News headlines for “Immigration”, page 249
U.S.: Judge Chastises Govt on Immigration Policing Lawsuit
- Inter Press Service
Nearly a year after advocacy groups sought documents to clarify the Department of Homeland Security's 'Secure Communities' programme, the government has largely failed to satisfy the requests for information, a federal judge has ruled.
GREECE: The Centre Is Falling Apart
- Inter Press Service
The experience of walking through Omonia Square in downtown Athens can send shivers down the spine of even the calmest of visitors. In recent months, increased incidents of street crime, drug trafficking, and prostitution have turned the square into a site many citizens go to lengths to avoid
MIDEAST: Labour Rights Slow to Catch on for Domestic Workers
- Inter Press Service
Recent revelations of domestic worker abuse may be grotesque and horrifying, but they are only the most visible aspect of the many difficulties faced by these predominantly female workers, activists say.
SOUTH AFRICA: Violence, Exploitation Fail to Dissuade Female Migrants
- Inter Press Service
Since arriving in Cape Town five years ago, Erina Manyene (not her real name) has eked out a meagre living picking up shifts doing laundry and cleaning other people’s homes in the city’s leafy southern suburbs.
U.S.-WEST AFRICA: Report Urges Enhanced Maritime Security
- Inter Press Service
The United States and its allies should give much more attention - and resources - to ensuring that weak West African governments along the oil- and gas-rich Gulf of Guinea can protect their territory and coastal regions from terrorists, drug and human traffickers, and other threats, according to new report by an influential think tank released here this week.
U.S.: Senate Democrats Push for Vote on DREAM Act
- Inter Press Service
As immigrant advocate groups held marches, demonstrations and hunger strikes across the U.S. and feverishly lobbied lawmakers in Washington, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, announced he would file a motion Wednesday to permit the Senate to take up the DREAM Act, thus setting up a showdown over the controversial immigration bill.
From DREAM to Nightmare, Deportations Soar in U.S.
- Inter Press Service
While the U.S. Congress idles on the passage of the DREAM Act, immigrants here face ever harsher treatment. The rate of deportations has increased by 1,200 percent since 1990, from 30,000 per year then to a staggering 360,000 under the Barack Obama administration.
U.S.: Clock Ticks on Immigration Reform Bill
- Inter Press Service
Democratic lawmakers will attempt to summon up their waning power by using the so-called 'lame duck' session of Congress to pass what will likely be the closest they will get to comprehensive immigration reform.
MIGRATION: Swiss Vote In an 'Illegal Law'
- Inter Press Service
Just a year after banning the construction of minarets, Swiss voters have approved a right-wing initiative demanding the automatic expulsion of criminal foreigners. The initiative violates international law.
Migrant Population on Track to Hit 400 Million
- Inter Press Service
The population of migrants worldwide could rise above 400 million by 2050 if present rates of growth continue, says a report by the International Organisation for Migration released Monday.
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