Migration & Refugees

At Home, and Not at Home

By Zak Brophy
The influx of hundreds of thousands of war-weary refugees from Syria to Lebanon is putting an almost unbearable strain on many of the communities that have taken them into their homes. A domestic economic crisis compounded by the arrival of such large numbers of refugees is weighing heavily on many impoverished areas.

Fighting Sex Trafficking in Brazil – in Fiction and Reality

By Fabiana Frayssinet
The story generally begins in Brazil’s hinterland, with a pretty, young woman from a disadvantaged background and with little formal education, who is drawn in by false promises and ends up in a sex trade network that stretches overseas.

North Kivu Refugees Hope to Find Peace in Uganda

By Bastian Schnabel
As dawn rises over Nyakabande, a village in southwestern Uganda, people line up in front of a reception tent, exhausted and carrying only the few belongings they could bring across the border.

UNRWA Head Warns of Palestinian Crisis in Syria

By Joe Hitchon
A top United Nations official is warning that the plight of Palestinian refugees is being neglected amidst the ongoing crisis in Syria.

Immigrant Groups Say Spanish Hospitality in Danger

By Inés Benítez
“We used to be seen as really useful, and now we’re a pain in the neck,” said Roberto Suárez, an Ecuadorian who was complaining about proposed fines or prison sentences that could target Spanish citizens who help undocumented immigrants.

Task Force Urges Joint U.S.-Mexico Approach to Border

By Joe Hitchon
A group of business executives, civil society leaders, policy experts and former government officials from Mexico and the United States are recommending that the two countries expand cooperative law-enforcement efforts along the border.

To Walk Down The Street

By Mel Frykberg
Molotov cocktails, clouds of teargas, live gunfire, ambulance sirens wailing as they ferried the wounded, and round after round of rubber-coated metal bullets exploding in the street…these were familiar scenes in Palestinian protest.

U.S. Security Establishment Increasingly Worried about Climate Change

By Walter García and Joe Hitchon
More than three dozen national security officials, members of Congress and military leaders are warning of the threat climate change poses to U.S. national security, the latest in an indicator that U.S. intelligence and national security circles are increasingly worried about a warming planet.
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24 Nails Dug Into Body, Luckily

By Amantha Perera
Lahandapurege Ariyawathie feels she got off lightly - if returning home with 24 nails embedded in your body is lucky.

Modern Slavery Rears its Ugly Head in Chile

By Marianela Jarroud
In recent years, Chile has become a source, transit, and destination hub for human trafficking victims, experts say. According to judicial authorities, forced labour and sexual exploitation are the crimes most frequently associated with this "modern form of slavery”.

U.N. to Build Bridges Battling “Merchants of Hate”

By Thalif Deen
Amidst the rising tide of racial and religious intolerance worldwide - including xenophobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia - the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) will meet in the Austrian capital of Vienna later this week to strengthen cross-cultural relations in a world it describes as "alarmingly out of balance".

Crisis Group Urges Comprehensive Talks to End Sudan Conflicts

By Jim Lobe
Amidst ongoing violence and continuing humanitarian emergencies in Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, the International Crisis Group (ICG) called Thursday for a comprehensive solution to Sudan’s many regional conflicts.

Think Tank Urges “More Ambitious” U.S.-Mexican Agenda

By Jim Lobe
The electoral and political stars are aligning in ways that offer the United States and Mexico major opportunities to substantially deepen their cooperation, particularly on trade, energy, and immigration, according to a report released here Wednesday by a special commission of the Inter-American Dialogue (IAD).

Canada’s Israel Lobby Criticised on Refugees

By Paul Weinberg
Canada’s major Israel lobby organisation is running into conflict with critics who say it is betraying the historical liberal legacy of this country’s 380,000-member Jewish community.

Australian Boot to Asylum Seekers Challenged

By Catherine Wilson
Papua New Guinean opposition leader Belden Namah has launched legal proceedings against an Australian detention centre for asylum seekers in Manus province of this South Pacific island nation.

Landmark U.S. Immigration Framework Heavy on Border Security

By Carey L. Biron
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Monday unveiled a set of principles that will serve as an initial framework for a legislative push that many are increasingly optimistic could result in the largest overhaul of the country’s immigration system in decades.

Kyrgyzstan’s Labour Migrants Leave Behind “Social Orphans”

By Hamid Tursunov
Like most residents of her children’s home in Osh, Nargiza is a part-time orphan. Her father disappeared when she was born and her mother works long spells in Russia. Nargiza has no siblings and doesn’t know her grandparents. But she does see her mother from time to time.

Syrian Refugees Face Storms With Cardboard

By Zak Brophy
Zuhur al-Khalaf is eight months pregnant and lives in a one-room shack in northern Lebanon with her husband and five children. The cloth walls and cardboard roof have become sodden and musty after heavy storms this past week, and two of the children are suffering from fevers and chest infections.

Despite Immigration Reform, Travel Still Tricky for Cubans

By Patricia Grogg
Maria Lourdes, a Cuban, has two passports, one from the island and another from Spain, but until now traveling was only a dream.
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Experts Fear Collapse of Global Civilisation

By Stephen Leahy
Experts on the health of our planet are terrified of the future. They can clearly see the coming collapse of global civilisation from an array of interconnected environmental problems.

People Pay for Research Against Migrants

By Apostolis Fotiadis and Claudia Ciobanu
Publicly funded research is paying towards security systems that the EU is inviting major multinationals to put together to keep unwanted migrants out.
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