News headlines for “Immigration”, page 257
FILM: A Congolese Woman's Journey of Survival and Triumph
- Inter Press Service
Suffering through the atrocities of war affects people in different ways. Some become crippled by anger, others by fear. Some become violent and want only revenge. And some, like Rose Mapendo, an inspiring survivor of the war and ethnic cleansing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, come out with a strong commitment to work for peace and reconciliation.
RIGHTS: Problems Beset Cambodia’s Anti-Trafficking Campaign
- Inter Press Service
Worrying trends continue to plague Cambodia and provide considerable concern for the future despite the gains it has reportedly made in combating human trafficking.
Swiss Plan to Gag Refugees
- Inter Press Service
Only two years after its last revision, the Swiss Asylum Act is about to be 'reformed' again. The changes include a gag order on political activism for asylum-seekers and a modification of the concept of a refugee.
LIBYA: Death Penalty Falls Heavily on Migrants
- Inter Press Service
The Libyan government handed over 276 prisoners to authorities from neighbouring Niger on Jun. 17. But none of the dozen or more Nigeriens facing the death sentence in Libya were among them.
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Human Trafficking Exposes ASEAN’s Underbelly
- Inter Press Service
In the wake of a new U.S. government report on human trafficking, human rights and migrant rights activists are calling on a South-east Asian regional bloc to review its polices toward this scourge to protect the group’s most vulnerable citizens — its women and children.
EAST EUROPE: Healthcare Ails as Doctors, Nurses Emigrate
- Inter Press Service
Senior medical figures in Eastern Europe have issued stark warnings that the region's healthcare sector is both unstable and unsustainable as health workers continue to leave in droves for jobs abroad.
EU: With Refuge Like This…
- Inter Press Service
Habtom, a 30-year-old Eritrean, has all the grim qualifications needed to be a refugee. He was arrested for protesting a dictatorship, tortured in custody, and fears his life would be at risk if he returned home. Another part of his story is also typical: he suffered lengthy detention in a European Union nominally committed to the universal defence of human rights.
Human Trafficking Still Widespread, U.S. Included
- Inter Press Service
Ten years ago, the U.S. State Department issued its first annual review of governments' efforts to combat human trafficking. Monday, the report included the U.S.'s own struggles with the problem for the first time.
MIDEAST: Most Palestinians in Lebanon Stay Unemployed
- Inter Press Service
Lebanon’s record of segregating Palestinians is not much better than that of Israel. Since their exodus here, after the establishment of Israel in 1948, Palestinians have been systemically denied equal employment and social rights.
BALKANS: Laying to Rest the Ghosts of the Past - With Truth
- Inter Press Service
This year marks 15 years since the bloody war in Bosnia - Herzegovina (BH) ended. Apart from the 44-month siege of the capital of Sarajevo by Bosnian Serb forces there was the massacre of some 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys after the United Nations-protected enclave of Srebrenica fell into their hands.
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