News headlines for “Immigration”, page 286
RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: 'Prison-like' Immigration Facility Open
- Inter Press Service
Refugee rights organisations have criticised the Rudd government’s decision to hold suspected asylum seekers in a controversial detention centre on an isolated Australian island in the Indian Ocean.
LABOUR-PHILIPPINES: Bleak New Year For Migrant Workers
- Inter Press Service
Diovie Arcilla is happy to be home for Christmas. This Singapore-based computer programmer values being with her family and friends in the holiday season. But news that some of her colleagues have been retrenched is making Arcilla anxious.
LABOUR-US: Demand Dries Up For On-Demand Workers
- Inter Press Service
Outside a Home Depot store, it's a typical December morning in Seattle: cool and gray with a light sprinkle falling. At 7:30, about 50 men wait at the entrances to the parking lot. Most wear jackets, jeans and work shoes, and some carry day packs with tools, water and lunch. They stand silently with hands in pockets, alone or in knots of three or four, baseball caps or sweatshirt hoods deployed against the chilly mist.
EUROPE: Swap Aid for Fewer Migrants, the French Way
- Inter Press Service
Should the amount of aid that African countries receive from Europe be linked to their efforts to prevent their nationals moving to this continent?
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