Myanmar migrant school shares love of learning in Thailand!
Photo credit: DVB English Htay Aung, a 22-year-old, founded Dana Migrant Education Center earlier this year to educate Myanmar children living in Chiang Mia. Source DVB
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Man from Sri Lanka dies during immigration check!
Photo credit: Daily Mirror A man from Sri Lanka has died after falling from a pedestrian bridge connecting JB Sentral and Sultan Iskandar Building during an immigration check on Thursday. Malay Mail reports that the incident involved a foreign worker believed to be in his 30s, employed as a factory operator, according to a statement…
Canada adds half a million people, but no new businesses!
Photo credit; New York Times Despite a looming population, Canada has yet to see growth in the number of businesses that operate. Statistics Canada (Stat. Can.) data shows active businesses were unchanged in July. With companies continuing to close faster than those opening, the problem may intensify as the global economy weakens. Canada’s business community continues…
How Mexican cartels manage the flow of migrants on their way to US border!
Photo credit: the seatle times Migrant encounters at the US-Mexico border have reached a four-year low. AP reports that, however, days before the US election, in which immigration is a major issue, migrants have continued pouring into Mexico. Although US authorities are giving much credit to their Mexican counterparts for stemming the flow, organized crime…
Quebec allows medical assistance in dying!
Photo credit: Radio Canada The federal government has said it won’t interfere with Quebec’s new law allowing people to make advance requests for medical assistance in dying (MAID), though some doctors in the province are opposed. Source: CBC
Buhari in Trump! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: France 24 When Mr Trump called Nigeria a shit hole country, he conveniently forgot to tell the world that he is a shit hole president. Or what manner of man could become the president of the most powerful president in the world and then proceed to become a bull in a chinaware shop?…
Canada asked to launch probe into missing Indigenous children!
Photo credit: CBC A final report into missing children and unmasked graves at residential schools is calling on the Canadian government to create an Indigenous-led national commission with a 20-year mandate to investigate missing and disappeared Indigenous children. Global News reports that the report also calls on the government to refer itself to the International…