News headlines for “Immigration”, page 253
MIGRATION-LATIN AMERICA: Another Wall Blocks Route to U.S.
- Inter Press Service
Travelling without documents to the United States from Latin America can turn into an odyssey, in which migrants have to elude common criminals and drug traffickers along the way, not to mention the laws on migration. But now another obstacle is emerging: a wall between Guatemala and Mexico.
LABOUR: Newly Emboldened Burmese Workers Press for Change
- Inter Press Service
When nearly 1,000 Burmese migrant workers launched a strike at a fishnet factory in north-east Thailand a week ago, activists expected it to be a short burst of anger. After all, this frequently abused labour force was often gripped with fear during brief work stoppages in the past elsewhere in this South-east Asian kingdom.
EUROPE: Roma Conference Decries Government-Led Discrimination
- Inter Press Service
Over the centuries, racism in the Americas has targeted indigenous peoples, African slaves and their descendants, while in Europe, secular racism has long centred on its once-enslaved gypsies, as their recent persecution in France and Italy confirms.
MIGRATION: Ecuador's Open Door Begins to Close for Some
- Inter Press Service
The Ecuadorean government's policy of 'universal citizenship,' which did away with visas or other requirements for foreigners entering the country, has clashed with the reality that Ecuador is being used for human trafficking -- so now there are some exceptions.
Slammed For Its Roma Expulsions, France Shifts Rhetoric
- Inter Press Service
Faced with mounting criticism because of its expulsions of Roma, or Gypsies, the French government is trying to gain allies in what it calls the 'battle' against undocumented immigration and people-trafficking networks.
MIGRATION-MEXICO: A Cemetery without Tombstones or Epitaphs
- Inter Press Service
With a backpack full of dreams, Gelder Lizardo Boche, a 17-year-old from Guatemala, set out for the United States on Aug. 9 from his hometown of San Antonio La Paz, with two brothers-in-law.
EUROPE: New Expulsions Hit People Without a Place
- Inter Press Service
Roma gypsies are routinely described as Europe's largest ethnic minority. Numbering between 10 and 16 million, their combined population exceeds that of many European Union countries. Yet their numerical strength offers no compensation for the poverty, persecution and scapegoating that the Roma have to endure -- or for how their welfare is accorded a low priority by the EU's institutions.
Tamaulipas, Mexico's Black Hole
- Inter Press Service
Tamaulipas state has become the black hole of organised crime in Mexico. But there are few accounts of the rapid social breakdown that the northeastern border state has experienced since the start of the year, because the local press is silenced.
Mexico Massacre Galvanises Migrant Rights Activists
- Inter Press Service
Activists in Latin America have been galvanised by atrocities like the recent massacre of 72 migrants near the U.S. border to step up their efforts on behalf of migrant rights.
Climate-related Security Predictions Coming True in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
Analysts have been warning for several years that the impacts of climate change directly relate to the national security of the U.S. and other countries, but the link has never been so clear as it is today in northwest Pakistan.
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