Stories about Migration & Immigration from December, 2007
Cuba: No Cricket
Child of the Revolution finds something “not quite right” about the Cuban cricket team not making its international debut at the Stanford 20/20 tournament “because of the US commercial and trade embargo on the Castro regime.”
Mexico: The Story of a Deported Teen
Nathan Gibbs and reporter Amy Isackson produced a video piece about a 17-year-old boy, who was deported to Mexico, and who subsequently returned. He links to the video and accompanying photos on Flickr.
Russia: North Korean Laborers
Moscow Through Brown Eyes writes about North Korean laborers in Russia and examines other cases of coerced labor, elsewhere.
Soviet History: 1963 Race Rally
De Rebus Antiquis Et Novis writes about a little-known 1963 rally in Moscow's Red Square, when 500 African students rallied against racial discrimination, following the death of a Ghanian fellow student.
Russia: Deti Picasso
Georgia & the South Caucasus is impressed by the ethnic Armenian indie band from Russia, Deti Picasso. Fusing both traditional Armenia with alternative contemporary sounds, the blog hopes that the band will one day make it to Europe.
South Korea: Civil Organization to Expel All Illegal Aliens
CINA blogs about the establishment of a “civil organization” campaigning to expel all migrants without legal document.
Jamaica: Bought or Sold?
“When a Jamaican moves abroad…they learn the cynicism that comes with repeatedly being ‘sold”: Francis Wade relishes the freedom that has come with moving back home.
Bahrain: A tenfold increase in population?!
This time the roundup from Bahrain covers three weeks. We have frustration on every front, unfortunately: frustration with being surrounded by apathy and ignorance, with being a teenager, and with a ludicrous criminal charge. One blogger is considering leaving the Gulf for a better life back in India, another admits he rarely reads, and a number of others are debating the merits of secularism.
Armenia: Xenophobic Official
Nazarian is shocked by a recent article published in the local press penned by an official in the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The article reported the situation Armenian women find themselves in when they marry Arabs. However, rather than call for tolerance, Nazarian says the official urged Armenian women...
Senegal: Images from Goree Island
Seckasysteme writes about the infamous Goree Island [Fr] in Senegal and its curator, Boubacar Joseph N'Diaye.
China: Migrant Worker Song
Peijin Chen from Shanghaiist blogs about this year's Spring Festival show specialty: Migrant worker song performance. But is it really about the migrant workers? The story seems to be more about the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
Paraguay: No Expectations
Muna's Blog provides a list of things that complete the sentence, “Paraguay is…” and “there are 2 kind of people: the ones that love Paraguay, the ones that hate it…but there is a third category: the ones with no expectations.”
Libya: Fuel shortage and the power of rumours, origins and awards
Libyan bloggers break their silence with a post by Fozia Mohamed on rumours, fuel shortages and 48 hours of chaos. Why were drivers queuing at gas stations? Why was there a fuel shortage in an oil-producing country? And why were people panicking?
Jamaica: Brain Drain
Francis Wade thinks that Jamaica needs “a change in priorities, and to rethink the economic effect of our brain-drain.”
Ukraine, U.S.: Carol of the Bells
Ukrainian Musical Matters writes about a 1916 Ukrainian song that became a Christmas hit in the United States.
Mexico: Immigration and Binational Relations
Immigration, Education and Globalization: US-MX is blog written by a post-graduate class at the University of Guanajuato, Mexico, whose goal “is to address immigration, education, human rights and binational relations, particularly as they affect the United States and Mexico.”
Haiti: The Needs of Children
“I would argue that the measurement of progress in a country is…the ability of that country to meet the needs of its children”: Haiti Innovation refers to a UNICEF report “which suggests that we have a long way to go, both for Haiti and the world as a whole.”
China: Laowai Blog
Kenneth Tan from Shanghaiist translated a post from a popular local forum (zh) commenting on Laowai's blogs writing on China.
The Balkans: Croatian Serbs
Balkan Anarchist writes at length about Croatian Serbs and their war experiences: “If someone were to ask me how I felt about what my Serbs, the Croatian Serbs, went through during the first half of the 1990s, I would answer them by saying, “heartbroken”. Heartbroken that those leaders who led...
Haiti: Citizen Media & Transparency
kiskeácity wonders if citizen efforts to help Haiti should incorporate blogging.
Cuba: Human Rights Day Demonstration
Child of the Revolution, The Cuban Triangle and Uncommon Sense all blog about a demonstration that took place in Havana on Human Rights Day.
