Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Danielle Batist* JUBA, Jul 7, 2011 (IPS/Street News Service) – In their hundreds of thousands they have crossed the border, arriving by boat, bus or on foot. After decades of civil war with the north, South Sudanese have come back home to witness the birth of their [...]
Poor Countries Host Largest Share of Refugees
June 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN Poor Countries Host Largest Share of Refugees Credit: UN By Jerome Mwanda IDN-InDepth NewsReport NAIROBI (IDN) – The United Nations has taken the wind out of the sails of world’s rich countries that never tire of complaining about the citizens of developing lands burdening their rather [...]
ITALY: Refugees Find Easier Reception, For Now
June 21, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Matt Carr LAMPEDUSA, Italy, Jun 21, 2011 (IPS) – It’s 4.30 in the morning and the full moon is low in the sky above Lampedusa harbour as the Guardia di Finanza patrol boat escorts a fishing boat containing 19 Tunisian migrants into the closed military port. They [...]
Syrians Running Out of Refuge in Lebanon
May 25, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mona Alami BEIRUT, May 25, 2011 (IPS) – Syrians from the border town Tell Khalakh have been fleeing a wave of violence over recent weeks to cross into neighboring Lebanon. But those seeking refuge now face an uncertain fate. Syrian territory lies only a few hundred metres [...]
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 [...]
COLOMBIA: Return of Land to Displaced Farmers Picks Up Steam
March 17, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Helda Martínez BOGOTÁ, Mar 16, 2011 (IPS) – "Wholesale land titling" Colombia’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Juan Camilo Restrepo announced Tuesday, adding that titles would no longer only be handed over to individuals who file land claims, but to entire groups of people in specific [...]
BANGLADESH-LIBYA: Garment Industry Pledges to Employ Evacuated Labourers
March 16, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Naimul Haq DHAKA, Mar 16, 2011 (IPS) – Bangladesh’s garment factories and overseas recruiting agencies have pledged to employ a substantial number of Bangladeshi expatriates returning from politically volatile Libya, following the violent crackdown on opposition forces by Muammar Gaddafi’s regime there. In its latest move to [...]
LIBYA: Aid Groups Struggle with Rising Tide of Refugees
March 7, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Aprille Muscara UNITED NATIONS, Mar 7, 2011 (IPS) – The international community is ramping up efforts to alleviate the growing humanitarian crisis in Libya, with has affected over 200,000 people since the Muammar Gaddafi regime first began a violent crackdown on opposition forces some three weeks ago. [...]
KARACHI, BEIRUT OF SOUTH ASIA
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN Karachi stands in danger of turning into another Beirut of the 1970s and 1980s if the Government of Pakistan does not wake up in time to the implications of the unending clashes between the Mohajirs and the Pashtuns, between the Barelvis and the Deobandis and between the Shias and [...]