Global Issues
News headlines for “Immigration”, page 207
46 Years on, Arab-Israeli War Still Leaving Its Mark
- Inter Press Service
OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM, Jun 05 (IPS) - Majda el-Batsch was eight years old in June 1967 when she heard about the war that year. "I didn't know what war meant," she recalled. More than four decades later, the Palestinian reporter is still grappling with the meaning of what is known as the Six-Day War.
Despite Peace Talks, Forced Displacement Still Climbing in Colombia
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Jun 04 (IPS) - Drugs and arms traffickers are muscling in on Colombia's Pacific coastal region, forcibly displacing local people, according to a new report by the Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES).
Q&A: Israel Treats the Bedouin Like "People in a Box"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 30 (IPS) - For thousands of years the Bedouin people have made their home in the desert of what is now Israel. But for almost six decades, the Bedouin have been on the move, repeatedly relocated to make room for Israeli settlements.
U.S., China Woo Caribbean "Friends" Just Days Apart
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 30 (IPS) - First it was U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who travelled to Trinidad and Tobago Tuesday to speak with "our friends" in the Caribbean.
Maternal Healthcare Evades Marginalised Mothers
- Inter Press Service
HALDIYAGANJ, India, May 28 (IPS) - In the small village of Haldiyaganj in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, 17-year old Injuara Begum is nursing her son who was born right here on the floor of her home three years ago.
Q&A: “From Slaves to Generals and Rulers”
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 24 (IPS) - Say "Africa" and myriad images flood our minds. Like its landscape and peoples, the continent's history is rich and diverse. While numerous books have been written and films made on the African slave trade in the West, a lesser-known aspect of the continent's history lies in India.
Heroin Dulls Hardships for Afghan Women
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, May 24 (IPS) - Located on a narrow street in a quiet neighbourhood in Kabul, the Sanga Amaj Women's Treatment Centre is the only one of its kind in Afghanistan: named after the 22-year-old journalist who was assassinated in 2007, the facility caters exclusively to Kabul's massive population of female drug addicts.
Health Care for Immigrants Crumbling in Spain
- Inter Press Service
MALAGA, Spain, May 24 (IPS) - The death of a young Senegalese man from tuberculosis in Spain, following alleged lack of medical care, triggered a new outcry by civil society organisations against the law passed last year that excludes undocumented immigrants from the public health system except in emergencies.
Hungary Losing Its Best and Brightest
- Inter Press Service
BUDAPEST, May 23 (IPS) - As the European Union accuses Hungary of shifting towards authoritarianism, a spike in emigration from the country has led many to speak of a politically motivated exodus. Others suggest that economic conditions play a role in the westward flow of brainpower that is leaving Hungary's future uncertain.
Remittances Buoy Up Myanmar’s Economy
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, May 23 (IPS) - Nangnyi Foung reaches into the dryer, pulls out another pair of pants and places it on the ironing board. "I still have several more loads to go," she says as the clock strikes nine p.m., marking the start of her 14th hour on the shift.
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