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Over a million visited Ontario food bank!
Photo credit: CBC Over a million people visited an Ontario food bank in 2023. CP 24 reports that as food prices are soaring across the country, food banks are witnessing more people depending on their services, according to data released by a network of hunger relief organizations. Feed Ontario, a network of over 1,200 food…
Unauthorized migration into EU declines!
Photo credit: ABC News The European Union countries received fewer irregular migrants in the first eight months of this year. However, Daily Mail.com reports a spike in migrant arrivals to the Canary Islands, which are used as a stepping stone to continental Europe. Irregular migration dominated the European parliamentary elections in June and influenced recent state elections…
US backs 2 permanent seats for Africa on UN Security Council!
Photo credit: Times of Israel The United States has announced that it will support adding two permanent seats for African countries on the United Nations Security Council and a first-ever non-permanent seat for a small island developing nation. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US Ambassador to the UN, stated this in a speech to the Council on…
Migrant workers need “a fair wage” – Pope
Photo credit: The Manila Times Pope Francis has made a plea for migrant workers to be paid fairly. TUKO reports that he made the plea on Thursday when he visited the affluent city-state of Singapore, the last stop of his marathon Asia Pacific tour. In an address to local political orders, civil rights groups, and dignitaries,…
Candidates for Commonwealth Sec-Gen ask for reparations!
Photo credit: Reuters Three African contenders for the respected post of Commonwealth Secretary-General are calling for financial measures or reparative justice as reparations for slavery and colonialism. The candidates from the Gambia, Ghana, and Lesotho expressed their support for either financial reparations or “reparative justice” as they made their pitches to lead the 56-country organization.
11 Indonesian workers abducted!
Photo credit: Jarkata Globe At least eleven Indonesian migrant workers have been trafficked into Myanmar for forced labour after initially travelling to Thailand for jobs, according to the local workers union on Thursday. Jakarta Globe reports that the workers entered Thailand with entry visas. However, their employers later transferred them to Myanmar against their will, according…
