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UK to trap people smugglers with novel sanctions regime!
Photo credit: ACL The UK will develop a new sanctions regime to cripple people smuggling crime rings and starve them of illicit finance fueling their operations. Gov.UK – the United Kingdom’s website – reports that the UK will develop a new sanctions regime to cripple people smuggling crime rings and starve them of illicit finance…
Philippines arrest 400 foreigners in scam centre!
Photo credit: the Peninsula Qatar Around 400 foreign nationals were arrested on Wednesday in a “large-scale” raid on a suspected online scam farm in Manila, according to the national immigration centre. Vnexpress.net reports that authorities raided a building and found workers allegedly engaged in online scam operations targeting victims abroad. International has grown in recent…
Trudeau says Canada won’t join US!
Photo credit: Radio Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said \tuesday there “isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become a part of the United States.” Global News reports that the statement came after US president-elect Donald Trump threatened to compel a merger through “economic force.” Trump had in a wide-ranging press conference said, “we…
Sri Lanka to boost economy with migrant workers’ savings!
Photo credit: Daily FT Authorities in Sri Lanka are exploring avenues to channel foreign earnings into local investments to boost the country’s economy. Daily Mirror Online reports that they are planning to empower returning migrant workers to reinvest their savings in the country. The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) has announced the launch…
Trudeau resigns!
Photo credit: New York Times Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is stepping down as Liberal leader. In Parliamentary or Westminster systems of government, the leader of the governing party becomes the head of government: the Prime Minister. CTV News reports that while Trudeau steps down as Liberal leader he will prorogue Parliament while the Liberal Party…
Refugee feared he’d be forced to fight his people!
Photo credit: RNZ A Crimean man who feared being conscripted to fight by Ukraine has been given refugee status in New Zealand. RNZ reports that the man arrived in New Zealand 28 years ago after jumping ship and sailing. His first asylum application was rejected in 2006, but he remained in the country. Aged 50,…
Anti-immigration outrage in South africa!
Photo credit: Boston Globe As anti-immigration rages, migrants from Zimbabwe are jumping the border into South Africa with ease. Sky News reports that a knee-height barbed wire fence can easily be hooped over to enter South Africa from Zimbabwe where migrants hope to find a better life but are often forced to live in poverty…