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Migration

Central African refugees are caught between a rock and hard place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

17th Mar 2021 Equal Times 0

It is 4pm on a February day in 2021. A woman is busy in a makeshift kitchen, nestled between a brick house and a large […]

South Asia’s migrant workers are facing a jobs crisis both at home and abroad

15th Feb 2021 Equal Times 0

In February 2020, PK Valsala, a 45-year-old single woman from Kerala, south India, went to Oman to start a job as a domestic worker. She […]

As climate displacement increases, migration myths fuel fears

10th Feb 2021 Equal Times 0

Wave by wave, Saint-Louis is slowly but steadily sinking beneath the rising ocean; the waters that once provided the northern Senegalese city with sustenance now threatening its […]

Black Lives Matter in the Arab world too

21st Oct 2020 Equal Times 0

The growth of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, spurred by the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA, has reopened a much-needed debate in […]

In the United States, families separated by Trump’s immigration policies face an ongoing struggle

28th Sep 2020 Equal Times 0

In his suburban Los Angeles home, Robert Garrison is going round in circles. It’s been almost a year since this Californian teacher last saw his […]

How Filipina domestic workers protect and support each other in Jordan

16th Jun 2020 Equal Times 0

When she left the Philippines to work in Jordan, Rosa (not her real name) took two mobile phones with her. She knew that one of […]

Zimbabwe’s shattered economy poses a serious challenge to fighting COVID-19

15th Apr 2020 Tapiwa Chagonda 0

The COVID-19 pandemic has left Zimbabwe in an extremely difficult situation. As of early April, the number of infections and deaths from the pandemic appeared low, […]

Rome’s ‘invisible’ immigrants offer an alternative view of the Eternal City

12th Feb 2020 Equal Times 0

For many people who live in Rome, the weekends are reserved for leisurely walks in the city centre and window shopping. But on a sunny […]

For African migrants trying, and dying, to reach north America, the Darién Gap is the “new Mediterranean”

10th Dec 2019 Equal Times 0

By the time Basame Lonje made it out of the jungle, he was beyond exhausted. The 35-year-old from Cameroon had gone four days out of […]

Can migrants, robots and retirees help to combat the demographic crisis in an ageing Japan?

28th Oct 2019 Equal Times 0

Turning 100 is no longer a novelty in Japan. Itsuko Inoue recently celebrated her 100th birthday, joining the ranks of Japan’s 71,000 centenarians. A native […]

Xenophobia: time for cool heads to prevail in Nigeria and South Africa

10th Sep 2019 Gilbert Khadiagala 0

The latest xenophobic attacks in South Africa have ignited the long-standing tensions between the country and Nigeria. These are captured in the retaliatory attacks on South African businesses […]

In the US, big banks are divesting from private prisons, thanks to anti-ICE activism

21st Aug 2019 Equal Times 0

Major private prison firms CoreCivic and GEO Group stand to lose 72 percent — about US$1.9 billion — of their private financing as major banks […]

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