Photo credit: the Guardian The Australian government has restricted the number of domestic workers diplomats can bring into the country, a UN anti-slavery expert has reported, after two recent federal court cases exposed systemic exploitation, a judge described as “slave-like working conditions”. The Guardian reports that the United Nations special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery concluded a…
Photo credit: CTV News An immigrant rights organization held a demonstration in Montreal early Saturday afternoon in front of the Quebec Ministry of Immigration, Francization and Integration in response to the government’s announced freeze on immigration programs. The Gazette reports that to limit the number of permanent immigrants to Quebec, the CAQ government announced in October…
Photo credit: LinkedIn FIFA has ignored its report on compensation for the Qatar World Cup compensations. Keir Radnedge.com reports that a FIFA subcommittee report on Qatar’s 2022 World Cup legacy said soccer’s world governing body is responsible for compensating migrant workers. However, the body has not acted on a recommendation to do that using its legacy…
Someone posted an indictment on the begging culture, which has now enveloped us. When I say us, I do mean it! In the past, the standard way of writing a letter for employment was to begin with, ‘I beg to apply…’ These days, we’re not begging for employment but for favours when we shouldn’t if…
Photo credit: iStock Yes! If we had known Aisha was like this, we would have made her the police inspector general. A lazy youth commented about her new look even while the average Nigerian man looks and eats less that–average. So, she got the boy arrested and with others, she was giving the boy summary…
Photo credit: Reuters Britain’s parliament backed a new bill to allow assisted dying on Friday, kicking off months of wrangling over a possible legal change that has sparked a national conversation about dignity in death and end-of-life. Reuters reports that in an initial approval of the bill, 330 lawmakers voted in favour with 275 against…
