New Zealand has become the latest European country to tighten work visa rules for migrants. Business Standard reports that last Sunday, in response to a near-record 2023 migration, the country announced immediate revisions to its employment visa programmes. The government aims to introduce several measures, such as English language requirements for low-skilled jobs and a…
Countries in the European Union are likely to be sending refugees and migrants off to other countries, but not as far as the British policy of flying refugees to Rwanda. TATWORLD reports that the idea of sending asylum seekers to safe third countries is seen in a deal Italy recently struck with non-EU nation Albania….
Jose Marinho is a household name among football enthusiasts. His popularity soared even further with Chelsea’s 2-0 win over PSG on Tuesday. Although Chelsea is a fantastic team, people generally felt they would meet their Waterloo in PSG. But that was not to be. In their first-leg match, PSG had trounced Chelsea by three goals…
COVID-19 is undoubtedly taking so many lives. Even though it’s a pandemic, there’s no clear certainty about its origin yet. Its cure remains even more shrouded in mystery. However, it has succeeded in showing the different shades of administration throughout the globe. While in most of the civilized world, it’s as if the respective governments…
With COVID 19, it has become apparent that even though we live in the same world, there are different strokes for different folks. I’m saying so because while the affluent do care about their lives, the poor, even if they do care, are forced by their endemic situation to go look for means of sustaining…
The Employment Relations Authority has fined a company, Rural Practice and its owner, Reza Abdul-Jabbar, a total of $215,0000 for exploiting migrant farmers. RNZ reports that the farmer, who is a well-known imam, and his company have been found guilty of exploiting three migrant workers from Indonesia who worked for the company on its Invercargill…
A Dubai-based company, Blue Carbon, has been taking over large swaths of land in Africa. This has caused some uproar about the risks to the locals’ livelihoods. ABC News reports that in 2023, the Liberian government agreed to sell about 10% of its land to the company. The land could have been logged and used…
