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Hungary bars 11 million migrants!
Photo credit: Human Rights Watch Hungray has prevented over 11 million migrants from entering Europe over the past 10 years. The Budapest Times reports that the country succeeded in doing so by using its own border fence and police forces, according to Gyorgy Bakondi, thhe chief security advisor to the prime minister. He emphasized that despite these efforts,…
The fear of Gen-Z is the beginning of wisdom: a look at Nepal! by Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: BBC If you haven’t heard, hear it now! Gen-Z, those born between the mid-to-late 1990s and the early 2010s, exhibits more secretive and guarded behaviours in both personal and professional contexts than any other age group. They generally compartmentalize their lives and use private online spaces to curate a specific identity. Fortune magazine reports them as being…
Malaysian immigration arrests 125 immigrants!
Photo credit: Human Rights watch The Malaysian Immigration Department has arrested 125 illegal immigrants during a raid on a 19-storey building in Setapak, early today. The Sun reports that Kuala Lumpur Immigration director Wan Mohamed Saupee Wan Yusoff confirmed the operation. It resulted in the detention of 81 men and 43 women, and one child. The detainees included 79…
Premier’s office fails to back up claim!
Photo credit: GroundUp The office of Premier Panyaza Lesuti of Gauteng, South Africa, has failed to back up his claim that most residents of informal settlements in the province are undocumented immigrants. Ground Up reports that he had announced a crackdown on informal settlements, claiming that most of their residents are undocumented migrants. However, his office is…
Cook Islands upgrades passenger processing system!
Photo credit: ASYCUDA Pacific The Cook Islands immigration has launched the 2nd generation of the ASYCUDAWorld Passenger Module (ASYPX). Scop World reports that by doing this, the Cook Islands Immigration has reduced the passenger processing time to an average of less than 60 seconds. The UN Trade and Development-backed ASYCUDA technologies, specifically ASYPX, are a fully…
Some migrant workers in Saudi Arabia unpaid for months!
Photo credit: Human Rights Watch Hundreds of migrant workers employed in Saudi Arabia by the manufacturing and supply company Sendan International did not receive their salaries for up to eight months/ Human Rights Watch reports that they include workers employed in the state-owned oil company Aramco project sites. Migrant workers were often stranded without pay for months, forced into undocumented status, or left…
Debate over immigration heats up again in Canada!
Photo credit: The Hub As the political debate over immigration heats up again in Canada, a group that works to support newcomers says immigrants need a sense of both belonging and optimism to convince them to stay. Toronto Today reports that the Institute for Canadian Citizenship published a survey of roughly 5,000 immigrants on Tuesday, focused…


