Saskatchewan cracks down on foreign worker exploitation
Photo credit: Global News Dhyan Jeny Enterprises Ltd. pleaded guilty in Moose Jaw Provincial Court…
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…
Saskatchewan cracks down on foreign worker exploitation
Photo credit: Global News Dhyan Jeny Enterprises Ltd. pleaded guilty in Moose Jaw Provincial Court on Aug. 11 to charging a foreign worker, making the first conviction under the Saskatchewan Foreign Worker Recruitment and Immigration Services Act (FWRISA). Global News reports that while this is the first conviction under the legislation, some experts say it…
UNICEF and UNHCR R-WASH program improves water services in East Africa
Photo credit: UNICEF A United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) program has improved the reliability and affordability of water services for refugees, internally displaced persons and host communities in Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan, according to a new evaluation. The Regional Program on Water and Sanitation for Refugees, Internally Displaced…
640 Afghan refugees released from Pakistani jails, return home
Photo credit: Afghan News The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoR) says 640 Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan after being released from Pakistani jails this week. Pajhwok Afghan News reports that, in a statement, the ministry said 585 returnees entered Afghanistan through the Torkham crossing, while 55 others returned through Spin Boldak in southern Kandahar province. The…
Living a Lie! – Adewale Sobowale
I wonder what Nigeria could be said to be positively good at.. I once said that if we are not ready to move, the world is not ready to wait for us. Let’s look at agriculture for instance, I was first surprised that farm produce are sold in the most prominent of supermarkets here. And…
Trump administration pauses visa appointments worldwide
US President Donald Trump’s administration has issued a pause on visa appointments for applicants around the world amid ongoing immigration crackdown by the US government. Reuters reports that a US State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday that it launched a global training initiative at all US embassies and consulates worldwide and that appointments for visa service will be…
Canada retaliates with dollar-for-dollar counter tariffs on US products
Canada announced it will match tariffs dollar for dollar on US products on Tuesday, marking a tit-for-tat escalation in the trade conflict with Canada’s largest trading partner. The National Post reports that Canada will impose 15, 25, and 30 per cent tariffs on products drawn from those targeted by US Section 338 and Section 232…
Ramaphosa to order arrest of instigators of anti-immigration marches
Photo credit: EWN South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed there will be arrests for those who instigated unrest over the presence of undocumented migrants in the country. Eyewitness News reports that Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema on Tuesday told Ramaphosa that the failure to bring those responsible to book gives the impression…
