Global Issues
News headlines for “Immigration”, page 204
U.S. Task Force Urges Climate Change Preparations
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (IPS) - The United States government is recommending new preparations aimed at protecting vulnerable communities from climate change-related disasters, a year after a major hurricane devastated swaths of the country's East Coast.
Violence Against Civilians Peaks in Central African Republic
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 19 (IPS) - As Michel Djotodia took his oath as the new president of the Central African Republic (CAR) on Aug. 18, Séléka, the coalition of rebel groups that he led and that helped him overthrow the government on Mar. 23, were still looting and killing civilians.
Israel Defiant on Settlements as Peace Talks Open
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (IPS) - Against the backdrop of two major announcements of Israeli settlement expansion, U.S.-brokered peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians resumed Thursday in Jerusalem.
More Kids Pushed Into Labour in Lebanon
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Aug 07 (IPS) - With Lebanon fraying at the seams under pressure from the neighbouring Syria conflict and the economy stuttering amid a political vacuum, more and more children are being pushed into labour.
Migrant Workers Finding Opportunity in Russian Far East
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, Aug 06 (IPS) - Traditionally the bulk of migrant labourers in Russia's Far East have come from China, with a few North Koreans mixed in. But of late, workers from Central Asia have been pushing their Chinese competitors off the lowest rung on the labour ladder in eastern Siberia.
Australian ‘Outsourcing’ of Refugees Challenged
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Aug 05 (IPS) - The Australian asylum policy of rejecting boat arrivals has been condemned by the United Nations Refugee Agency, Pacific island leaders, migration experts and human rights organisations.
Cuba, a Country with a Broken Heart
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Aug 05 (IPS) - For Cubans, baseball is not a sport, much less a game: it is almost a religion, and taken very seriously.
Nepali - But Not in the Eyes of Nepal
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Aug 03 (IPS) - Ten years after she was trafficked to an Indian circus, 22-year-old Radha has returned home stateless, with no document to prove she is a Nepali citizen. Her parents are Nepali but she married a fellow Indian circus member, and does not qualify to be a Nepali citizen any more.
OP-ED: If You Build It, They Will Go Around It
- Inter Press Service
SEATTLE, Washington, Jul 29 (IPS) - Puzzled by the immigration debate in the United States? Remember the Maginot Line.
New Bid for Mideast Talks after Five-Year Hiatus
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 23 (IPS) - There is a real opportunity for peacemaking between Israel and the Palestinians, even though the obstacles are more formidable than in the past. That was the assessment of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, speaking Monday at a public event which posed the question "Can the Two-State Solution Be Saved?"
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