Migration becomes a ‘dirty war’
HAFED AL-GHWELL May 25, 2024 In an era marked by geopolitical upheaval and humanitarian crises, the surge in migration from the areas around the Sahara to the southern shores of […]
Germany strikes a brave new deal on immigration
A new citizenship law is followed by huge protests against far-right xenophobia Jan 21st 2024 | BERLINShare Germany’s debate over migration sometimes seems divorced from reality. The country’s low birth rate and shrinking […]
Macron plans changes to allow immigration referendum in France
AFP – news@thelocal.fr Published: 7 Sep, 2023 French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he would offer proposals to widen referendums in France to allow a possible ballot on immigration demanded […]
An immigration weake-up call
Aug 14,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg NEW HAVEN — For around a week in late June, Western media were obsessed with the fate of the Titan, a […]
‘They will never be granted the visa in their lifetime’: the families waiting decades to settle parents in Australia
Sarah encouraged her parents to apply for contributory visas in 2019 on the understanding the process would only take a few years. Photograph: Tony McDonough/The Guardian As processing times for […]
The mind of the asylum seeker is like an engine – always turning, always trying to find ways to survive
The heat or eat diaries Immigration and asylum Paul It feels like the UK government hopes we will just give up and go home. But that would put my family’s […]
Immigration fuels Canada’s largest population growth of over 1 million
bbc.com By Madeline Halpert BBC News Canada’s population grew by over a million people for the first time ever last year, the government has said. The country’s population increased from […]
‘Migrants vital’ to meet demand for 10,000 extra accountants a year
BUSINESS Australia needs to rethink its attitudes to skilled migration and get rid of caps, say accounting associations. By Josh Needs•12 January 2023• Australia needs 30,000 additional accounting, audit, and finance professionals over the next three years to meet demand and the professional bodies say revisions to the skilled migrant program […]
US needs to provide legal certainty to Afghan evacuees
KERRY BOYD ANDERSON December 27, 2022 Short Url The chaos of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover in 2021 left behind thousands of Afghans who had worked […]
Higher immigration or higher interest rates for America?
Dec 07,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ricardo Hausmann and Dany Bahar LONDON — The US economy is demanding too many workers. There are about twice as many job vacancies across […]
Canada: Why the country wants to bring in 1.5m immigrants by 2025
By Robin Levinson-King BBC News, Toronto Canada is betting big on immigration to fill the gap in its economy left by aging Baby Boomers leaving the workforce – but not […]
Population in the US: as small towns shrink, is immigration the answer?
Beyond 8 billionPopulation If a growing population is necessary for a healthy US economy, the country may have to rely on immigration to deliver it Eric Berger in CaruthersvilleFri 18 Nov […]
We need more immigrant workers, says Next boss
By Simon Jack Business editor The chief executive of High Street chain Next is urging the government to let more foreign workers into the UK to alleviate chronic labour shortages. […]
How new UK leader can benefit from stronger Mideast links
DR. BASHAYER AL-MAJED October 27, 2022 Short Url It has been a tumultuous few weeks in the UK, with three prime ministers in two months, countless ministerial resignations and the […]
Anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats celebrate election gains
Nationalist party will demand share of power once preliminary result is announced Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Akesson celebrates at the party’s election watch on Sunday evening © Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images […]
The Iron Lady’s vision for UK: No place for Asians
Vivek Gumaste Margaret Thatcher The anchor’s crestfallen face after interviewing Margaret Thatcher embodied the plight of the Asians in Britain then: permanent rejection from British society after having spent a […]
Muslims second ‘least-liked’ group in UK: Survey
Source: Arab News BY CHRISTOPHER HAMILL-STEWART 25.9% of Britons feel negatively toward them, 18.1% support banning Muslim immigration ‘Islamophobia remains one of the most acceptable forms of racism,’ expert tells […]
Islam, Sikhism and why immigration drives religion in Canada: ‘It’s the curriculum of our life’
By Ashleigh Stewart Global News Posted January 9, 2022 When Ushpreet Singh arrived in Whitehorse, Yukon, in late 2020, he was dismayed to find that the town of 33,000 people did […]
Germany celebrates 60 years of Turkish workers with exhibition
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA COLOGNE DEC 27, 2021 – 4:43 PM GMT+3An exhibition commemorating the 60th anniversary of Turkish workers coming to Germany can be seen in the Sachsenheim district […]
Islam and Islamophobia, and how democracies have responded
Direct Democracy Since 9/11, popular votes have increasingly been aimed against Islam, replacing the anti-Semitic and anti-communist slogans of the time before the terrorist attacks. Healthy democracies, however, have not […]