U.S.-Latin America Immigration Agreement Raises more Questions than Answers — Global Issues

U.S.-Latin America Immigration Agreement Raises more Questions than Answers — Global Issues

A hundred Central American migrants were rescued from an overcrowded trailer truck in the Mexican state of Tabasco. It has been impossible to stop people from making the hazardous journey of thousands of kilometers to the United States due to the lack of opportunities in their countries of origin. CREDIT:…

Immigrant Supports Other US Migrants Run the Gauntlet of Bureaucracy — Global Issues

Immigrant Supports Other US Migrants Run the Gauntlet of Bureaucracy — Global Issues

by Seimi Chu (stanford) Monday, July 18, 2022 Inter Press Service Stanford, Jul 18 (IPS) – Veronica Vega’s husband was the first in the family to immigrate to Oakland, California. When 27 years ago Vega decided to join him, she was five months pregnant and walked across the Mexican border to…

Migrant Workers from Mexico, Caught Up in Trafficking, Forced Labor and Exploitation — Global Issues

Migrant Workers from Mexico, Caught Up in Trafficking, Forced Labor and Exploitation — Global Issues

Mexican workers harvest produce on a farm in the western U.S. state of California. The number of temporary agricultural workers from Mexico has increased in recent years in the United States and with it, human rights violations. CREDIT: Courtesy of Linnaea Mallette by Emilio Godoy (mexico city) Friday, July 08, 2022…

Myths Fuel Xenophobic Sentiment in South Africa — Global Issues

Myths Fuel Xenophobic Sentiment in South Africa — Global Issues

Damage caused by arsonists during a xenophobic attack in Johannesburg. Credit: Lwazi Khumalo/IPS by Fawzia Moodley (johannesburg) Thursday, July 07, 2022 Inter Press Service Johannesburg, Jul 07 (IPS) – Around the world, from Syria to Libya, from Bangladesh to Ukraine, millions have become refugees in foreign lands due to war, famine,…

EUs Exclusionary Migration Policies Place People on the Move toward Europe at Greater Risk — Global Issues

EUs Exclusionary Migration Policies Place People on the Move toward Europe at Greater Risk — Global Issues

Opinion by Jan Servaes (brussels) Monday, July 04, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Jul 04 (IPS) – A mass attempt on June 24, 2022, of about 2000 African migrants to scale the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla left at least 37 people dead. Several human rights…

New and Old Afghan Refugees Make the Best of Life in Neighbouring Pakistan — Global Issues

New and Old Afghan Refugees Make the Best of Life in Neighbouring Pakistan — Global Issues

A man sells poultry in Refugees Market, Peshawar, on 17 June. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS. by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Thursday, June 23, 2022 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, Jun 23 (IPS) – “We came here in 1979 after Russia’s invasion of Afghanistan. My children and grandchildren have grown up here and they don’t…