Full Coverage: Migration
April 2008
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04/30/2008
A first batch of Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal has landed in America. Described as one of the largest resettlement programmes in the world, the US has agreed to take in 60,000 refugees. Away from sub-human conditions in the camps, they are finding their new life both strange and full of prospects.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Human Rights] [Refugees] [International Cooperation] Image: Beginning a new life / Photo credit: BBC
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04/24/2008
Dr Marcella D’Souza, executive director of Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) in western India, has been awarded the Indian Merchant Chambers' Woman Of The Year Award. During an interview to OneWorld South Asia, she talks of her dream where rural folk live in harmony, secure sustainable livelihoods and enjoy an enhanced quality of life.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related: [South Asia] [Environmental Activism] [Climate Change] [Environment] [Water/Sanitation] Image: Dr Marcella receiving the Woman Of The Year Award from industrialist Rahul Bajaj / Photo credit: Huned Contractor / OWSA
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04/23/2008
Kahdeksan tunnin työpäivä on Argentiinan muotiteollisuuden paperittomille ompelijoille kaukainen haave. Bolivialaiset työläiset perustivat hikipajojen orjatyötä paetakseen oman osuuskunnan.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Argentina] [Bolivia] [Labor] |
04/17/2008
YK:n julkaisema tutkimus kääntää päälaelleen käsityksen, jonka mukaan aivovienti ainoastaan kurjistaa lähtijöiden kotimaita. Lähteminen voi itse asiassa hyödyttää kumpaakin maata, sillä lähtijät voivat myöhemmin tuoda kotimaihinsa uutta pääomaa, kontakteja ja tietotaitoa.
Read moreFrom: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus |
04/16/2008
Poliisivartija vai luvattoman rajanylityksen suunnittelija? Syytön sivustaseuraaja vai laittoman siirtolaisuuden avustaja? Mikä tahansa tuntuu mahdolliselta, kun suomalaiset seuraavat puskasta kuubalaisten maastamuuttoa.
Read moreFrom: Voima Kustannus Oy Related: [Cuba] Image: © Radio Netherlands
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04/16/2008
The Blue Alert campaign in five Indian coastal cities witnessed hundreds calling for government action to mitigate climate change threats. An earlier report by Greenpeace has highlighted possible displacement of over 125 million people in India and Bangladesh that puts vulnerable coastlines at risk.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [India] [Activism] [Climate Change] [Population] |
04/14/2008
Heikkenevä talous ja kohoavat kuluttajahinnat Yhdysvalloissa vaikuttavat dramaattisesti siirtolaisten lähtömaihin suuntautuviin rahalähetyksiin. Monet siirtolaiset eivät pysty lähettämään yhtä paljon kuin ennen, ja dollarin heikkeneminen vähentää lähetysten ostovoimaa.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Economy] Image: © American Friends Service Committee
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04/11/2008
Lakkoon ryhtyvät siirtolaistyöläiset vaativat tiukkojen ulkomaalaislakien kumoamista, paperittomien siirtolaisten virallistamista sekä siirtolaisia riistävien työnantajien rankaisemista.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld España Related: [Spain] [Labor] Image: - © Fundación Chandra
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04/03/2008
For people running from bullets and shells their whole lives, the idea of a peaceful future is like a mirage. With peace returning in Sri Lanka the internally displaced population are being resettled. But will they be able to live a normal life? The question lingers.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Human Rights] [Refugees] |
04/01/2008
In line with the policy of closing down all refugee camps in Pakistan by December next year, the government continues to send back Afghan nationals back to their country. In March alone, over 10,000 of them were repatriated. Currently, over three million registered and unregistered Afghan refugees are living in Pakistan.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [United Nations] [Human Rights] [Refugees] Image: Afghans returning to their homeland / Photo credit: Akmal Dawi / IRIN
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