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· May, 2006

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Stories about Migration & Immigration from May, 2006

Nigeria: UK & the NHS

African Shirts reports on the story of a Nigerian woman who fell ill in London and needed a new heart. Unfortuantely she was unable to receive free treatment under the...

Written by Sokari Ekine
18 May 2006

Zimbabwe: View from the Diaspora

Cry Beloved Zimbabwe discusses reactions to the political situation in Zimbabwe by those living in the Diaspora particuarly in the UK.Exile to many Zimbabweans became an opportunity to enrich ourselves...

Written by Sokari Ekine
16 May 2006

DRC: Demonstration for Congolese in Belgium

Renouveau Congolais announces (Fr) that Debout Pour Le Congo [Stand Up for Congo] is organizing a demonstration today in Liege, Belgium against the “regular explusion [of Congolese] in collaboration with...

Written by Alice Backer
16 May 2006

Australia: Migration policy

African Migrants on Australia's immigration policy …Migration Act to allow the offshore processing of all asylum seekers who arrive by boat

Written by Sokari Ekine
16 May 2006

Interview with Afghan Warrior

Global Voices has started a series of interviews with Afghan bloggers. Our first guest is Waheed from Afghan Warrior. 1 Q: How long have you started to blogging and why...

Written by Fred Petrossian
16 May 2006

Trinidad: Hanuman murti

Hanuman murti, Trinidad. Photo by caribbeanfreephoto Located in Carapichaima, Trinidad, this 85-foot murti representing the Hindu deity Hanuman is reputed to be the largest of its kind outside of India....

Written by Georgia Popplewell
13 May 2006

Hong Kong: Cultural Revolution remembered

EastSouthWestNorth blogger Roland Soong translates an essay from Chinese Independent PEN president Liu Xiaobo in preparation for the fortieth anniversary of the beginning of the Cultural Revolution which is this...

Written by John Kennedy
12 May 2006

Black Britian: mental illness

Soul on Ice discusses mental illness amongst Britains black population. Africans and African Caribbean have the highest incidence of mental illness despite their relatively low numbers in the wider population

Written by Sokari Ekine
12 May 2006

China: Why Communists survived

EastSouthWestNorth blogger Roland Soong translates an essay from Chinese exile Wan Runnan which gives some answers to those who wonder why the Chinese Communist Party has not gone the way...

Written by John Kennedy
11 May 2006

Africa: Trans Atlantic Slave Trade

Rethabile posts from Mzansi Afrika on the day France remembers its role in the Atlantic slave trade. ..“France was Europe's fourth largest slave trader after Portugal, England and Spain and...

Written by Sokari Ekine
11 May 2006

DRC Diaspora: Questions for UDPS

According to UDPS Liege, during a May 1 forum organized by UDPS in Belgium, several questions (Fr) sprang from the audience: “What political mistakes has UDPS made that might explain...

Written by Alice Backer
11 May 2006

Armenia: Human Rights

Notes from Hareinik notes that Armenia has been named a major human rights violator and says Armenian diasporan organizations should pressure the Armenian government on human rights issues.

Written by Nathan Hamm
11 May 2006
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