by Sean Reilly | Sep 11, 2008
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a policy research body bringing together the world’s richest developed countries, has suggested that fears about migration and hostility towards migrant workers are unjustified. A new report from...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 11, 2008
People working with migrants in the churches and civic organisations have expressed dismay at the recent comments on immigration by former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, who has joined a cross-party group calling for stricter controls. They say that his approach...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 11, 2008
British human rights activist and journalist Lauren Booth has been trapped illegally in the Gaza strip as a result of a legal campaign calling for an end to the Israeli government blockade there, say Palestinian activists. The international Free Gaza Movement...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 10, 2008
Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet of Vietnam has been accused by the government there of breaking the law and causing disorder by supporting prayer vigils against the authorities’ confiscation of Catholic Church property. The archbishop has bee accused of...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 10, 2008
A new alliance of religious and secular groups committed to cooperation to “make poverty history in the UK” is to be launched on Thursday 11 September 2008, with involvement from major churches and Christian agencies. The ‘Get Fair’ includes in...
