-29T04:48:00-08:00

'I’d say there are around 5,000 of us in the country, but if you ask me next week we may well be under 3,000. After twenty centuries of history in Mesopotamia, we Mandaeans, are about to vanish.' Anxiety about the future of his people is more than evident in the figures given by Saad Atiah Majid, chairman of Basra’s Mandaean Council.

Switzerland: Resistance Rises to Asylum Seekers

2012-01-25T03:05:00-08:00

Switzerland saw a 45 percent increase in asylum requests compared in 2011 to the year before. The country struggles to accommodate the new asylum seekers while efforts to put up new centres face fierce resistance by local people.

South Sudan: Still Counting the Dead in Inter-Ethnic Conflict

2012-01-23T23:52:00-08:00

In the ward of a partially destroyed clinic, Mangiro (who did not give his last name) sat on a bed next to his wounded nine-year-old daughter, Ngathin. The little girl is fortunate, she survived the recent inter-ethnic clashes in Pibor county that killed her mother and sisters.

Mexico: Even Educated Young Women Face Poor, Jobless Future

2012-01-17T18:38:00-08:00

The year 2012 started off with little promise for workers in Mexico, with analysts projecting job losses and wages below subsistence levels.

Haitian Diaspora Tests Brazil's International Solidarity:

2012-01-12T15:40:00-08:00

Brazil, for decades a source of migrants to the United States and Europe, is now facing its own humanitarian challenge: applying the international solidarity it trumpets to the Haitians who are arriving in the thousands, in search of a better life.

Kyrgyzstan: China Expanding Influence, One Student at a Time

2012-01-06T16:22:00-08:00

Among its Central Asian neighbours, China these days is more often feared than loved. This attitude is perhaps most apparent in Kyrgyzstan, where despite an overwhelming dependence on Chinese imports, Chinese-owned malls and mining pits have been the subject of attacks in recent years; nationalist editorials in the local press play on fears of the Middle Kingdom.

Portugal: No Jobs? Just Emigrate!

2011-12-29T10:03:00-08:00

Hounded by the economic crisis that shows no signs of letting up and by political leaders of all stripes, Portugal's conservative Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho sent out an unprecedented message to his fellow citizens: emigrate.

Cubans Hope For Migration Reform:

2011-12-23T12:18:00-08:00

Whether or not they live in Cuba, whatever their political affiliation, most people consulted by IPS want changes to Cuban migration policy that include three key elements: freedom, rights and normalisation.

False Perceptions Underpin Anti-Migrant Sentiments:

2011-12-06T14:37:00-08:00

The rising tide of anti-migrant sentiment worldwide is caused primarily by the biased, polarised and negative debate on migration, according to a new study released here.