News headlines for “Immigration”, page 254
Brazil Aims for World's 'Most Perfect' Population Census
- Inter Press Service
Come Dec. 31, about 68 countries are expected to complete the arduous task of taking an accurate head count of the number of people living within their geographical borders.
US: Deported for Running a Red Light
- Inter Press Service
A government programme designed to prosecute serious criminals is instead deporting people who received traffic tickets and committed other minor offences, according to immigration rights advocacy groups.
US: Immigration System a Broken Behemoth, Groups Say
- Inter Press Service
One year after the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama announced that it intended to overhaul the country's heavily criticised immigration detention practices and create a 'truly civil detention system', a new academic paper bolsters claims by human rights groups that real reform is still a long way off.
Haitians in DR Reap Far Less than They Sow
- Inter Press Service
Luis Miguel, a soft-spoken and serious 21-year-old from Haiti's Artibonnite Valley, stands on a ridge overlooking the small farm in the Dominican Cibao where he works as the owner's overseer. He adopted his Dominican moniker in order to fit in.
Commission Takes a Hard Look at Free-for-All Migration
- Inter Press Service
At 35, Daniel James has his mind set on leaving Trinidad and Tobago 'for greener pastures'.
EUROPE: Citizen Rights Don't Apply to Roma
- Inter Press Service
All major European countries plan mass expulsions of Roma or demolitions of Roma settlements. Rights groups warn that these measures entail the criminalisation of an entire ethnic group, and break EU law.
LEBANON: Racism Legitimised by Law
- Inter Press Service
Lebanon has a reputation for openness because of the relative freedom enjoyed by women in comparison to other Middle Eastern countries. But many women face rampant discrimination.
U.S.: Tough Laws Just One Peril for Day Laborers
- Inter Press Service
Ovidio Perez's brother was planning to return to Guatemala because of a new Arizona law that made it a state crime to be an undocumented immigrant. He returned, but in a coffin.
FILM: Music for a New Abolitionist Movement
- Inter Press Service
Musician Justin Dillon had been reading about human trafficking before he went on tour to Eastern Europe. In Russia, his young female translator told him about offers she was receiving to move west for jobs that seemed too good to be true - and with no paperwork to back them up.
Haitian Immigrant Street Peddlers Try to Get a Leg Up
- Inter Press Service
Gaston Dorelus has little education, no vocational training, no extrinsic qualifications to make his way through life any easier.
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