Inter Press Service | News and Views from the Global South

Inter Press Service | News and Views from the Global South

AUDIO: Experience With Irregular Migration is the Best Teacher Sam Olukoya The International Organization For Migration (IOM) has taken its campaign against irregular migration to schools in Nigeria. The school campaigns are meant to educate children who are among victims of human traffickers. After being recruited, victims of traffickers are made to embark on dangerous ... MORE > >

Honduran Crisis Produces New Caravan Jan Egeland A new caravan heading towards Mexico and the United States was reportedly set to leave San Pedro Sula in Honduras on 15 January. The large number of people expected to leave Central America is a true testimony to the desperate situation for children, women and men in this poor and violence affected ... MORE > >

Walking Miles In Their Shoes Tharanga Yakupitiyage In light of the millions of refugees escaping persecution in search of a safer, more prosperous future, a new campaign aims to raise awareness of the difficult journeys such populations take around the world. Launched by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the 2 Billion Kilometres to ... MORE > >

The Rohingya – The Forgotten Genocide of Our Time Leila Yasmine Khan and Daud Khan The Rohingya are a minority community living in Rakhine State in Myanmar. The Muslim Rohingya are considered intruders into Buddhist Myanmar - illegal immigrants from bordering Bangladesh. They have been always discriminated against, looked down upon, ostracized, and denied any civil and judicial ... MORE > >

AUDIO: Getting to the Heart of Irregular Migration in Nigeria’s Markets Sam Olukoya Thousands of migrants mainly from Sub-Saharan Africa have died or ended up in slavery as they attempt to travel to Europe irregularly through the desert and across the sea. Many were recruited by traffickers who deceived them into believing that the passage to Europe would be safe and easy. The ... MORE > >

Climate Change Forces Central American Farmers to Migrate Edgardo Ayala As he milks his cow, Salvadoran Gilberto Gomez laments that poor harvests, due to excessive rain or drought, practically forced his three children to leave the country and undertake the risky journey, as undocumented migrants, to the United States. Gómez, 67, lives in La Colmena, in the ... MORE > >

AUDIO: Nigerian Radio Drama Tells True Life Stories of Irregular Migration Sam Olukoya The International Organization for Migration has taken its campaign against irregular migration to the airwaves in Nigeria. Working in conjunction with some Nigerian radio stations, the United Nations Migration Agency has launched a radio series on safe migration. The programme, which includes ... MORE > >

AUDIO: For Love of the Game: Using Football to Educate Nigerians About the Dangers of Irregular Migration Sam Olukoya Hundreds of desperate young Nigerians die yearly in the Sahara Desert or at sea while making irregular journeys to Europe. The desperation to reach Europe at all cost, irrespective of the risks, is a major social problem in Africa’s most populous country. Besides the desire for Europe, ... MORE > >

Global Pact Gives Dignity and Rights to Latin American Migrants Orlando Milesi A landmark global migration pact provides dignity and rights to migrants in every situation and context, stressed representatives of non-governmental organisations in Latin America and the Caribbean, where some 30 million people live outside their countries, forced by economic, social, security, ... MORE > >

From Irregular Migrant to Graduate Lawyer: One Woman's Journey to Success Mikaila Issa Masters of Laws student Khoudia Ndiaye will graduate from Senegal’s University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) next year. The 24-year-old, who specialised in notarial law and dreams of becoming a notary, wants to bring justice closer to local communities like those in her local district of Hann Bel-Air, in ... MORE > >

US Blasts Migrant’s Compact – Even as 150+ Countries Embrace it Thalif Deen As UN delegates met in Morocco to adopt a global compact to protect the rights and safety of refugees and migrants (GCM), the Trump administration launched a blistering attack condemning it as a violation of national sovereignty. “The United States proclaims and reaffirms its belief that ... MORE > >

Migrants Send Record Amounts to Home Countries, but Overall Poverty Pertains Daan Bauwens At the end of this year, migrants will have sent 466 billion dollars to family and friends in their countries of origin. Despite this record amount these remittances have little to no effect on the dire economic state of affairs in those home countries. Earlier this week in Brussels, a group of ... MORE > >