A prayer vigil and rally to protest the separation of children from their parents as they cross the United States-Mexico border will be held on Sunday, June 24 from 8 to 9 p.m. in Cherry Hill. The interfaith meeting will be held in front of Christ Our Light Church, 402 North Kings Highway. Various local faith […]
Fundamental Terms on Migration
Bilateral Labor Migration Agreements – Agreements concluded between two States, which are legally binding and essentially refer to interstate cooperation on labor migration. Source: International Labor Organization (ILO), Standard Agreement on Temporary and Permanent Migration of Workers, Including Migration of Refugees and Displaced Persons, Annex to the Recommendation on Migrant Workers (Revised) (July 1, 1949) ), approved […]
Margallo: We Can Only Welcome Those Who Can Give Us a Decent Life
The Government has asked the European Commission to take more account of the unemployment in Spain and the efforts that this country has made to control immigration from Africa. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, José Manuel García-Margallo, defended this Tuesday that Spain welcomes “only those immigrants” to whom it can offer “a decent […]
Supreme Court Says Yes to Racial Discrimination for Now
Florida residents will continue to fight until Arizonification is history The Supreme Court spoke today from both sides of the mouth. On the one hand, it declared unconstitutional any attempt by states to replace the Federal Government in the definition of immigration laws. But, on the other hand, it temporarily allowed the provision of SB 1070 on […]
Florida Residents Will Continue to Fight Until Arizonification Is History
The Supreme Court spoke today from both sides of the mouth. On the one hand, it declared unconstitutional any attempt by states to replace the Federal Government in the definition of immigration laws. But, on the other hand, it temporarily allowed the provision of SB 1070 on “show me your papers” to be implemented in Arizona and […]
Asylum and Human Rights in the United States and Canada. Questions to Giorgio Agamben
INTRODUCTION In 2006, the so-called war against drug trafficking began in Mexico, and in 2007, the country ranked as one of the main sources of asylum requests to Canada. In 2009, asylum claims reached record numbers, and that year Canada imposed a visa on Mexicans on the grounds that it took advantage of the Canadian refuge […]