News headlines for “Immigration”, page 229
Can the Maid Have Boyfriends?
- Inter Press Service
A routine announcement by the government of this city-state entitling foreign, female domestic workers to a day off each week has sent their affluent employers into a tizzy.
World Water Forums Expose Large Dams as ‘Unsustainable’
- Inter Press Service
Numerous non-governmental organisations used the World Water Forum (WWF) held in Marseille last week as an opportunity to remind the international community about the serious global impacts of large dams all over the world.
New Threat Looms Over South Sudan Refugees
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of African refugees in Israel face expulsion to dangerous conditions in their countries of origin as Israel hardens its policies. The refugees are increasingly turning to protest.
Immokalee Farm Workers Still Fighting for One More Penny
- Inter Press Service
Dozens of Immokalee Florida farm workers left tomato fields behind last week and set up camp on the lush, corporate grounds of Publix supermarket to fast and protest the company's refusal to pay a penny more per pound for tomatoes.
Malaysians Miss Indonesian Hired Help
- Inter Press Service
Ideally, Malaysia’s affluent households could meet their need for domestic help by tapping on Indonesia, a large country with linguistic and cultural similarities - but Jakarta has placed a ban on its nationals working as domestics in the neighbouring country.
Xenophobia Rises from Ashes of Greek Economy
- Inter Press Service
Last January, several pupils coming out of a high school in Kallithea, a central residential neigbourhood in Athens, attacked a Pakistani passer-by.
OP-ED: To Break the Bonds of Injustice
- Inter Press Service
Forty-six years ago, at a Senate subcommittee hearing on migratory labour, U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy listened in disgust as California's Kern County Sheriff explained the arrests of peaceful picketers brought on by mounting pressure from farm owners.
Brazil to Open Doors to Skilled Immigrants, Slam Shut to Others
- Inter Press Service
In designing a new immigration policy, Brazil is caught between the need to attract skilled workers and professionals in order to meet the challenges posed by economic growth, and its tradition of taking in immigrants for humanitarian reasons.
Brazil to Open Doors to Skilled Immigrants, Slam Shut to Others
- Inter Press Service
In designing a new immigration policy, Brazil is caught between the need to attract skilled workers and professionals in order to meet the challenges posed by economic growth, and its tradition of taking in immigrants for humanitarian reasons.
Hard to Stay in Libya, Difficult to Return
- Inter Press Service
At the battered terminal of Tripoli’s tiny Mitiga airport, over 150 young men and women jostle to be repatriated home to Nigeria on Libya’s Buraq airlines. This journey to Lagos is one of hundreds the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has facilitated since the start of the uprising against Gaddafi’s regime over a year ago.
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