News headlines for “Immigration”, page 285
PAKISTAN: Slum Fire Reignites Housing Concerns
- Inter Press Service
A fire which razed a slum settlement and killed 40 of its residents earlier this month has brought to the fore the deplorable conditions in which half of the 12 million people of this port city live - and official indifference to their plight.
RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: Malaysian, Thai Officials Trafficking Burmese Migrants?
- Inter Press Service
A scandalous trade in Burmese migrant labour involving Malaysian and Thai officials and international human traffickers is now coming to light.
RIGHTS-US: Immigrants Scapegoated as Economy Teeters
- Inter Press Service
Things in Suffolk County on Long Island have gotten so bad lately that the U.S. Justice Department is launching an investigation into attacks on Latino residents, and may also examine whether local police agencies improperly handled several widely publicised incidents.
LABOUR: 'Meltdown Leaves Migrant Workers Prone to Abuse'
- Inter Press Service
The global recession is causing a heightened sense of job insecurity among millions of migrant workers making them more vulnerable to abuse, say migrant rights advocates.
HEALTH-THAILAND: Burmese Migrant Workers Key to Fighting Bird Flu
- Inter Press Service
Thailand’s plans to contain the spread of the deadly avian influenza virus must involve the tens of thousands of Burmese migrant workers employed in this country’s poultry industry, say experts.
THAILAND: Burmese Refugees Set Adrift, Hundreds Feared Dead
- Inter Press Service
Hundreds of Rohingya (Burmese Muslim) refugees are feared dead after being pushed back into the sea by Thai authorities, according to human rights activists based in Thailand.
RUSSIA: Migrant Workers Forced to Head Home
- Inter Press Service
The worsening recession is hitting foreign workers from the ex-Soviet republics far harder than it is affecting Russians.
TRINIDAD: Where Are the Missing People?
- Inter Press Service
When 15-year-old Devika Lalman left her home a few days before Christmas to buy school supplies for the new academic term, her parents had taken all the necessary precautions to ensure her safety.
GREECE: Ask for Rights, Get Acid on the Face
- Inter Press Service
Around midnight Dec. 22, Decheva Elena Kuneva, a Bulgarian living in Greece since 2001, finished her shift and made her way home. For four years she had worked as a cleaner in the city railways, as employee of a company contracted by the public enterprise.
LABOUR-SRI LANKA: Gloomy Prospects in 2009
- Inter Press Service
If the global financial crisis slams the brakes on worker remittances from the Middle East, Sri Lanka’s top foreign exchange earner, it could severely exacerbate this country’s economic woes, analysts say.
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