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Human rights groups say Israeli authorities detained, forced African migrants to leave

March 15, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Israeli authorities are detaining and then forcing migrants from Sudan and Eritrea to leave the country, a report issued by Human Rights groups charged on Wednesday. The report was published by the US-based Human Rights Watch together with the Israeli … read more »

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Israel to limit money migrants can send back home

October 15, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Amendments are meant to reduce number of migrants; foreign violators could get three months in jail, Israeli intermediaries a year. Photo: Ben Hartman The Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee on Monday approved for its second and third reading in … read more »

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Abuse of migrant workers ‘endemic’ in Canada

September 24, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The moment Liliane arrived in Toronto from Uganda as a live-in caregiver, her boss seized her work permit and passport. For two years of work, she was only paid a total of $2,100. Senthil Thevar was promised $15 an hour … read more »

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Cheap labour, cheap lives

September 24, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

There is a passage from Olive Schreiner’s 1883 novel ‘The Story of An African Farm’ where she describes the isolated existence of the rural Karoo, with its “weird and almost oppressive beauty…the stone walled sheep kraals and kaffer huts.” This … read more »

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Migrant nightmares: Ethiopian domestic workers in the Gulf

July 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by Graham Peebles Graham Peebles charts the horrendous abuse faced by Ethiopian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states and Lebanon where they are traded by unscrupulous traffickers – “not brokers/agents in any recognizable, legitimate sense of the word, … read more »

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Ethiopian migrant suicide: ‘I can’t tell my daughter that her mother is dead’ – video

April 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Alem Dechasa, an Ethiopian migrant, was beaten in the streets of Beirut by men who allegedly worked for the company that recruited her in Lebanon. Later she was found dead in hospital, having apparently killed herself. Alem’s partner, Lemesa Ejeta, … read more »

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Market fire kills 12 migrant workers in Moscow

April 2, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

MOSCOW — Twelve people died Tuesday when a night time fire tore through a two-story Moscow market warehouse that was being used by migrant workers from a former Soviet republic as a temporary residence. “Twelve people died. They were migrant … read more »

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Libya war cuts financial lifeline for Ghana

June 26, 2011 by benim

Nkoranza, Ghana – Once an important financial lifeline to Ghana, more than 18,000 Ghanaian migrant workers are back in their home country and unemployed after having fled the violence of the Libyan civil war. Although they are now safe, the … read more »

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Tensions Remain High in Refugee Camp Near Tunisia-Libya Border

May 28, 2011 by benim

The U.N. refugee agency is appealing to international donors to step up aid for thousands of refugees and migrant workers caught up in deadly disturbances over the past week at a camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. The UNHCR is also … read more »

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Libya: African migrants, no mercenaries!

March 17, 2011 by benim

While thousands of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa desperately try to flee Libya, others are hiding out to avoid any misidentification with mercenaries hired by Libyan leader Gaddafi and escape resulting assaults. Others, perhaps more fortunate, are detained by the insurgents. … read more »

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Nigerian woman and Israel-born daughter deported 72 hours after arrest

March 14, 2011 by benim

The Population and Immigration Authority sent a Nigerian woman and her Israeli-born daughter back to her native country, as part of the cabinet’s decision to deport migrants who do not meet certain criteria. The woman entered Israel in 2009 as … read more »

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Tunisia: A border camp for displaced laborers taking shape

March 7, 2011 by benim

RAS AJDIR, Tunisia — It had the feel of an old-fashioned barnraising – men tugging on ropes, chanting to keep a rhythm to their movements, as they pulled heavy white tarpaulin over a large metal skeleton. The structure they put … read more »

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In Israel, No Welcome Mat For African Migrants

December 30, 2010 by benim

Israeli officials have stepped up efforts to stem the flow of African asylum seekers and migrant workers into Israel. With numbers reaching into the tens of thousands, Israeli officials are pressed to find a policy to combat the ever-increasing flow … read more »

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