News headlines for “Immigration”, page 247
SRI LANKA: Domestics Court Risks, Defying Age Bar
- Inter Press Service
Sri Lanka has raised the age requirement for women wanting to leave the country to work as domestics abroad, but recruitment agents say this won’t prevent younger women from joining the exodus.
Migrants’ Strike Tests Greek Govt
- Inter Press Service
A hunger strike by migrants is emerging as a test case for how far migrants can go to fight for rights, and how far the government can go to clamp down on them.
Central America Raises Its Voice in Defence of Its Migrants
- Inter Press Service
Spiralling violence against Central American migrants in Mexico has prompted legal reforms, diplomatic actions, and the creation of new mechanisms to protect citizens in this region.
MEXICO: Migrants — Victims of Crime, Not Criminals
- Inter Press Service
Although Central American migrants continue to face all kinds of abuses and even death on their way north through Mexico to the U.S. border, experts and activists have begun to see a slight change in approach to the issue.
CUBA: Looking for Roots Across the Ocean
- Inter Press Service
Their tanned skin is weathered by years of sun, and their voices preserve traces of accents from different parts of Spain.
Dams Threaten Aboriginal Tribe
- Inter Press Service
Over the years, the Kadars, a dwindling aboriginal tribe who live on the borders of the southern Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, have survived pestilences, extreme exploitation and even mass sterilisations. But a new government plan to build a hydroelectric dam across the Chalakudy River would have been the death knell for the group who now number about 1,500.
ECUADOR: Migrants Uprooted Twice
- Inter Press Service
Ecuadorean immigrants have been put in an even more vulnerable position by the lingering economic crisis in the industrialised world, especially in Spain and the United States, the main destinations for migrants from Latin America.
Sweden Slammed Over Iraqi Deportations
- Inter Press Service
Both the United Nations and Amnesty International have criticized Sweden for its latest expulsion of Iraqi migrants who fled their home country to seek shelter in the European nation, citing concerns that violence in Iraq continues to threaten the lives of deported migrants.
Billion-dollar Boeing Fence on U.S.-Mexico Border Canceled
- Inter Press Service
One billion dollars and just over four years after Boeing won a contract to build a 'virtual fence' on the Arizona-Mexico border, the high-tech project was canceled last week by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amid widespread recognition that it has been a failure.
CUBA-US: No Major Progress Expected from New Immigration Talks
- Inter Press Service
The Cuban capital was the venue for a new round of immigration talks between delegations from this Caribbean island nation and the United States, although no major progress towards a broader dialogue is expected, in contrast to the hopes raised when President Barack Obama took office.
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