Full Coverage: Migration

31.08.2005 The UN has reported that an increasing number of people are disappearing in Nepal and this is being done by both - the government as well as the Maoist rebels. In another report, UNICEF has said that an estimated 2.4 million children and women are trafficked every year for prostitution, forced labour and mining work.

29.08.2005 Femmigration is a Gender and ICT project that was implemented with the objective of advising migrant women of their rights and of support services within the European Union (EU). The strategy was to build a website that would provide information about legal provisions with regards to migrant workers and prostitutes in the country of transit and country of destination. As much as information has been a tool for empowerment, without ICT and the Internet, the impact of Femmigration would have been limited.

26.08.2005 The Italian Consortium for Solidarity is engaged in several concrete projects for prevention of immigration or young people in Sharr municipality, said ICS officials on Wednesday, August 24.

22.08.2005 Victims of gender based violence in Kosovo, including victims of human trafficking, will soon have additional recourse for aid thanks to an agreement signed today by the United Nations and local postal authorities to establish a toll-free ‘HelpLine’ in the UN-administered province.

20.08.2005 JOHANNESBURG, Aug 20 (IPS) - They are trends that show little sign of abating: the influx of refugees and economic migrants to South Africa, and the extent to which these persons become the target of xenophobia.

18.08.2005 Ainda que seja a maior tragédia marítima do Equador, o naufrágio do barco que levava equatorianos que tentavam cruzar a fronteira dos Estados Unidos de maneira ilegal é apenas a ponta do iceberg. Para concretizar o sonho de uma vida com mais conforto e menos pobreza, centenas de equatorianos arriscam a própria vida.

17.08.2005 Lors de sa rencontre avec le gouverneur de État de Chihuahua, Reyes Baeza, et la ministre de la Justice, Patrizia Gonzalez, la secrétaire générale d'Amnesty International, Irene Khan, a accueilli favorablement la volonté qu’ils ont exprimée de s'occuper des affaires d'homicides de femmes. Irene Kahn a néanmoins fait part de sa déception devant le manque d'actions concrètes et les progrès limités accomplis dans de nombreuses affaires, suscitant des doutes quant à l'aboutissement du processus chez les familles des victimes.

16.08.2005 Nomads have been so badly hit by the Niger food crisis that their already fragile way of life is at risk, according to a new assessment in the south of the country.

14.08.2005 Many developing countries are facing crisis-level shortages in the health workforce as workers have been affected by HIV/AIDS or leaving for better opportunities abroad or in the private sector. Without coordinated action to address the crisis, health systems will not deliver the care required to meet the Millennium Development Goals, says id21, highlighting potential solutions.

06.08.2005 Migrant Latin labourers are the unseen force driving California's agriculture, but, writes Dan Glaister, there is growing alarm at the conditions under which they are forced to work.