News headlines for “Immigration”, page 248
MIGRATION: Stateless in Calais
- Inter Press Service
In September 2009 French police bulldozed the migrant encampment at Sangatte near Calais, inhabited by hundreds of mostly Afghan asylum seekers seeking to reach the United Kingdom. The destruction of the Sangatte ‘jungle’ was carried out in the full glare of publicity, and the French and UK governments hailed it as a major blow against illegal immigration.
US-LATAM: Disappointment May Yield to Distrust
- Inter Press Service
While U.S. officials took strong exception to outgoing Brazilian President Inacio Lula da Silva's recent complaint that 'nothing has changed' in Washington's relations with Latin America two years into the Barack Obama administration, many independent U.S. analysts ruefully nodded their heads.
AFPAK: People Turning Against Taliban
- Inter Press Service
The Taliban once regarded as true jihadists here are rapidly losing popularity in response to their ongoing targeting of mosques, schools and innocent people.
ELECTION-WATCH: Countdown Begins to Southern Sudan Referendum
- Inter Press Service
'We want an independent country of our own that is Southern Sudan, and we want a new country'. Calm and with a passion in his voice, the secondary school teacher, John Kiri, a native from Juba explained the excitement he is feeling for Sunday’ referendum.
EASTERN EUROPE: Playing Dice With Migrants
- Inter Press Service
Over the past years, acceptance rates for asylum-seekers in Central and Eastern Europe have been decreasing slowly but steadily. Even for those who do receive protected status, life is a gamble.
HUMAN RIGHTS: Festive season a nightmare for Kenya’s Displaced
- Inter Press Service
The Christmas season comes with joy and merrymaking in Kenya, where preparations for the festivities are underway as people crowd the street to shop for clothes and gifts. But even as the cheer spreads all around, the situation is different for the thousands of internally displaced Kenyans (IDP’s) still living in various camps.
REFUGEES: Liberians Struggle to Cope With Fleeing Ivorians
- Inter Press Service
Albertine Yahwah sits on a hard wooden bench, cradling her little baby in her arms. The 20 year-old walked from the Ivory Coast with her two children and her husband to reach this small town across the border in Northern Liberia.
MIDEAST: Israel Now Builds Separation Wall With Africa
- Inter Press Service
After the separation barrier against Palestinian territories, Israel has begun to build a new wall, this one to keep migrants from Africa out. The new wall is coming up on the Egyptian border, and with Egyptian support.
West Continues to Dodge Migrants' Rights Treaty
- Inter Press Service
Against the backdrop of rising xenophobia and growing anti- immigrant trends in Western Europe, the United Nations will commemorate International Migrants Day next week calling on member states to ratify the 1990 international convention aimed at protecting the rights of migrants worldwide.
U.S.: And Justice for Few
- Inter Press Service
Poor defendants on death row, immigrants in unfair deportation proceedings, torture victims, domestic violence survivors and victims of racial discrimination - all these groups are consistently being denied access to justice while those responsible for the abuses are protected, according to a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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