Migration & Refugees

GREECE: Athens Plunges Deeper Into Crisis

By Apostolis Fotiadis
The murder of Manolis Kantaris, 44, last week has initiated a vicious circle of violence in the Greek capital that deepens the existing wounds of the country and makes many wonder what the future holds for Athenians.
Saido Farah (L) and Deeqo Jibril (R) inside Farah's business, Roots Halal Meat Market. Credit: Talia Whyte/IPS

Somali Women Entrepreneurs Carve a Niche in Boston

By IPS Correspondents
Deeqo Jibril is always on the go. Whether she is tending to her four children or teaching breast cancer awareness classes to women in her community, the Somali-born community organiser is always up for a new challenge.

North and South Korea Far Apart

By Ahn Mi Young
Young North Koreans who have defected to the South are determined to see their dream - a unified Korea - become reality, even if their counterparts in the South don't quite agree.

JAPAN: Nuke Refugees Face Uncertain Fate

By Suvendrini Kakuchi
Tadanori Anzai and his wife Michiko left their town in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, more than a month ago to escape the radioactive contamination spewing from the earthquake-damaged nuclear power plant located close to their home and tiny eatery.

U.S.: Activists Fight Deportation of Bi-national Gay Couples

By IPS Correspondents
After Erwin de Leon successfully defended his dissertation, he felt relief at being closer to earning his doctorate in public and urban policy. But the achievement also meant that time was running out to find a way to stay in the United States.

JAPAN: Foreigners Show Solidarity Amidst Tragedy

By Suvendrini Kakuchi
When the massive 9.0 magnitude quake and tidal waves hit their little coastal village on March 11, Mariline Shoji and her husband lost everything they owned.

Arab Refugees Suffer Mind Disorders

By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
Amidst the political upheavals across the Arab world, a new U.N. study highlights the need for neurological health services to monitor brain disorders among displaced people.

Libyan Choice: Starve or Run

By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
Rights groups have condemned the indiscriminate attacks on residential areas in Misrata, that have worsened an already dire situation.

SPAIN: Madrid Mayor Wants to Sweep Homeless Out of Sight

By José Antonio Gurriarán
The mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, has called for a law for compulsory removals of homeless people off the streets, but this has met with resistance from civil society organisations and has split Ruiz-Gallardo's own People's Party (PP).

No Homecoming for Bhutanese Refugees

By Sudeshna Sarkar
A knock on the door of his home in Bhutan one midnight turned middle-level government official Balaram Paudyal into a fugitive overnight, after he managed to elude policemen arresting him for "anti-government activities", and then fled the country.

AUSTRALIA: More Suicides, No Lessons

By Stephen de Tarczynski
Supporters of asylum seekers here say that the government’s response to recent suicides in Australian immigration detention centres ignores what is already well-known: that indefinite, long-term detention in crowded facilities results in deaths.
Most illegal emigrants from Cuba are unemployed young men, many of whom have criminal records. Credit: Jorge Luis Baños/IPS

CUBA: Young People Look Abroad

By Dalia Acosta
While for their parents, leaving Cuba was a traumatic event because of the impossibility of returning, for younger generations, "moving abroad" is becoming more and more of a normal decision, just another alternative for the future.

Haitian Trafficking Victims Discovered in Ecuador

By Gonzalo Ortiz
The four young Haitians told legal authorities that they were offered complete scholarships to the university, but that once they reached Ecuador they were locked up in a house and made to pay 150 dollars a month for rent and board, while given the run around about the promised education.

Libyan Exodus Shrinks Remittances

By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
The exodus of migrants streaming out of Libya due to ongoing unrest has highlighted the heavy dependence of some countries on remittances from their citizens working abroad. In several countries this flow has now become choked.
Marc Rosenblum Credit: Courtesy of Marc Rosenblum

Q&A: U.S. Immigration Reform Mired in Philosophical Differences

By Aline Cunico
As Alabama became the latest U.S. state to approve a tough anti-immigration bill last week, concerns are growing that other states will take a similar path.

Arab Spring at Azerbaijan’s Door

By Kester Kenn Klomegah
Campaigners are asking the Azerbaijan government to introduce radical reforms early to avoid a popular uprising sweeping the Arab world.

Migrant Workers Caught in Whirlwind of ‘Arab Spring’

By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
Migrant workers caught in the crossfire of the ongoing upheavals in Bahrain and Libya highlight the need to develop international migration policies based on migrants' rights rather than the economic interest of labour sending and receiving countries, knowledgeable sources say.

Broken Promises Loom Large in 2012 Election Run-Up

By Kanya D'Almeida
Just days after United States President Barack Obama announced his reelection campaign for the 2012 run-off via a Youtube video, the White House is poised on the brink of its first shutdown in 15 years, with budget wars, an immigration maelstrom and determined opposition to the administration's seeming tolerance for union-busting barricading the path to a second term for the Democrat incumbent.
Ivorian refugees fill the yard at Peter Saye

Agencies Grappling With Liberia Refugee Crisis

By Jessica McDiarmid
The yard at Peter Saye's is full: of kids, of cooking pots, of chickens, goats, and piles of belongings. Women carry firewood and stir coals, plait hair and snap at the children scampering around in the dust. There are nearly 100 refugees sheltering here from the violence across the border in Côte d'Ivoire.
Credit: Save the Children

Libya Poses Immigration Challenge to Italy

By Sabina Zaccaro
The influx of migrants arriving from Libya and other African countries has created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in southern Italy.
Former OFW Exequel Masucal displays his green card from Libya. Credit: Kara Santos/IPS

PHILIPPINES: Migrant Workers Put Jobs Before Safety in Libya

By Kara Santos
Amidst political turmoil in Libya, thousands of migrant workers from the Philippines face a dilemma - either they risk their lives working in the conflict- ridden country, or they return home and face job insecurity.
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