News headlines for “Immigration”, page 240
FILM: So Much More Than Just 'Trafficked Women'
- Inter Press Service
Mimi Chakarova had one simple objective in filming 'The Price of Sex,' her award-winning documentary about sex trafficking in Eastern Europe: 'I'm trying to reach millions of people,' she told IPS. 'It's kind of a big goal to have.'
MIDEAST: Israel Denies Healthcare to Refugees
- Inter Press Service
Medication and pillboxes fill two white bookcases, lining the wall behind a volunteer Israeli doctor. He talks to a patient in Hebrew about the man’s medical condition, as another man is examined behind a curtain that divides the small office. In the next room, at least 40 people — mainly of Eritrean and Sudanese origin — sit quietly on plastic chairs, waiting for their turn to be seen.
Undisclosed Beheading at Heart of Indonesian, Saudi Row
- Inter Press Service
Indonesia, which has an estimated 1.2 million emigrants in Saudi Arabia, is deeply troubled that Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens in a death penalty sentence without even contacting the government in Jakarta.
SUDAN: The Point of No Return
- Inter Press Service
From across the border, they anxiously watch the drama unfold. As their home land of South Sudan prepares itself to split from the Islamic north, fighting continues across the disputed oil-rich areas. During the decades of civil war, almost 400,000 refugees dreamt of the day independence would come. But now it is finally there, many are not ready to go home.
Real Estate Boom as Displaced Pakistanis Seek Housing
- Inter Press Service
Real estate prices have shot up in areas adjacent to the tribal districts of northwest Pakistan where violence continues to displace local residents.
ARGENTINA: Deep-Rooted Prejudice Against Immigrants
- Inter Press Service
Although Argentina's immigration law is regarded as one of the most progressive in Latin America, xenophobia and discrimination persist, showing that progress is still more theoretical than practical.
Poor Countries Host Vastly More Displaced People Than Wealthier Nations
- Inter Press Service
The hardest part of Jan Egeland’s job is coming home at the end of the day. He is the Director of the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs and the former U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator, and has travelled to the farthest reaches of the world to help protect refugees and displaced people.
ITALY: ‘They Saw Numbers, We Saw People’
- Inter Press Service
It’s only a few hundred metres from the rocky hillside overlooking Lampedusa’s commercial port to the other side of the protected bay. For more than a decade this narrow strip of ocean has been a migratory gateway into Europe for tens of thousands of mostly African migrants. The numbers have risen and fallen in response to shifting government policies and geopolitical developments.
ITALY: Refugees Find Easier Reception, For Now
- Inter Press Service
It’s 4.30 in the morning and the full moon is low in the sky above Lampedusa harbour as the Guardia di Finanza patrol boat escorts a fishing boat containing 19 Tunisian migrants into the closed military port. They include six women, one child and — to the amusement of the Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) team - one sheep. The migrants are driven away in a coach to one of the two holding centres, some of them wrapped in silver emergency blankets. But the sheep remains in the port.
U.S.: Immigration Detainees Shuttled from Jail to Jail
- Inter Press Service
Frequent and long-distance transfers to remote detention facilities are jeopardising the political and human rights of immigrants detained in the United States, according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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