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News headlines for “Immigration”, page 227
U.S.-Mexico Border Build-Up Found Excessive
- Inter Press Service
While Republican politicians and other 'border hawks' call for ever-tougher measures to secure the U.S.-Mexican border against drug trafficking and illegal immigration, a one-year bi-national study released here Thursday suggests that current efforts may be excessive.
Filipino Workers Caught in Syrian Crossfire
- Inter Press Service
As pressure mounts on the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to keep up an uncertain truce, human rights advocates are demanding reforms to a sponsorship system that has left many migrant domestic workers in Syria with no place to run.
When Immigrants Become the Football
- Inter Press Service
Candidates in the French presidential election are coming to use the word ‘immigrant’ like a ball to be kicked around from one side to another, analysts say. 'Boot all the immigrants out, and everything will be fine. That’s the seductive and deceptive message from some candidates,' says French professor Nonna Mayer.
War on Terror Traumatises Pakistani Women
- Inter Press Service
Collateral damage caused by the ‘war on terror’, prosecuted by the United States and its allies in Afghanistan since 2001, may well extend to psychological trauma sustained by thousands of women in the bordering areas of northwestern Pakistan.
Syrian Strife Hits Lebanese Villages
- Inter Press Service
A few kilometres separate the two Lebanese villages of Ersal and Qaa from the Syrian border, both of which have been unwillingly drawn into the violence of the Syrian uprising. Unrest has been brewing in the region for weeks and recently it was on the receiving end of intermittent gunfire from the Syrian army. The situation remains tense despite the fragile new ceasefire.
Spain Slashes Funds for Integration of Immigrants
- Inter Press Service
The Support Fund for the Integration of Immigrants in Spain has been drained of resources, and as a result there is no funding for social insertion, employment and education programmes for the immigrant community.
Cuban Dissidents in Spain Complain about Cut-off in Aid
- Inter Press Service
A group of former political prisoners from Cuba and their family members gathered in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square and in front of the foreign ministry Tuesday to protest the unexpected cut-off in aid from the government.
Immigrants in Chile File Complaint against Mass Expulsions
- Inter Press Service
The Committee of Peruvian Refugees in Chile has filed a complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging that this country carries out mass expulsions of immigrants.
U.S., Latin America Growing More Distant, Warns Think Tank
- Inter Press Service
Relations between the United States and Latin America have 'grown more distant' in importance part due to the latter's persistent disagreement with U.S. policies on immigration, drugs, and Cuba, according to a new report released here Wednesday on the eve of this year's Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia.
HIV Compounds Poverty in Nepal
- Inter Press Service
Life, already hard in Nepal’s remote western region, is getting worse thanks to HIV infection brought back by men who go to neighbouring India for seasonal work.
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