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Stop Treating Migrants as Second-class Human Beings

Navi Pillay | Posted 12.22.2009 | World

Read More: Migrant Workers, International Law, Discrimination, Immigration, Irregular Migration, International Migrants Day, World News
Navi Pillay

In recent years, migrants - including individuals who were possibly refugees - have reportedly been shot dead by security forces, or left to die in the desert in their attempts to cross borders in North Africa.

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Middle-Class Faces Homelessness After Job Loss

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Fire-Marshall, Food Banks, Migrant Workers, Share Our Selves, Laid Off, Bearing Witness, Layoffs, Outsourcing, Factory, Unemployed, Unemployment, Homelessness, Potatoes, Homeless, Bearing Witness 2.0, Arson, Business News

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the Robertson family was living in a storage unit. Save The Family Arizona suppli...

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Words: Words Parents Use Can Make a Difference for Life. Words Can Send You into Space or Tear You to Pieces

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Farm Workers, Jose Hernandez, Words, Migrant Workers, Self-Esteem, Parenting, Advice, University, Education, Nasa, Summer, College, Space, Astronauts, Schools, Love, Confidence, Family, Living News
Ramon Resa, MD

Say positive things about your children. Tell them you believe in them. If you let them know that they can accomplish anything if they put their minds to it, they will.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Amat Escalante on Los Bastardos

Dan Persons | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Haneke, Home Invasion, Migrant Workers, Lou Dobbs, Violence, Drugs, Film, The Auteurs, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Amat Escalante, Interview, Cinema, Carlos Reygadas, Suburbia, Gore, Sex, Drama, Illegal Immigrants, Bruno Dumont, Horror Movies, Dario Argento, Podcast, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Los Bastardos is a spare and brutal survey of the suburban wasteland.

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China Distributing Condoms To 150M Migrant Workers

TNN | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: Condom Distribution, Chinese Migrant Workers, Foreign Affairs, Condoms, China Contraception, China, Advocacy, China Hiv, China Sex, Sex, China Hiv Aids, Migrant Workers, World News

China has decided to distribute free contraceptives to its vast migrant population living in major cities far from their rural homes. Migrants are al...

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How Marketers Can Win During China's "Recession"

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 06.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Cisco, Confucianism, Family Harmony, Chinese Consumers, Anta, Recession Fears, Migrant Workers, China Mobile, China, Recession Marketing, Economic Anxiety, Stability, Ajinomoto, Business News
Tom Doctoroff

China's recessionary environment has yielded a new conservatism that will not dissipate until vigorous growth is restored.

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Evolving Laws but Stagnant Realities for Shanghai's Migrants

Alexander Davenport | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Migrant Workers, Education, China Migrant Workers, China Economy, China Human Rights, China, World News, World News
Alexander Davenport

The story of one girl in China shows the struggle migrants face as they try to balance the demands of family, education, and their livelihoods.

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South Asian Migrant Workers Returning Home: Global Bloggers

globalvoicesonline.org | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

Read More: South Asia Migrant Workers, South Asia, Economy, Economic Crisis, Migrant Workers, South Asian Immigrants, Global Financial Crisis, Business, World News

South Asia is a populous region. Many South Asian immigrants or migrant workers travel to distant places around the world in search of a better educat...

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Going to the Country: Unemployed Chinese Migrant Workers Return Home

John Wagner Givens | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: Migrant Workers, Unemployment, China, Chinese New Year, Economy, George W. Bush, Economic Crisis, Layoffs, Education, Labor, Protest, Nancy Pelosi, Chinese Exports, Chinese Government, Hurricane Katrina, China Social Unrest, Mao Zedong, Economic Growth, Health Care, China Economy, Wen Jiabao, World News
John Wagner Givens

In the world's biggest annual migration every Chinese New Year over one hundred million internal migrants take a break from their jobs and studies in ...

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20 Million Chinese Migrant Workers Unemployed

BBC | Chris Hogg | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

Read More: Global Economy, Unemployment, Economic Crisis, Chinese Migrant Workers, Migrant Workers, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Asia, China Economy, China, Global Economic Crisis, World News

China says 20 million migrant workers have lost their jobs during the economic downturn - three times greater than had been suggested previously. A s...

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Chinese Migrants Home for the Holidays, Perhaps Permanently this Year

Alexander Davenport | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

Read More: Migrant Workers, Chinese Exports, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, China Economy, China, China Protests, World News, Migrant Workers China, World News
Alexander Davenport

Faced with unemployment in expensive, unwelcoming urban environments, many migrants are getting an early start to their annual ritual of heading back to their home provinces for New Year.

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Life Harder For World's Poor As Remittances Begin To Slow

Nytimes.com | SABRINA TAVERNISE | Posted 01.25.2009 | World

Read More: Remittances, Labor Migrants, Migrant Workers Send Money Home, Tajikistan, Migrant Workers, Financial Crisis, Central Asia, Send Money Home, Financial Crisis Central Asia, Economy, World News

TOSH-TEPPA, Tajikistan -- In poverty-stricken Tajikistan, the global financial crisis is measured in bags of flour. At least that is how Bibisoro ...

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Chinese Migrant Workers In Search Of Jobs, Return Home To Farms

Michael Standaert | Posted 01.18.2009 | World

Read More: Migrant Workers, Global Financial Crisis, China Economy, Dongguan City, China, World News
Michael Standaert

DONGGUAN, China - Spend a few hours at the Dongguan Railway Station and the mass exodus of migrant workers leaving this dusty Pearl River Delta manufa...

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Financial Crisis Halts Central Asia's Economic Boom

GlobalPost.com | David L. Stern | Posted 01.17.2009 | World

Read More: Subprime Crisis, Kyrgyzstan Migrants Russia, Central Asia Migrant Workers, Economic Crisis, Economy, Tajikistan, Migrant Workers, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan Remittances, Kyrgyzstan, World News

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- Maksat Bolotbekov crouched down, rubbed his blackened hands and caught the last waves of warmth from the fire's grey ashes. A...

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Crises, Bailouts, and Migrants

Alexander Davenport | Posted 01.11.2009 | World

Read More: Migrant Workers, China Migrant Workers, Bailout, China, Economic Crisis, World News
Alexander Davenport

In the US, our government has been forced to decide just who is worth supporting as well: Should Washington bail out Lehman or Citi? AIG or Freddie Mac? Detroit or New York?

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Irene Fernandez: The Best or Worst of Malaysia?

Suzette Standring | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Poverty, Rape, Abuse, Detention Camps, Migrant Workers, Kuala Lumpur, Criminal Justice, Immigration, Death, Irene Fernandez, Nobel Prize, Human Rights, Freedom of Expression, Malaysia, Illegal Immigrants, Right Livelihood Award, Poor, Suzette Standring, Torture, Politics News
Suzette Standring

It is a textbook case of laws being used to crush critics of governmental operations. Malaysia may be 9,296 miles from the US, but authorities seeking to silence protest is universal.

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Promoting Women's Health For Migrant Workers

DivineCaroline.com | Ms. Foundation For Women | Posted 10.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Migrant Workers, Women's Rights, Living News

Lucy C. Félix knows about the life of migrant workers firsthand: her father is a migrant farmworker who brought the family to South Texas from Mexico...

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