Global Issues
News headlines for “Immigration”, page 69
An Open Borders World
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, Jun 09 (IPS) - A world with open borders, as some strongly advocate while others insist on maintaining controlled borders, is an interesting exercise to consider given its potential consequences for nations, the planet's 8 billion human inhabitants, climate change, and the environment.
Ethiopian migrants head home on first ever return flight from Yemen's Ma'rib
- UN News
For the first time ever, 150 Ethiopian migrants are flying to Addis Ababa on a Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flight from Yemen’s conflict-affected Ma’rib governarate, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Thursday.
War & Peace 2.0: Ukraine Showing the World How to Fight Back
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 08 (IPS) - It has been over 100 days since Russia first invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, turning the country into a slaughterhouse. The United Nations (UN) in this report says that, as of 1 June, 2022, more than 6.9 million refugees have left Ukraine and 2.1 million have returned, while eight million people are displaced inside Ukraine itself. War in Ukraine has caused the fastest growing refugee crisis since World War II.
Animal Farm, Ukrainian Resistance and Russian Propaganda
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Jun 03 (IPS) - Warfare and misinformation are intimately connected. The 29th of May was globally observed as The Day of Communication and due to the ongoing war in Ukraine it was difficult to avoid thinking of affiliated propaganda campaigns, carried out by warring factions and far from indifferent bystanders.
Pakistani Artists, Activists Fight for Refugee Status for Arrested Afghan Musicians
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Jun 01 (IPS) - The arrest of Afghan musicians in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan has elicited protests from local politicians, artists and rights activists who demand their release and say they should be allowed to stay as refugees.
‘We must not turn our backs’ on migrants stranded in Yemen
- UN News
With some 27,800 migrants having crossed from the Horn of Africa into war-torn Yemen this year, the UN migration agency, IOM, expressed concern on Tuesday over the safety and well-being of those on the move.
Xenophobia-hit Zimbabweans Saving Countrys Dead Economy
- Inter Press Service
Harare, May 31 (IPS) - Two decades ago, Trynos Mahamba left Zimbabwe for the United Kingdom, but back home, he has changed the lives of his relatives.
Sahel should be seen as region of ‘opportunity’ despite ‘multiple crises’
- UN News
The Sahel region of Africa should be considered a region of opportunity. despite the “multiple crises” that people there are enduring; that’s according to Annadif Khatir Mahamat Saleh, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel.
States urged to do more to help Haitians fleeing insecurity by sea
- UN News
Amid growing insecurity and gang violence in Haiti, the numbers of desperate people resorting to risky sea crossings has sharply increased. On Friday the UN called for regional Governments to step up protection for refugees.
Ukrainian refugees arrive in Poland ‘in a state of distress and anxiety’
- UN News
With more than 3.5 million people having fled to Poland since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, continues to scale up its operations to provide aid to arrivals, the agency’s spokesperson said on Friday.
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