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Hunger may hit Rohingya says UN refugee chief!
Photo credit: UN News UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said he fears a possible foreign funding cut would put thousands of persecuted Rohingya, currently sheltering in southeastern Bangladesh, in hunger and insecurity. AA reports that Bangladesh has been hosting more than 1.2 million Rohingya since they fled a military crackdown in Myanmar in 2017….
PC Party scores a hat trick!
Photo credit: global news Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative Party has won the Ontario election, securing a third majority win. CTV News reports that Ford called the snap winter election, saying he needed a “strong mandate” from voters to address the threat of US tariffs that could devastate Ontario’s economy. Polls showed for months that Ford’s…
Migrants recount Guantanamo ordeals!
Photo credit: the Guardian Jose is a Venezuelan migrant who was seeking asylum in the US. However, he ended up in Guantanamo Bay, home of the notorious US prison camp that administration officials said would house the most violent “worst of the worst” migrants apprehended on American soil. ABC News reports Jose as saying, “When we…
It’s Election Day in Ontario!
Photo credit: CBC On the eve of Ontario’s general election, the Progressive Conservatives hold a significant lead over their rivals and maintain an almost identical advantage to the one they had at the beginning of the campaign. Global News reports that in a poll conducted for it by Ipsos Global Public Affairs, Doug Ford’s Progressive…
School helps migrants in Mauritania!
Photo credit: VOA A school for children of migrants and refugees, founded in 2018 as an early response to the growing need, is a part of the program included in the 210 million euro accord the European Union and Mauritania brokered last year. Daily Mail reports that the deal is one of several that Europe…
Pravasi Legal Cell objects to High Consular Service!
Pravasi Legal Cell has urged the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to withdraw its decision to raise consular service fees in the Gulf Region. The Daily Tribune of Bahrain reports that the Cell argued that the move would severely strain the financial resources of Indian migrant workers. In a memorandum submitted to the ministry, Advocate Jose…
Trump’s trump card!
Photo credit: Politico Donald Trump, the US president, has introduced a new immigration initiative aimed at separating the boys from the men. NewsBytes reports that Mr Trump has unveiled the “Gold Card” which promises a pathway to US citizenship for a price tag of $5 million. The initiative is aimed as a replacement for the…