Asylum seekers, European Union, civil war

Why Europe Needs A Centralised Asylum Policy

Prolonged civil war conditions in many Middle eastern nations have forced an exodus of migrants towards European countries. Since 2015, European borders have been strained beyond capacity to handle the exasperated numbers of migrants wishing…

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US, Mexico, Labor rights, Covid-19, pandemic, migrant workers

Mexican consulates along with US Labor Department back up migrants to file complaints against employers

The US Labor Department has been encouraging and helping out migrant workers from Mexico to file complain against their employers, who did not give them their full wage or extra pay for the overtime they…

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China, Wang Yi, Human Rights Violation, Xinjiang province, Uighur people, US Authorities, US Custom and Border Protection, Glan, Rahima Mahmut, Human Rights campaigners,

Human Rights groups call on US authorities to ban all imports of cotton from China’s Xinjiang province

Due to the growing allegations of widespread forced labor in Chinese Xinjiang province, the Human rights campaigners have called upon US authorities to ban all cotton imports from China, The Guardian reported.  As per The Guardian, many largest…

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Seoul, Korea, migrant workers, disaster relief

Seoul announces relief fund for migrant workers

There is hope that other municipal governments in South Korea will also follow Seoul’s example by providing help for non-citizens affected by the pandemic. Migrant workers in the South Korean capital of Seoul have welcomed…

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Keywords Qatar, migrant workers, labor rights, kafala system, International Labor Organisation (ILO)

Qatar introduces new laws for welfare of migrant workers, now implementation is the key focus

In a welcoming move on Sunday, the Emir of Qatar introduced two new laws aiming at abolishing its abusive kafala system. The new laws would do away with earlier restriction as per which migrant workers…

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Banksy, Louise Michel, Mediterranean Sea, Moonbird, refugee migrants

Banksy funded boat Louise Michel close to ‘state of emergency’ with 200 migrant refugees onboard, say European authorities are turning them away

Migrant refugee crisis in the Mediterranean is increasingly becoming a human rights issue. Standing up to the plight of thousands of migrant refugees stranded in sea and travelling in hope of asylum in various countries…

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Working Group on Egypt urges U.S. officials in a letter to condemn the escalating human rights violations

According to the Carnegie Endowment For International Peace, the Working Group on Egypt wrote a letter to the U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo, urging him to seriously look into the escalating human rights violations in Egypt.…

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Migrant workers, Canada, pandemic

Foreign farm workers in Canada mistreated during pandemic

The outbreak of coronavirus among guest workers in Canadian farms has put a spotlight on their mistreatment at the hands of employers. For several decades now, foreign workers have been the mainstay of the Canadian…

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US, Human trafficking, Mongolia,

US embassy in Mongolia 2020 human trafficking report: minimum criteria to eliminate trafficking not met

The US embassy in Mongolia in its latest report analysing the country’s human trafficking situation highlighted that the Asian country did not meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The embassy added that…

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China, human rights, Teng Biao, Chinese Communist Party, Usanas Foundation,

Teng Biao calls Chinese Communist Party a humanitarian disaster and accuses Xi Jinping for making things worse

Teng Biao, a Chinese lawyer and a human rights activist during a recent webinar titled ‘Chinese Communist Party: An Existential Threat to Humanity and the Rules-based World Order’, said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),…

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