immigration

May 3, 2010

Episcopal Church calls for comprehensive US immigration reform

The Episcopal Church has responded to a controversial Arizona law expelling undocumented immigrants from the state by calling for comprehensive reform and justice for migrants.
May 2, 2010

Migration: Why a broader view is needed
April 30, 2010

A broken immigration 'debate'
April 30, 2010

Cameron accused of stoking fear with immigration allegations

After the three main prime ministerial contenders clashed over economic and other issues in the third and final TV debate, Tory leader David Cameron came under fire for his immigration remarks.
April 29, 2010

Brown-Duffy is normalising prejudice against immigrants

The mainstream media, not least the BBC, has lapped up Gordon Brown's gaffe over the voter he called bigoted yesterday. But its portrayal of the incident has much more insidiously 'normalised' anti-immigrant prejudice - and that is not being talked about. It should be.
April 29, 2010

Why the 'immigration debate' is so misleading

When we are told people are 'concerned about immigration', what this signals is a limited and misleading 'numbers game', says Vaughan Jones. Politicians and the media are missing the real global issues and ignoring the human cost of a failed consensus.
April 29, 2010

Massive abuse of migrants is Mexican 'human rights crisis'

The Mexican authorities must halt the continuing abuse of migrants as public officials collude in kidnappings, rapes and murders, says a news Amnesty International report.
April 27, 2010

Silenced voices: urgent action on asylum

As the election campaign rumbles on, one voice is invariably missing whenever asylum and immigration comes up: the voice of asylum seekers. Anselme Noumbiwa is destined to be deported to Cameroon tomorrow morning. He will be forcibly removed, handcuffed and taken, restrained by the sheer force of at least two immigration officials, on a charter flight to return to mortal danger and torture. You can do something about this.
April 24, 2010

US Christians brand new immigration law 'social and racial sin'

Progressive Christians in the US have branded a new law on migration a "social and racial sin".
April 19, 2010

Stop blaming immigrants for racism and the BNP