Global Issues
News headlines for “Immigration”, page 157
Community Conversations in Ethiopia Prevents Exploitative Migration
- Inter Press Service
, Sep 22 (IPS) - Five years ago, when Meliya Gumi's two daughters, Gifty* and Chaltu,* aged 16 and 18, migrated to Dubai and Qatar respectively, as domestic workers, everyone thought they were moving towards a better future. As a widowed mother of eight with little resources, living in the village of Haro Kunta in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, Gumi had a difficult time making ends meet.
UN Refugee Summits Fall Short for Children
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) - As Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini opened the floor for US President Barack Obama's leaders' summit on refugees, she embodied a hope unavailable to most child refugees.
Migrant Workers in the Gulf Feel Pinch of Falling Oil Prices
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, Sep 21 (IPS) - In the Al Quoz industrial area of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a number of medium and large-sized buses can be spotted transporting workers clad in company uniforms to distant worksites early in the morning. In the evening or, in certain cases, late at night, these workers are brought back to labour camps in the same buses.
Towards Safe Migration and Decent Work for Women in Nepal
- Inter Press Service
, Sep 20 (IPS) - In August it's blazing hot in Kathmandu. Dawa Dolma Tamang, 32, sits on a chair at Pourakhi's office—an organization that works with migrant women workers—staring out of the window. "I want to send my children to a better school and support my husband to make a decent living. I want to make my family whole again," she says.
UN Refugee Summit: "No Cause for Comfort"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 20 (IPS) - With record numbers of forcibly displaced persons around the world, many were left disappointed by the outcome of a high level UN summit designed to address the issue by bringing together world leaders on the sidelines of the UN's annual General Assembly.
Muslims in Europe: Can There Be Social Harmony ?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 19 (IPS) - Although 20 million Muslims reside in Western Europe, establishing social harmony between the Muslim community and their European counterparts has proved exceedingly challenging.Much to the dismay of international humanitarian agencies and anti-racism activists,the language of exclusion and prejudice persists.
From Where I Stand: Nahimana Fainesi
- Inter Press Service
In Host Country Lebanon, Refugee and Rural Women Build Entrepreneurship, Cohesion and Future
- Inter Press Service
, Sep 16 (IPS) - "When we were forced to leave our country, I never thought that a community in Lebanon would accept and treat me as an active member, the way I have been at the Kfeir Women's Working Group," says Hiba Kamal, an 18-year-old refugee from Syria who travelled to Lebanon with her family five years ago fleeing instability in her own country.
Italy’s Second Economy: The Impact of Bangladeshi Migration
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 15 (IPS) - Hardly a street can be found in Rome without a Bangladeshi-run mini-market. Much like the typical Italian coffee bars, they have now become an intrinsic part of Roman infrastructure.
UN Summit Won't Resolve Refugee Resettlement Impasse
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 14 (IPS) - Next week's landmark UN summit on refugees and migrants was supposed to help resettle one in ten refugees, instead UN member states have settled for vague gestures, including a campaign to end xenophobia.
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