Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Suad Hamada MANAMA, Mar 3, 2011 (IPS) – Thousands of foreign labourers here are squeezed into houses the government says are uninhabitable, but they are unlikely to get any relief soon, with the non- stop protests in the capital hurting many businesses. After Tunisia and Egypt, it [...]
Israel Grows Ever-Harsher in Treatment of Migrants
March 2, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By David Elkins WASHINGTON, Mar 2, 2011 (IPS) – A new report from the Global Detention Project (GDP) on Israel’s immigration detention policies reveals the tough reality behind the feel-good story offered in the Academy Award-winning "Strangers No More", an inspirational documentary about students from migrant families who [...]
Vietnamese Struggle for a Place in Poland
March 1, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Robert Stefanicki WARSAW, Feb 28, 2011 (IPS) – Thuan has had little luck. In his youth he joined the "boat people" fleeing Vietnam to Indonesia. Deported back after six years, carrying the stigma of an anti-communist, he could not find a job. In 1999 Thuan (not his [...]
Migrant Workers in Mexico Left to Hoe Their Own Row
October 21, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Emilio Godoy ATLAUTLA, Mexico, Oct 21, 2010 (IPS) – Every year since 1975, Castro Solano has left his home in the town of Tlapa de Comonfort, in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, to work in other parts of the country as a seasonal farm labourer. "They [...]
MEXICO-U.S.: Visas No Guarantee for Migrant Worker Rights
October 10, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Oct 9, 2010 (IPS) – Mexican Alberto Rivero joined the ranks of seasonal workers in the United States in 2005, and for the last three years he has had to pay all the expenses associated with his visa, transportation and housing, although the [...]
CENTRAL ASIA: Remittances on the Rise
October 7, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW, Oct 7, 2010 (IPS) – Financial remittances to the Central Asian Republics by millions of both undocumented and legal migrants working in Russia have increased substantially, labour experts say. "Russia is the most important source of migrant remittances for many CIS (Commonwealth of [...]
Putrid Smell of Populism Haunts Migration Policies
October 6, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Julio Godoy IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BERLIN (IDN) – It may sound naive, but is nonetheless the truth: Migration has been the lot of humankind since the very first man wandered throughout the African savannas some three million years ago. Ever since, migration has been a central component of [...]
BULGARIA: Refuge Can Get Worse Than Rejection
July 23, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Claudia Ciobanu BUCHAREST, Jul 23, 2010 (IPS) – A protest to close down Busmantsi, a detention centre for undocumented migrants in Sofia, highlighted the obstacles faced by refugees and asylum- seekers in Bulgaria. The protest last month, which brought together 60-70 people, had as a symbolic aim [...]
