Immigrants Hurt?

" Consider this cost: After years of mule-headed congressional refusals to increase the number of H-1B visas for highly skilled workers, Microsoft recently opened a research facility in Vancouver for such workers. We...

Don’t stop me now: The Calais ‘jungle’ & No Borders Camp

French Immigration Minister Eric Besson today (17 September 2009) announced that he will clear the makeshift tents in Calais nicknamed ‘the jungle’ by the end of this week. An exclusive, but gut-wrenching...

Flirting with the 5 crore people of Bundelkhand : Sanjay Pandey

During five year drought in Bundelkhand, nearly fifty percent of its total population had migrated to metro cities like Delhi & Mumbai. In search of their livelihoods they left  their  homes with bag and baggage . According to Sanjay Pandey ,national convener of...

Low migration levels - Threatening UK's Socio-Economic Health

The falling fertility rate and an ageing population mean too little immigration may turn out to be a bigger problem for the UK than too much migration. " Migrant workers gather around job advertisements in Polish and other eastern European languages in...

IRELAND: Misery of the returned emigrant

A likely story! We left Ireland when I was eleven and a half –settled in San Francisco, because my father said there as "too much for too few and too little for too many," in Ireland. That was a generation ago, when Ireland was one of the poorest countries in Europe. I...

Capitalism and Socialism

Both Capitalism and Socialism all over the world have failed to bring down poverty level. Now World needs new order like Socio-Capitalism, in which capitalists are in check by Collective reforms. So the benefit of development is passed on to entire population. Social security...

China's railways carried 75 million passengers between Jan. 11-27

Hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens packed planes, trains and buses to visit family during the 2009 New Year holiday, a 17% increase from last year. " China's railways carried 75.05 million passengers...

One in Five South Africans wants to leave

Twenty percent of the South African population wants to, considers or is seriously planning to leave their country. What is interesting is that half of them a black. Yes, that is interesting, as it is often assumed that only whites want to pack their bags. This assumption is...

UK to cut immigration from outside Europe

"LONDON, Nov 11: Britain on Tuesday published a list of industry sectors open to workers from outside Europe, which the government says will reduce by 200,000 the number of jobs open to migrants from outside Europe. Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said the government had...

Mass Migration Of Tribesmen Due To War Between Taliban And Security Forces In...

GHALLANAI: Tribal people of tehsil Lakkaro and neighboring villages in Mohmand Agency have vacated their houses due to escalation in the war between the local Taliban militants and the security forces. Political authorities have closed the roads for all sorts of traffic after...

Migrant workers from around the world protest institutionalization of migration

Migrant groups from several nations joined labor unions and civic organizations in the opening of the first International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees (IAMR) at the Bayview Park Hotel, Manila.The delegates...

Natural Resources and Environment | University of Michigan

"Elizabeth Nysson, a second-year master's student at the U-M School of Natural Resources and Environment, has received a financial award from Safari Club International Michigan Involvement Committee (SCI MIC) for...

Where are the Birds?

"Beaches once thick with birds quiet thanks to Ike"" GILCHRIST, Texas (AP) -- One of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent. Blame Hurricane Ike. "We had...

Cattle shown to align north-south

"Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way? Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction. Wild deer also display this behaviour - a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by...

Russia's sex slave industry thrives, rights groups say

"Young women in bright miniskirts and high heels line up to sell themselves in the dingy back streets throughout the Russian capital. Moscow's illegal flesh markets are flourishing, with up to 30 women at each pickup point, or tochka, standing in order of price for the night....

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