Australian court gives ex-immigration detainees in Australia a break!
Photo credit: the Guardian Ankle bracelets and curfews on former immigration detainees in Australia will be…
Biden under knocks!
Rights Advocates criticised President Joe Biden of the United States for referring to an undocumented immigrant as an “illegal”.He was accused of echoing the dehumanising rhetoric of his predecessor, Donald Trump. Rights advocates and progressive lawmakers have long condemned the use of the term “illegal” to refer to human beings who do not have immigration…
BAM BAM L’AYO! WE’RE OVERFED!! – Adewale Sobowale
When I was a kid, I can still remember situations when I refused to eat. It normally happened when I was annoyed. Whenever that happened, my mother wouldn’t utter a word. She would have her meal, and for what I then thought was an overkill, she would begin singing, Bamubamu la yoAwa o mo p’ebiNpo’mo…
Israeli attacks on Palestinian aid seekers continue
Israel has not relented in its efforts to fire Palestinian civilians. Al Jazeera reports that its cameras captured some Israeli forces firing a crowd of Palestinians awaiting aid distribution at the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza City. The attack is noted to be the second since yesterday. It is also reported that an Israeli air attack…
US judge blocks new immigration law in Texas
A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S., dealing a victory to the Biden administration with a broad rejection of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s immigration enforcement effort. U.S. District Judge David Ezra’s preliminary injunction pausing a law that…
Lords checkmate Rwanda plan!
The U.K.’s Upper House has passed five amendments on the Rwanda bill. If the amendments are ratified, it would make it harder for the lower house to declare Rwanda a “safe” country. It would therefore require the government to comply with domestic and in international laws. The amendments would also severely affect the main purpose…
Sheffield United 0-6 Arsenal; Match Report
A breathless, brutal display of attacking football saw us equal our record away win the Premier League for the second time in a matter of weeks. Following a 6-0 win at West Ham late last month, and a 5-0 hammering of Burnley in our last away league game, we were at it again at Bramall…
Nigerians deploy different strategies to survive as economic hardship kontinu to bite
Di rising cost of living dey push Nigerians to di point wey be say dem no know wetin to do again. Wit inflation wey don almost hit di highest in thirty years for January, almost half of di population dey live inside poverty now. Di money wey dem dey earn dey below $1 a day….
Trump’s claims of a migrant crime wave are not supported by national data
When Donald Trump speaks at the southern border in Texas on Thursday, you can expect to hear him talk about “migrant crime,” a category he has coined and defined as a terrifying binge of criminal activity committed by undocumented immigrants spreading across the country. “You know, in New York, what’s happening with crime is it’s…
Australian court gives ex-immigration detainees in Australia a break!
Photo credit: the Guardian Ankle bracelets and curfews on former immigration detainees in Australia will be stripped. The Daily News reports that the country’s highest court has ruled both encumbrances invalid. A High Court decision ruled that indefinite detention was illegal and resulted in the release of 215 immigration detainees as of October 18, 2024. However, of…
Tanzania achieves 128% food self-sufficiency!
Photo credit: Business Insider Africa The East African country has achieved 128% food security. Business Insider Africa reports that the country now exports some of its export products to other African countries, according to President Samia Suluhu Hassan. She announced welcome development on October 31 at the World Food Prize Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue in Iowa….
Products recalled after pieces of metal were found!
Photo credit: City news Dozens of popular bread and bun products have been recalled by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency after pieces of metal were found in some of the products. City News reports that Wonder, No Name, Country Harvest, D’Italiano, and President’s Choice are among the well-known brands affected by the recall. The affected items were shipped to…
Migrant workers exposed to extreme heat in the Gulf!
Photo credit: the Guardian Migrant workers across the Gulf are risking their lives by being forced to work up to 14 hours a day in deadly temperatures, according to human rights researchers. The Guardian reports that a human rights organization, Equidem, interviewed over 250 migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE between 2021 and May…
Could Our Society be Sane?
Photo credit: Shutterstock A friend sent a video to me some twenty four hours ago on whatsapp. That video made me ask the question, Are we OK? In the video, five boys are caught after they have burgled a shop. When I say they are boys, well, they are boys. But permit me to say…
Migrants on Diego Garcia offered move to UK!
Photo credit: BBC Tamil Sri Lankan asylum seekers who have been held for more than three years on the Island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago, which is currently under colonial rule by the British Indian Island Territory Administration, will be offered the opportunity to transfer to the UK. LEIGH DAY reports that it…
