News headlines for “Immigration”, page 251
MEXICO: Altars to Victims of Violence on Day of the Dead
- Inter Press Service
'It's painful to build an altar of offerings to your dead child,' Abraham Fraijo, one of the leading activists in a citizens' movement against violence and impunity in Mexico, wrote in his Twitter account while taking part in a series of protests during the celebrations of the Day of the Dead.
Immigration Policing Opt-Out Called into Question
- Inter Press Service
Will U.S. local law enforcement be forced to participate in a programme that critics say will put city police in the position of enforcing federal immigration law and, in the process, divert scarce resources from essential community policing, discourage immigrants from working with police to solve crimes and increase racial profiling?
EUROPE: Drones may Track Migrants
- Inter Press Service
The notice appeared quietly on the website of Frontex, Europe's agency to fight undocumented migration. It called for expressions of interest in demonstrating 'Small UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) and Fixed systems for Land border surveillance' at its workshop.
JAPAN: Foreigners Can Live Here, But Not Vote
- Inter Press Service
Rising opposition is likely to block the passage of a bill giving voting rights to foreign nationals who have permanent residency in Japan — even though the majority of this group has been born here.
U.S.: It's Easy to Deport the Mentally Ill
- Inter Press Service
A U.S. citizen of Puerto Rican descent with mental disabilities is suing the U.S. government for wrongfully deporting him to Mexico and forcing him to endure over four months of living on the streets and in the shelters and prisons of Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala.
RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Activists Wary of Plan to ‘Export’ Asylum Centres
- Inter Press Service
As the Australian government steps up its efforts to establish a regional processing centre for asylum seekers in East Timor, refugee advocates remain watchful for signs that any deal could result in the involuntary removal from Australia of people seeking protection here.
MEXICO-U.S.: Visas No Guarantee for Migrant Worker Rights
- Inter Press Service
Mexican Alberto Rivero joined the ranks of seasonal workers in the United States in 2005, and for the last three years he has had to pay all the expenses associated with his visa, transportation and housing, although the law states that these are the responsibility of his U.S. employer.
ECUADOR: Social Movements to Go Ahead with Int'l Meetings Despite Crisis
- Inter Press Service
'What lies ahead in Colombia is an increase in the number of refugees and displaced persons, while in Guatemala and Mexico people are going to continue leaving their countries in difficult conditions in which they face dangers to their lives,' said Nelsy Lizarazu, one of the spokespersons for the Fourth World Social Forum on Migration.
CENTRAL ASIA: Remittances on the Rise
- Inter Press Service
Financial remittances to the Central Asian Republics by millions of both undocumented and legal migrants working in Russia have increased substantially, labour experts say.
US: NGOs Condemn Merger of Immigration and Criminal Justice
- Inter Press Service
As two Democratic senators introduced yet another version of immigration reform legislation - and two Republican senators immediately condemned it - more than 500 not-for-profit organisations called on President Barack Obama to end what they called 'the merger of immigration enforcement with criminal justice.'
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