News headlines for “Immigration”, page 275
SAUDI ARABIA: New Bill Fails to Protect Domestic Workers, HRW Says
- Inter Press Service
Despite a bill passed by Saudi Arabia's Shura Council on Wednesday, a prominent New York-based human rights group is asking for more protection for the estimated 1.5 million domestic workers in the country.
GUATEMALA: Population Growth Impacts Migration
- Inter Press Service
Marco Tulio Guerra went to work as usual that morning at the meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. But his life was turned upside down when immigration agents swept into his workplace and arrested him along with another 388 foreign workers. Their crime: using false Social Security numbers
ECONOMY-PHILIPPINES: Migrant Workers Use Remittances as Investment Tools
- Inter Press Service
George Detubio, once an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) is enjoying his new career as an entrepreneur. The 47-year-old owns a thriving business distributing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) products in this town, 200 kilometers north of Manila.
HAITI: Deportees from U.S. Face Culture Shock, Retain Hope
- Inter Press Service
In the shadow of the Eglise Sainte Claire in the Petite Place Cazeau neighbourhood of Haiti’s bustling capital, Frantz Saintil is visiting his daughter and reflecting on the more than two decades he spent abroad before finding himself back in his native country of Haiti seven years ago.
Q&A: 'The Truth Is We're Not Going to Stop Immigration'
- Inter Press Service
In Janice Fine's most recent project, eight workers centres have joined with the Centre for Community Change, where she is a senior fellow for organising and policy, to provide inexpensive financial services to low-wage immigrant workers. The services also provide an income stream and membership base for the centres.
RIGHTS-SOUTH KOREA: Prostitution Thrives with U.S. Military Presence
- Inter Press Service
With the presence of U.S. soldiers, flesh trade is flourishing near the Camp Stanley Camptown close to Seoul.
COLOMBIA: 'We Will Never Recover Our Standard of Living'
- Inter Press Service
'It never crossed my mind that I would have to leave my country and leave behind our farms, work, people and lifestyle. It was a life or death decision we had to take in a matter of hours,' said Amalia*, a 42-year-old married Colombian woman with two children, who for the past seven years has lived on the outskirts of the Venezuelan capital.
RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: An Uphill Battle Against Abuse And Torture
- Inter Press Service
Domestic helper Siti Hajar, 33, from Garut district, Indonesia is a picture of calm as she leans against the wall at a shelter for abused maids and dreams of returning to her village.
ECONOMY: Migrant Miseries Will Trickle Down Worldwide, U.N. Warns
- Inter Press Service
At least 150 million migrant workers - out of an estimated total of 200 million in the world today - fit the 'demographic characteristics of workers who are the most vulnerable' during the current global financial crisis, the U.N. says.
INDIA: Reverse Migration Casts Shadow on Kerala Economy
- Inter Press Service
Recession in petroleum-rich Middle Eastern countries is causing thousands of workers to return to their homes in southern Kerala triggering fears of a negative impact on the local economy.
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