Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Jul 8, 2011 (IPS) – Reports of extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances, kidnappings and assaults are some of the heavy baggage that U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay is taking home from Mexico. Pillay, who ended an official visit here Friday, met [...]
MIDEAST: Israel’s Cornered ‘Slaves’ Speak Out
May 25, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours JERUSALEM, May 25, 2011 (IPS) – A new Israeli law that would bind migrant workers in nursing or care-giving professions to their employers is raising alarm amidst human rights groups and legal experts, who say that the law infringes upon the workers’ right to dignity [...]
Libyan Exodus Shrinks Remittances
April 13, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Simba Russeau CAIRO, Apr 13, 2011 (IPS) – 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. "With thousands returning [...]
Libya Poses Immigration Challenge to Italy
April 4, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Sabina Zaccaro ROME, Apr 2, 2011 (IPS) – The influx of migrants arriving from Libya and other African countries has created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in southern Italy. The number of migrants arriving on the island of Lampedusa has risen considerably over the previous few months, with [...]
PHILIPPINES: Migrant Workers Put Jobs Before Safety in Libya
April 1, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Kara Santos MANILA, Apr 1, 2011 (IPS) – 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. Exequel Masucal, a former [...]
Foreign Labourers Targeted Throughout Bahrain
March 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Suad Hamada MANAMA, Mar 25, 2011 (IPS) – As protests in Bahrain continue, increasingly migrant workers are being victimised in violent hate crimes. "We expats are victims of hate crimes because we didn’t leave the country or become part of the general strike called by the opposition [...]
ITALY: Migrants Settle Into Permanent Struggle
March 13, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Matt Carr BOLOGNA, Italy, Mar 13, 2011 (IPS) – The momentous political events in North Africa have been accompanied by increasingly apocalyptic warnings from the Italian government of a mass influx of unwanted immigration from Tunisia and Libya. This focus on real and potential immigration has tended [...]
