Canada’s election call expected on Sunday!
Photo credit: the globe and mail Prime Minister Mark Carney will ask the Governor General…
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…
Canada’s election call expected on Sunday!
Photo credit: the globe and mail Prime Minister Mark Carney will ask the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and call a federal election this Sunday, Radio-Canada has learned. The election campaign will kick off barely a week after Carney became prime minister and appointed his cabinet. Carney will go to Rideau Hall to speak to…
Immigrants in marriage fraud, others, face deportation!
Photo credit: LinkedIn The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has asked citizens to report suspected immigration fraud involving marriage, work visas, and other benefits. business Standard reports that the body posted on social media, “Getting married just to receive immigration benefits is a crime and can lead to deportation, arrest and substantial fines.”…
Migrant worker dies while building World Cup stadium!
Photo credit: Daily Mail A migrant worker has died while working on a new stadium being built for the 2034 World Cup. The Guardian reports that Muhammad Arshad, a Pakistani, fell to his death from an upper level during the construction of the Aramco Stadium in the eastern city of Al Khobar on 1 March, according to…
Word of the day: prorogue
prorogue: verb transitive verb 1. defer, postpone 2. to terminate a session of (something, such as a British parliament) by royal prerogative intransitive verb : to suspend or end a legislative session Source: Merriam-Webster dictionary
Protests in Turkey!
Photo credit: Balkan Insight Protests have erupted in Turkey after authorities detained the mayor of Istanbul, days before he was due to be selected as a presidential candidate. BBC reports that Ekrem Imamoglu of the secular Republican People’s Party (CHP) is seen as one of President Recep Erdogan’s strongest political rivals. The prosecution accused him of corruption and…
Indonesian migrant workers avoid Malaysia!
Photo credit: Tempo Stricter immigration regulations, frequent large-scale enforcement operations and media coverage of arrests of undocumented migrants have led to Malaysia no longer being the top destination for Indonesian workers. Malay Mail reports that many Indonesians are now seeking job opportunities in blue-collar sectors in European countries, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Indonesia’s Ambassador…
