Concerns over recruitment of migrant workers
Photo credit: Business and Human Rights Centre Malaysia risks repeating the same failures in its…
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…
Concerns over recruitment of migrant workers
Photo credit: Business and Human Rights Centre Malaysia risks repeating the same failures in its migrant worker recruitment system unless it urgently restores transparency and accountability, Tenaganita, the Malaysian human rights nonprofit organization has warned. The Sun reports that the group’s executive director, Glorene a Das, said public confidence in labour migration policies has been severely…
Immigration agent bags 3 years of rigorous imprisonment
Photo credit: Indian Express A local court in Mohali, India, has convicted an immigration agent in a visa fraud case and sentenced her to three years of rigorous imprisonment, imposing a fine of Rs 1.02 lakh as compensation to the complainant. The Indian Express reports that Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Anish Goyal held Chhavi Sharma…
What happens if there is a nuclear war?
Nine countries currently either say they have nuclear weapons or are believed to possess them. The Mainichi of June 19, 2025, reported that the first to have nuclear arms were the five nuclear-weapon states – the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom. All of them are signatories to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which commits…
Waiting Game? – Adewale Sobowale
With the advent of 2020 came a lot of welcoming gestures. Peoples went praying to whatever they believed in their various religions and irreligion. They topped it up with wearing their brand new clothes, eating their favourite dishes and imbibing their choice drinks. There was great hope that the year 2020 would be better than…
Iran reverses course on reopening Strait of Hormuz
Iran has reversed its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, citing an ongoing US naval blockade. Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has said Iran is ready to inflict “new bitter defeats” on the US and Israel. On the state TV on Saturday (April 18), a newsreader quoted a statement attributed to Khamenei saying, “The army…
Georgia detains 53 foreign nationals
Photo credit: SOVA News The Migration Department of Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained 53 foreign nationals living illegally in the country over the past few days. Azer News reports that a statement from the ministry’s press service says the detainees include citizens of Ghana, Zimbabwe, India, the Philippines and Ethiopia. Law enforcement authorities carried…
West Nipissing declares state of emergency as flooding worsens
Photo credit: Yahoo News Canada The municipality of West Nipissing has declared a state of emergency as flooding worsens across the region, with rising water levels, road washouts and ongoing rainfall creating a rapidly evolving situation. CBC News reports that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has issued a flood watch. Municipal crews, Ontario…
