News headlines for “Immigration”, page 61
Welcome To the Vegetable Garden of Europe - 'The Greenhouses of Death'
- Inter Press Service
ALMERIA, Spain, Feb 24 (IPS) - Chances are that the fruits and vegetables sold in European supermarkets have been picked and packed by a migrant worker in southern Spain. By the tens of thousands, they work there, in sweltering hot plastic greenhouses - often underpaid and without residence permit - in the vegetable garden of Europe. "Cheap vegetables, yes. But at what price?"
UN Hobbled by Junta and Under Pressure Over Myanmar Aid Crisis
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Feb 21 (IPS) - Nearly 18 million people – about one-third of Myanmar’s population – need humanitarian aid this year because of civil war and the post-coup economic crisis, according to the latest United Nations estimates.
Taking a Stance on Feminists Prejudice Against Religious Minority Women
- Inter Press Service
BRIGHTON, UK, Feb 17 (IPS) - Since researching the experiences of gender discrimination against women in poverty who belong to religious minorities, many fellow feminists have turned their back on me.
First Person: The towns in Ukraine which no longer exist
- UN News
Almost a year into the war in Ukraine, some communities are having to cope with the total destruction of their way of life and the towns where they used to live; that’s according to a humanitarian worker for the UN Migration Agency, IOM.
Italy sea rescue law could put more migrant lives at risk: UN rights chief
- UN News
A proposed new law in Italy on humanitarian search-and-rescue (SAR) operations could hinder the provision of lifesaving assistance in the Central Mediterranean and result in more deaths, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk warned on Thursday.
UN experts warn of ‘catastrophic consequences’ if Rohingya refugee rations are cut
- UN News
UN independent experts on Thursday warned of catastrophic consequences for Myanmar Rohingya refugee families living in camps in neighbouring Bangladesh, if life-saving food aid is slashed.
Horn of Africa: $84 million appeal to support migrants along risky route to Yemen
- UN News
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners are seeking $84 million to provide humanitarian and development assistance to over one million migrants in the Horn of Africa and communities hosting them.
Driven by the War, Russian Women Arrive en Masse to Give Birth in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 16 (IPS) - They began to arrive en masse in Argentina in the second half of 2022, a few months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They are pregnant Russian women who land in the capital to give birth, with the hope of gaining an Argentine passport, given the fact that so many countries refuse to let in people with Russian passports today.
Worlds Deadliest Earthquake Leaves over 33,000 Dead
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 13 (IPS) - Almost over 33,000 people have been killed and thousands injured by the 7.8 earthquake which struck south-eastern Turkey and Syria in the early hours on Monday, February 6th. The first images that came out were of collapsed buildings, rubble strewn across streets, people trapped under rubbles, screaming for help. What followed was the unusually strong aftershock - including one quake which was almost as large as the first.
Rights expert urges Italy to stop criminalizing activists saving migrant lives at sea
- UN News
Activists working with sea-rescue charities in Italy should not be criminalized, a UN independent human rights expert said on Thursday, ahead of a trial against crew members from several non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
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