Posted by admin on May 26th, 2011
Rahila Gupta, Guardian UK, May 26 2011
Given the magnitude of the job of changing public opinion, Lush’s week-long campaign on immigration in its 90 UK stores, which began on Monday, might seem inadequate. However, it is a brave stand, and any initiative that argues for the rationality and humanity of open borders is a welcome counter to the short-sighted, rightwing response to refugees fleeing Libya, Egypt and Tunisia, which is threatening to tear up the Schengen agreement for passport-free travel in mainland Europe.
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Posted by admin on May 25th, 2011
Al Jazeera, May 25 2011
The UN’s top human rights official has raised racism concerns over Australia’s policies towards asylum seekers and its treatment of its indigenous Aboriginal population. Long-standing policies of locking up asylum seekers had “cast a shadow over Australia’s human rights record”, and appeared to be completely arbitrary, Navi Pillay, the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Wednesday at the end of a six-day visit to the country.
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Posted by admin on May 25th, 2011
Ted Hesson, Huffington Post, May 24 2011
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From May 13-16, I accompanied a delegation from Long Island to Tucson, Arizona, and Nogales, Mexico, where we learned firsthand about the ongoing humanitarian crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border, and the forces that drive people to undertake the journey north. The reality is stunning in sheer magnitude: Since 1994, there have been more than 6,000 confirmed deaths on the border.
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Posted by admin on May 25th, 2011
By Hans Goslinga, Press Europ, May 25 2011
In the midst of the European debate, a number of eminent personalities, led by former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer presented a report on May 11 called “Living Together: Combining Diversity and Freedom in 21st Century Europeâ€. The message of the report is that unless Europe learns to cultivate its diversity, it will always inevitably be at a demographic disadvantage. This is explained by a simple fact: without immigration, the active population will decline by a hundred million people in the next fifty years while the total population will increase and will age.
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Posted by admin on May 25th, 2011
By Jamilah King, Colorlines, May 25 2011
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Over at New America Media’s Youth Outlook, Josue Rojas and Ann Bassette bring us the tale of 67 Sueños, a youth-led collective based in Oakland that strives to tell the stories of everyday young people who are often left out of the national narrative on immigration reform.
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