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US to block ships from Iranian ports
Photo credit: Reuters President Donald Trump said on Sunday the US Navy would start blockading the Strait of Hormuz, raising the stakes after marathon talks wth Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war, jeopardizing a fragile two-week ceasefire. The Korea Herald reports that the US Central Command stated US forces would begin implementing a…
How Africa’s Unending Migration Crisis Strips Human Dignity
Photo credit: IOM blog Across Africa, individuals migrate in search of employment and stability from one region to another, seeking readily available opportunities. African Liberty reports that as these movements occur, migrants travel without documentation or legal protection, which exposes them to dangers, including coercion, abuse, and trafficking. A recent article published by Diplomatic Courier highlights irregular migration…
Stephanie Comilang explores migrant labour and global mobility
Photo credit: hr2 kultur In her work, Stephanie Comilang engages themes of labour, technology and postcolonial entanglement in the context of global mobility. Artdaily reports that she combined documentary footage, fictional elements and personal narratives. She describes her films as “science fiction documents”. In “Lumapit Sa Akin, Paraiso” (Come to Me, Paradise) (2017, 26 min),…
Domestic Indian migrants weigh return home in energy crunch
Photo credit: Arab News Domestic migrants in India, who often travel thousands of kilometres for work, are weighing up whether to leave New Delhi for good as energy resources choked by the Middle East war dwindle. The Daily Mail reports that black market prices of cooking gas cylinders have soared beyond what labourers living hand-to-mouth…
Welsh car wash used for people trafficking
Photo credit: ITVX The game was up for a couple of men, Dilshad Shamo and Ali Khdir, who were facilitating the illegal entry of migrants from outside the EU. WalesOnline reports that both men ran their operation from a car wash on the side of a busy Caerphilly road, and it was difficult to comprehend…
Israel kills 6 in fresh airstrike on Gaza refugee camp
Photo credit: Reuters At least six people have been killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a police station in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. AA reports that Israeli warplanes struck the police facility in the camp, marking another violation of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The attack resulted…
EU migration controls fail to curb departures from Africa
Photo credit: Euro News Tighter EU borders and migration deals with African countries have failed to reduce the number of departures from Africa, but merely temporarily diverted irregular routes, according to a report by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) The ICMPD, an organization that works for the EU and European governments to develop migration policies,…