Stories about Migration & Immigration from October, 2007
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Radovan Karadzic
Srebrenica Genocide Blog writes about Radovan Karadzic's role and about genocide deniers. Finding Karadzic suspects that Karadzic may be hiding in Moscow, sheltered by Eduard Limonov.
Haiti, USA: Identity check
An encounter with a fellow Haitian-American at a Florida airport prompts Peggy Brunache to muse over questions of identity and “the realisation of reality”.
Russia: Moscow Migrants; Practicing Believers
According to the Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, “nearly two out of every three Muscovites now favor expelling [migrants] from the city and blocking any new arrivals.” Window on Eurasia has more on this – and also on the ratio of practicing Muslims to practicing Orthodox Christians...
Latvia: Citizenship Debate
So far, there are 121 comments to the “Stateless in Latvia” post at Euroblog by BBC's Europe editor Mark Mardell – and All About Latvia is tired of explaining Latvia's citizenship laws.
Ecuador: Immigrants in Spain
A recent negative comment left on the blog Autentico Ecuatoriano [ES] about Ecuadorians and other South American immigrant in Spain caused a reaction by the blog's author.
Europe: Eurovision's Changes
Due to the “east/west impasse” at the Eurovision Song Contest, the event's format changes beginning next year, Illyrian Gazette reports.
Bosnia & Herzegovina, USA: Immigration Fraud vs Genocide
“The U.S. courts charge Srebrenica genocide suspects for immigration fraud, but fail to prosecute them for war crimes,” writes Srebrenica Genocide Blog – and posts “an incomplete list of Srebrenica genocide suspects who were (so far) arrested in the United States and charged only with immigration fraud.”
Morocco: Looking inward, looking outward
An inflammatory post about Moroccans in the Gulf by a popular Moroccan blogger ignites a debate all over the world - Jillian York has the story on who's saying what.
Russia, U.S.: Satender Singh's Murder
Moscow Through Brown Eyes writes about the murder of Satender Singh in Lake Natoma, California, allegedly by two Russian-speaking men, one of whom, Andrei Vusik, is still at large – and, likely, in Russia: “Contact the Moscow bureau of the FBI and demand that they pressure the Russian authorities to...
Bangladesh: Bloggers protest internet user profiling
It all started when an exclusive report from E-Bangladesh exposed a memo of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) which instructed 72 Internet Service Providers (ISP) of Bangladesh to submit their individual client details and their usage details. E-Bangladesh also revealed that raids have been carried out in innocent individual users’...
Slovakia, Ukraine: Migrant Labor
Dr. Sean's Diary writes about Ukrainian migrant laborers in Slovakia.
Russia: Central Asian Migrant Workers
“…The number of Central Asians coming to work in Russia is likely to continue to grow over the next several decades,” writes Window on Eurasia.
Russia: Luzhkov and Xenophobia
Window on Eurasia writes about Moscow mayor's attempts to shift responsibility for the growing xenophobia in the capital to the federal authorities.
Poland: Tusk in London
Dr. Sean's Diary writes about a Polish politician courting expat Polish voters in London.
Serbia: Now on Second Life
Belgrade 2.0 writes about Serbia's presence on Second Life.
Syria: Reflections from the Blogosphere
Ramadan is a period not only of fasting and restraint, but also of reflection, judging by posts from many Muslim bloggers. Syrians (whether Muslim or not) are no exception, taking this period to reflect upon philosophy, patriotism, and Ramadan itself, among other things, writes Jillian York.
Africa: The AfroSpear Carnival: Religion and Negritude
This is the Second AfroSpear Carnival dealing with the theme of religion and negritude: Two brave souls so far have dipped into this subject with honesty and clarity. First, Femigog @Sable Eklectik lets loose with righteous truth in “Carnival of Faith.” Then, we have DJ Black Adam in counterpoint to...
Guatemala: Immigrant's Earnings Seized as He Returned Home
Marisa Treviño of Latina Lista provides her thoughts on the battle waged by Pedro Zapeta, an undocumented Guatemalan immigrant in the U.S. whose earnings were seized by federal officials as he was returning to his native land.
Ukraine: Demography
Edward Hugh of A Fistful of Euros writes about Ukraine's demography: “The fundamental situation is that – even if this sounds very dramatic – Ukraine as a country is dying.”
Mali: Alicia Keyes and Oumou Sangare sing duet
Echanges, Reflexion and Cityonenete posts a You Tube video of Alicia Keyes’ duet with famed Malian songstress, Oumou Sangare.
