News headlines for “Immigration”, page 236
Libyan Rebels Hound Black Refugees
- Inter Press Service
The Libyan revolution has been devastating for 20-year-old Alybe Nally from Nigeria, as it has been for countless others from Africa seen by the rebels as Gaddafi loyalists. 'When the rebels took over Tripoli two weeks ago they took my money, my mobile, my passport…All I have is what you see now,' he says, pointing to his mismatched pair of sandals.
US-LATAM: Human Trafficking Scourge Needs More Than Policing
- Inter Press Service
South American experts and officials met in Washington this week to discuss current policy initiatives to combat human trafficking in their respective countries, part of a broader U.S.-wide tour to share information and strategies to deal with the issue.
U.S.: Tea Party, Fox News Viewers Outliers on Immigration, Islam
- Inter Press Service
While 10 years after the 9/11 Al- Qaeda attacks, most U.S. citizens say they respect diversity and the freedom of religion, they don't always apply those principles to Islam and immigrants, according to a survey released here Tuesday by two major think tanks.
ISRAEL: Children Facing Deportation Find Friends
- Inter Press Service
After Israel’s Interior Ministry attempted to deport the first migrant workers’ child educated in the Israeli school system, human rights groups are calling on the Israeli government to develop a clear immigration policy and an official protocol that will minimise the psychological impact of detaining and deporting young children.
AUSTRALIA: Refugee Centres Breed Mental Illness
- Inter Press Service
Concern is growing for the mental health of thousands of people locked up indefinitely in this country’s immigration detention system.
Female Trafficking Soars in Iraq
- Inter Press Service
Rania was 16 years old when officials raped her during Saddam Hussein’s 1991 crackdown in Iraq’s Shia south. 'My bothers were sentenced to death, and the price to stop this was to offer my body,' she says.
IRAQ: Trafficked to Baghdad’s Green Zone
- Inter Press Service
Ukrainian and Bulgarian workers are currently camped out on a construction site of half-built luxury villas in Baghdad’s elite 'Green Zone' — a vast security enclave housing government offices, embassies and international NGOs - demanding their salaries before being shipped back home.
Refugees Tossed Between Iraq and Syria
- Inter Press Service
At the height of Iraq’s sectarian war in 2006, 30-year-old Samer escaped his Baghdad neighbourhood to join a flood of refugees arriving in Syria. A young man of military age, he was at high risk of being targeted by armed forces that roamed the capital’s streets.
PORTUGAL: Young Professionals Flee Crisis - to Former Colonies
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of young people from Portugal are joining an emigration flow that never trickled to a stop but is turning into an exodus now due to the severe economic crisis plaguing this southern European country. And the main destinations of those looking for a better future abroad are former colonies, especially Brazil.
U.S.: National Outcry Builds Against Deportations
- Inter Press Service
When 20-year-old Isaura Garcia called the 911 emergency hotline while being physically abused by her partner, she never imagined that her plea to U.S. legal authorities would lead to imprisonment and possible deportation.
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