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by Jeremaiah M. Opiniano OFW Journalism Consortium PASAY CITY–Former Dubai-based bus driver Lisandro feels less awkward despite having been on the road on a passenger seat for over-10 hours. He and 136 male bus drivers have grown accustomed...
Tags: OFWs, migration, human mobility, Philippines, overseas Filipinos, human development
It's an age-old story: immigrants arrive in the US hopeful they can make a better life for themselves. And most also hope they can send some money back to make life a bit easier for the family they left behind. The money they send...
Tags: remittance, AMUCSS, Martin Zuvire, Mexican Association of Social Sector Credit Unions, economy, Bank of Mexico, construction, petroleum exports, immigration, migration, unemployment
A young Indian journalist was threatened and attacked after she went underground to reveal migration and education scams in Australia that try to defraud international students, including those from India.
Tags: ABC TV, Australia, Education Scams, India, Indian Journalist, International students, Migration
Some surprising new facts appeared in this week's news. Regarding how many Mexicans are coming to the US: The number of Mexican immigrants entering the US has fallen sharply. It has hit a 10-year low (in the 12 months...
Tags: immigration, migration, illegal immigration, Latinos, joblessness, remittances, US Border Patrol, population trends, Hispanic workers, on-the-job deaths
On the back of a week where even the official Opposition tabled plans to continue the haemorrhage of taxpayer money ("foreign aid") to the richest citizens of the world's poorest countries, it seems our own education system is under more direct strain...
Tags: immigration, schools, education, funding, places, cameron, conservatives, foreign aid, aid, migration, dependents
The Department of Homeland Security reported their numbers last month. They haven't apprehended so few illegal aliens since 1973. One wonders: Why is that? Is it the U.S. economic downturn? Or could it be beefed-up enforcement efforts?...
Tags: illegal immigration, migration, border enforcement, US Border Patrol, Department of Homeland Security, Wayne Cornelius, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego, economic downturn
The Italian Senate should reject legislative proposals that would impose criminal penalties on undocumented migrants and provide a national framework for vigilante groups, Human Rights Watch said today. The senate is expected to vote on the legislation...
Tags: Migration
Web-designer Walt Staton, 27, a volunteer with a Tucson AZ humanitarian aid group, routinely places sealed jugs of drinking water in the Arizona desert at the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, in the paths undocumented migrants use as they...
Tags: Walter Staton, Bill Walker, No More Deaths, Fish and Wildlife Service, 9th Circuit Court, U.S. Border Patrol, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, migration, desert deaths, littering
I first met Vipin as my father and I stepped out onto an airport tarmac a few months ago in Calgary. Vipin, an impressive looking middle aged man with remarkably straight posture greeted us, informing us that he was our designated driver for the...
Tags: India, Immigrant, Desi, Toronto, Vancouver, Migration, Culture, Work, Unemployment, Recession
What would you ask three Hondurans who, just the night before, slipped across the border between Mexico and the US? What would you want to know? How did they do it? They ran into the darkness down a mountain to wade across the cold Rio Grande River. Then...
Tags: illegal aliens, migration, illegal immigration, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S.-Mexico Border, Rio Grande River, economic problems, extortion, rape