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Canada out of World Cup, …with a lot to be proud of
Photo credit: the Canadian press A mix of disappointment and pride lingered in the moments after Canada was ousted from the FIFA World Cup on Saturday. The Canadian Press reports that the team made history again and again throughout the tournament before falling to Morocco 3-0 in the round of 16. “We have a lot to…
Pakistan urges global alliance to combat human smuggling, illegal migration
Photo credit: UNODC State Minister for Interior Tallal Chaudhry has called for a coordinated global strategy and technology-driven solutions to combat illegal migration, telling an international forum in Vienna that human smuggling is a transnational challenge requiring greater international cooperation, intelligence sharing and expanded legal migration pathways, according to the Interior Ministry. Pakistan Today reports…
“Illegal migrant workforce set to grow” in Portugal
Photo credit: Portugal resident Portugal is at the risk of creating a growing underground workforce as tighter immigration and nationality laws push more foreign workers into irregular employment, according to the head of the country’s Migration Observatory. The Resident reports that in an interview with Espresso, Pedro Gois, director of the Migration Observatory, warned that recent policy changes are driving…
West Africa’s demand for vultures is reaching into Central Africa
Vultures are disappearing across parts of Africa for several reasons, but belief-based trade has become one of the most worrying and difficult to address. In parts of West Africa, demand for vulture heads, feathers, and other body parts is putting pressure on birds beyond the places where they are openly sold. European Wildlife reports that the…
Refugee camps to FIFA World Cup: Extraordinary players’ stories of inspiration
Eight years ago, a 17-year-old boy stood in front of over 200 FIFA officials and delivered a speech. “My name is Alphonso Davies,” he said. “My parents are from Liberia and fled the civil war. It was a hard life, but when I was five years old, a country called Canada welcomed us in. My…
That so-called deadline by Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: BBC I learned some so-called Nigerian youth have given South Africans living in Nigeria a 30-day ultimatum to leave Nigeria. I don’t believe we’re in the era of an “eye for an eye”. In fact, that system is rather obnoxious and outdated. While trying to understand where the youth are coming from, I can’t…
WHO Chief Rebukes Bishop’s Migration Remarks
Photo credit: SACBC Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus criticized remarks by conservative Catholic Bishop Athanasius Schneider, who called migration to Europe an “invasion”, saying such language dehumanizes people fleeing conflict and hardship. Borkena reports that in a social media post, Tedros said he read the bishop’s remarks “with a heavy heart,” arguing that calling human beings “invaders” takes away their “faces,…