Global Issues
News headlines for “Immigration”, page 113
A New Window for Delhi’s Migrant Women & Girls
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, Mar 22 (IPS) - Marites Sison is Communications Officer at the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC)
When the most devastating flood in Bihar's history came in 1987, Renu Devi recalled that the rampaging waters and landslides had swept away people who were sleeping, along with their beds.
South Florida's Underserved Refugee Communities
- Inter Press Service
MIAMI, Mar 22 (IPS) - South Florida has long been known as a haven for refugees and migrants. Widely referred to as the "gateway to Latin America", 1 in every 5 Florida residents is an immigrant. Significantly, the "sunshine state" welcomes 1,000 new settlers every day.
Call for Returnee Migrants to Join Forces to Fight Irregular Migration
- Inter Press Service
COTONOU, Benin, Mar 21 (IPS) - Elhadj Mohamed Diallo wants to make sure that others won't experience what he has lived through. The former irregular migrant who has returned home to Guinea from a jail in North Africa is calling on his fellow returnee migrants to establish associations in their respective countries, which will serve as powerful platforms to combat irregular migration across the continent.
Guinea's Returnee Migrants Harness the Strength of Unity
- Inter Press Service
CONAKRY, Mar 19 (IPS) - Elhadj Mohamed Diallo was a prisoner in Libya between October and November 2017, but he was not helpless. Far from his home in Guinea he understood the power of an organised union.
Syrian Crisis Enters Ninth Year with 11 Million Refugees Overseas & 6 Million Home
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Mar 13 (IPS) - Herve Verhoosel is Senior Spokesperson UN World Food Programme*
The bell rings and the halls erupt with the sounds of chatter and excitement as hundreds of children run to the dusty courtyard for recess. I joined them to play football but the game instead turned into a round of questions.
Multilateralism: A Testimony
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA and ROME, Mar 12 (IPS) - For over 70 years, the UN system has been perceived as the guardian of peace and development in the world. However, multilateralism today is undeniably under strain. The effectiveness of global institutions and of global policymaking is questioned, and alliances are fraying.
Women, Work, and Migration
- Inter Press Service
MUMBAI, India, Mar 12 (IPS) - Social barriers have historically been blamed for the lack of gender parity in the workplace. But there are other dimensions to this age-old discourse.
Slavery is Not a Thing of the Past, It Still Exists Today Affecting Millions
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (IPS) - Shannon Scribner is Associate Director of Humanitarian Programs and Policy at Oxfam America
While natural hazards like hurricanes, exacerbated by climate change, are causing people to migrate, it's conflict, violence and persecution that have forced more than 68.5 million people from their homes today, exposing them to higher risks and increased vulnerability, especially women and children.
Hate Speech Threatens Our Humanity
- Inter Press Service
BHUBANESWAR, India and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 (IPS) - Do politicians' words matter? Since becoming US President, Donald J Trump has dismissed his opponents and others he does not like as evil, stupid or both. He has referred to undocumented immigrants as animals, and to poor countries as shitholes.
The Wall: Thirty Years Ago European Walls Were Destroyed, but Others Are Being Built
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Feb 25 (IPS) - On January 25, 2017, the Trump administration signed Executive Order 13767, instructing the Government to begin new constructions and replacements of walls between the US and Mexico. From December 22, 2018 to January 25, 2019, the federal government was partially shut down due to President Trump's declared intention to veto any spending bill that did not include $5 billion in funding for a border wall. It was with good reason the Congress withheld such an enormous sum of money. As the European experience indicates, building walls between countries has proven to be both obsolete and disastrous.
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