News headlines for “Immigration”, page 252
EUROPE: Where the Roma Begin to Prosper
- Inter Press Service
The 'gypsy market' in Brasov is bustling with activity on a Saturday morning. It's one of the few places left where pensioners and other low-income Romanians can buy decent clothes cheaply. And also here, the power dynamics between Roma and non-Roma is silently shifting.
Haitian Women at Increased Risk of Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
The January earthquake that devastated Haiti put women and girls in the poorest country in the hemisphere at an increased risk of falling prey to people trafficking, activists and experts warn.
Greek Society Falling, Falling…
- Inter Press Service
People walking casually past a sleeping or unconscious person has become a recurrent scene in downtown Athens these days. At Omonia square in the heart of the Greek capital one sees signs of social degeneration and segregation that were unknown only a decade ago.
Gender-Based Violence Wrecks Malawi Refugee Camp
- Inter Press Service
At the age of 13, Chantal Kifungo* is mother to a ten-month-old baby girl. It wasn’t her choice. Almost two years ago, she was raped by her stepfather — and fell pregnant with his child.
LATIN AMERICA: Five Million Women Have Fallen Prey to Trafficking Networks
- Inter Press Service
The fight against human trafficking in Latin America is ineffective and has led to the emergence of intra-regional markets for the trade, according to experts and activists meeting this Hjek in this Mexican city.
EUROPE: Undocumented Pakistanis Face Expulsion
- Inter Press Service
Less than two months after Pakistan was devastated by one of the worst disasters in recent history, the European Union's lawmakers have decided that Pakistanis living in the 27-country bloc without permission should be returned home.
MEXICO: Global Forums to Focus on Abuses Against Undocumented Immigrants
- Inter Press Service
Civil society organisations from around the world are revving up to reveal how governments violate the rights of immigrants, especially the United States and Mexico, in two international meets to take place in the latter.
Hersey Chocolate Linked to Child Labour
- Inter Press Service
Hershey, one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the U.S., is lagging behind other companies in taking steps to ensure decent working conditions in its supply chain, charges a new report.
MIGRATION-MEXICO: Crisis Sparked by Massacre Spurs Demands for In-depth Changes
- Inter Press Service
Organisations working for the rights of undocumented immigrants are using the crisis triggered by the massacre of 72 migrants a few weeks ago near the U.S. border to press for in-depth changes in Mexico.
US: Global Horizons Indicted for Human Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
Mordechai Orian, president of Global Horizons, a Los Angeles- based labour recruiter, has been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for 'engaging in a conspiracy to commit forced labour and document servitude' of approximately 400 Thai citizens who were brought to work on farms in the U.S. between May 2004 and September 2005.
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