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February 2008

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Lavoratori immigrati in Italia - da meltingpot.org
02/21/2008 "Treviso non è razzista, ma una città civile": per dimostrarlo i cittadini trevigiani hanno lanciato l'appello online 'Treviso città aperta' "per dare all'Italia e a quanti ci guardano nel mondo, un'immagine meno chiusa e claustrofobica". "L’immagine di Treviso è profondamente cambiata negli ultimi anni: la città ospitale e gentile del passato ora appare rancorosa e chiusa. La responsabilità di questo mutamento di percezione è innanzitutto del ceto politico locale che ha preso in ostaggio il 'marchio' trevigiano" - scrivono i promotori dell'appello che vogliono evidenziare come "larga parte di questa società non discrimina le persone in base alla religione, alla sessualità, al colore della pelle". Intanto la Commissione europea ribadisce che non ci possono essere discriminazioni contro i cittadini stranieri a Verona, Romano d’Ezzelino (Vicenza) e Treviso.
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Related: [Civil Rights] [Social Exclusion] [Civil Society]
Image: Lavoratori immigrati in Italia - da meltingpot.org
Iran deported over 360,000 undocumented Afghans in 2007 / Photo credit: Abdullah Shaheen / IRIN
02/19/2008 Afghanistan government has urged Iran not to deport its illegal migrants, as it does not have the capacity to absorb them. More than two million Afghans live in Iran, of which less than half have the status of valid refugees.
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Related: [South Asia] [Refugees] [Conflict]
Image: Iran deported over 360,000 undocumented Afghans in 2007 / Photo credit: Abdullah Shaheen / IRIN
02/12/2008 The new Finnish Immigration Service has taken the reign from the Directorate of Immigration. The aim is to improve customer services, and one way of doing this will be the upcoming web-based feedback channels. That will not, however, automatically improve the attitudes in the customer service, something that has also triggered complaints.
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From: SixDegrees magazine
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Ruth Manorama
02/11/2008 Young women need to be part of an organisation to understand the 'collective consciousness', says Ruth Manorama, whose efforts have helped make a space for Dalit women in the mainstream feminist movement in India. In a close conversation, she looks back at her three decades of struggles and many victories.
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Related: [India] [South Asia] [Poverty] [Social Exclusion] [Gender] [Sexuality] [Activism]
Image: Ruth Manorama © Right Livelihood Award
02/08/2008 Diperlukan keberpihakan pemerintah kepada kaum petani di Bali agar mereka dapat ikut bermain di wilayah pariwisata yang menjadi urat nadi perekonomian Bali. Mestinya pemerintah memfasilitasi para petani agar bisa mengakses kebutuhan pangan ke pasar pariwisata. Kalau ini bisa dilakukan maka diyakini petani akan lebih sejahtera.
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Related: [Indonesia] [Development] [Agriculture] [Food] [Environment] [Biodiversity]
02/06/2008 Nepal’s recent decision to resettle refugees from Bhutan in third countries is good news for over 107,000 people who have lived in camps for the last 17 years. The first groups of refugees are expected to begin departing next month.

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