Migration & Refugees

BOOKS: Americana, a Filipino Story

By Joan Erakit
One of the fastest-growing Asian immigrant groups in the United States, Filipinos are perceived as the most likely to assimilate with ease.  That is, of course, if you’re looking from the outside in.

Boats of Hope Head for Australian Rocks

By Amantha Perera
It was a decision based on simple sums. Ananda, 28, from Weligama in the southern Sri Lankan district Matara decided to risk it all boarding a boat to Australia last year because he never had enough money.

It’s Afghanistan Again in a Turkish Town

By Karlos Zurutuza
People run back home at dusk, just when the shooting intensifies. To Sha Mehmed the experience is familiar. He was 11 when he left his native Afghan village to settle in this small Turkish town on the border with Syria.

Headed Somewhere in Europe, Somehow

By Apostolis Fotiadis
While the relentless war in Syria continuously adds to the number of refugees travelling west to Europe, Greece is fast becoming a nation they are choosing to avoid.

Europe Failing Syrian Refugees

By Ray Smith
Refugee rights organisations are demanding an EU-wide temporary protection regime for Syrian refugees. The announcement by some countries that they can take a few thousand refugees is not enough, the groups say.

Despite Recession, Global Migration on the Rise

By Roger Hamilton-Martin
New international migration figures released by the United Nations Wednesday show that more people than ever are living abroad. Around 232 million of the global population of seven billion are considered international migrants, simply defined as persons living outside their country of birth.

Italy Sees New Migrants Influx

By Stephanie Wildes
After what is remembered as the North Africa emergency of 2011, Italy is again seeing an increase in the arrivals of migrants, especially asylum seekers.

Domestic Workers Emerge from the Shadows

By Carey L. Biron
An international convention enters into effect on Thursday that could eventually extend labour rights to as many as 100 million domestic workers across the globe, a constituency that has historically been bypassed by national laws.

U.N. Chief Dodges Question on “Illegal” Attack on Syria

By Thalif Deen
When Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was South Korea's foreign minister during 2004-2006, his answers to reporters were so predictably evasive the press corps in Seoul affectionately dubbed him "the slippery eel".

Migrant Rights Defenders in Mexico Face Growing Pressure

By Emilio Godoy
"No one can stop me from working for migrants' rights, because no one is above my own conscience," said Mexican Catholic priest Alejandro Solalinde.

Hard to Stay, Harder to Return

By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
After working in Thailand legally for four years, many Myanmar migrant workers are facing an uncertain future in the coming weeks as their visas expire. Tired of the lack of security, they want the Myanmar government to improve the current labour agreement with Thailand.

Poor and Disabled When Disaster Strikes

By Lucy Westcott
Upon first glance, the emergency checklist distributed in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake looks like any other. Organised into key categories like water, sanitation and hygiene, and psychosocial support, the information is typical of the kind circulated for emergency response.

U.S. Task Force Urges Climate Change Preparations

By Jared Metzker
The United States government is recommending new preparations aimed at protecting vulnerable communities from climate change-related disasters, a year after a major hurricane devastated swaths of the country’s East Coast.

Violence Against Civilians Peaks in Central African Republic

By Edith Drouin-Rousseau
As Michel Djotodia took his oath as the new president of the Central African Republic (CAR) on Aug. 18, Séléka, the coalition of rebel groups that he led and that helped him overthrow the government on Mar. 23, were still looting and killing civilians.

Israel Defiant on Settlements as Peace Talks Open

By Mitchell Plitnick
Against the backdrop of two major announcements of Israeli settlement expansion, U.S.-brokered peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians resumed Thursday in Jerusalem.

More Kids Pushed Into Labour in Lebanon

By Zak Brophy
With Lebanon fraying at the seams under pressure from the neighbouring Syria conflict and the economy stuttering amid a political vacuum, more and more children are being pushed into labour.  

Migrant Workers Finding Opportunity in Russian Far East

By Evgeny Kuzmin
Traditionally the bulk of migrant labourers in Russia’s Far East have come from China, with a few North Koreans mixed in. But of late, workers from Central Asia have been pushing their Chinese competitors off the lowest rung on the labour ladder in eastern Siberia.

Australian ‘Outsourcing’ of Refugees Challenged

By Catherine Wilson
The Australian asylum policy of rejecting boat arrivals has been condemned by the United Nations Refugee Agency, Pacific island leaders, migration experts and human rights organisations.

Cuba, a Country with a Broken Heart

By Leonardo Padura
For Cubans, baseball is not a sport, much less a game: it is almost a religion, and taken very seriously.

Nepali – But Not in the Eyes of Nepal

By Naresh Newar
Ten years after she was trafficked to an Indian circus, 22-year-old Radha has returned home stateless, with no document to prove she is a Nepali citizen. Her parents are Nepali but she married a fellow Indian circus member, and does not qualify to be a Nepali citizen any more.

Australia Sends First Refugees to Papua New Guinea

By AJ Correspondents
The first asylum-seekers sent to Papua New Guinea (PNG) under Australia's tough new refugee policy have arrived in the Pacific nation, to be detained at the Australian-run processing centre.
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