News headlines for “Immigration”, page 279
MIGRATION-US: Arizona Prisoners on Lockdown Amid Hunger Strike
- Inter Press Service
Bad food is not the only reason thousands of mostly pre-trial detainees have been going on an intermittent two-week hunger strike in Arizona’s Maricopa County jails.
GREECE: State Itself Becoming Xenophobic
- Inter Press Service
'I can see migrants are the source of many problems,' says Maria Nafpliotou, an employee at a music store in the city centre. 'Nobody is happy to see them living around here, but I doubt slaying them is a solution.'
RIGHTS: Few Govts Serious About Human Trafficking, U.N. Finds
- Inter Press Service
The U.N. General Assembly discussed ways of taking stronger collective action to end human trafficking on Wednesday, with delegates debating the need for and form of a 'global plan of action' to end this form of modern slavery.
PAKISTAN: Exodus From Swat as 'War' Breaks Out
- Inter Press Service
'It’s an all out war now,' said 45-year old Zubair Khan. He was talking to IPS over phone from Swat Valley, in the North West Frontier Province on 6 May the day after the Pakistan military began its operation to weed out militants.
MIGRATION: Human Beings Can't Be 'Illegal', Book Argues
- Inter Press Service
Julio Guerrero came from Mexico to the U.S. state of North Carolina on a legal, H2-A temporary visa to work on a tobacco farm in 2002. After only a few weeks on the job, his fingers began to hurt and before long his fingernails had fallen off.
RIGHTS-COSTA RICA: Persons for Sale
- Inter Press Service
Global trafficking of persons continues apace and Costa Rica is not exempt from sexual exploitation and forced labour. Data compiled by the United Nations indicate that women and girls are most affected by human trafficking, making up 80 percent of victims worldwide.
RIGHTS-SOUTH AFRICA: Khumbula Ekhaya (Remember Your Home)
- Inter Press Service
With South Africa’s new president, Jacob Zuma, being inaugurated in a 9 million dollar extravaganza today, most of the country’s leaders are likely to still be recovering from the party by the time the sun rises on May 11.
SRI LANKA: Unions Strike Landmark Deal to Protect Migrant Workers
- Inter Press Service
Trade unions from Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait came together with their Sri Lankan counterparts here to strike an unprecedented agreement on the welfare of migrant workers.
PAKISTAN: Taliban Stop Civilians From Leaving
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of people are stranded in violence-wracked Swat and Buner districts in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) because the Pakistan Taliban have refused to allow them passage to safer places.
GREECE: Financial Crisis Multiplies Migrant Miseries
- Inter Press Service
The economic crisis is hitting migrants harder than most other people, and it looks set to get worse for them.
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