Stories about Migration & Immigration from May, 2006
DRC: Alleged Belgian Citizens Running for Office
Two Belgian citizens are running for deputy positions in the Congo, in violation of Articles 10 and 102 of the Constitution and Article 120 of the Electoral Law, says (Fr) Prince du Fleuve du Congo. Their names are Mboyo Ilombe and Richard Ilunga. According to the blogger, this is evidence...
Russia: Ethnic Subbotnik
Amid ethnic and racial tensions, Moscow experiences something different for a change: a group of “Africans from over twenty countries (Congo and Ethiopia included), Iranians, and Iraqis [were] all raking leaves as part of a subbotnik organized by Opora, a Moscow NGO run by Ethiopian Dr. Gezahgn Wordofa. This was...
Puerto Rico, USA: The Puerto Ricans may be coming
According to VivirLatino, the recent focus on undocumented immigrants may be obscuring the potential effects of a growing financial crisis in Puerto Rico which may prompt a wave of legal “immigration” of Puerto Ricans to the United States.
Jahanbegloo, a Scholar in Jail & Islamic Dress
Several bloggers talked about why and how Dr.Ramin Jahanbegloo, a Canadian- Iranian scholar & journalist, was arrested. Some bloggers have started different activities to help him out or at least, let people know what is going on in Tehran. Jahanbegloo has been charged having “relations with foreigners” by government. Toronto...
China: Free press defended
EastSouthWestNorth blogger Roland Soong translates an essay written by former Peking university journalism professor Jiao Guobao in commemoration of last week's World Press Freedom Day. Find therein a defence of anti-Communist Party of China reporting and mention of two tools widely used to bypass The Great Firewall of China.
Barbados: More on the death boat
Barbados Free Press posts a follow-up to an earlier entry concerning the boat found adrift off the Barbados coast containing the corpses of 11 men. It would appear the men were en route from Senegal to the Cape Verde islands.
DRC: Emerging Coalition Between Church and Opposition
Says (FR) blogger Philippe Liondjo at Prince du Fleuve du Congo,: “A powerful coalition is emerging. Rumors of negotiations between Bemba's MLC, Tshisekedi's UDPS and other groups and political parties born in the diaspora are being confirmed and point to a shift in the struggle for the [D.R. of]Congo's survival....
Voices of African Women
Afromusing continues her excellent reports on solar power in Africa. She has opened up her blog to take questions on alternative energy in Africa and here she answers a question from Mshairi on when will the high costs of installing solar panels come down. Yes, the time is drawing near...
African Diaspora: Hard times for Africans in France and Belgium
Several francophone blogs have tackled African immigrants’ latest tribulations in France and Belgium. Choosing Immigrants Le Pangolin criticizes French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy’s latest round of immigration policies. The blogger sees Sarkozy’s approach as a diversion from the real social issues raised by protestors of the CPE [Youth Employment Law]....
Ukraine: March 26 Vote in the United States
Lyndon of Scraps of Moscow gives a somewhat belated photo-tour of the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, D.C., on the day of the March 26 parliamentary vote.
Ethiopian bloggers take on the USA
It was almost as if everyone had got together and agreed to start working on a common theme. Ethiopia's bloggers turned to the United States of America en masse over the past two weeks and examined its relationship with their home country from all angles. It was no surprise that...
Africa Diaspora: UK elections
A number of Diaspora blogs have commented on the recent local elections in the UK and Labour's poor showing. Aba Boy, Ijebuman and Musings of a Naijaman
Barbados: Newsletter for UK Bajans
Barbados Free Press sings the praises of “Ping Yark”, a quarterly newsletter published in London which is a lifeline for many UK-based Barbadian expats. “Just make sure you have a rum in de other hand…,” writes BFP “'cause you sure will need it!”
Armenia: Chasing Hastert
Arsineh offers a first-hand report on Serj and John of System of a Down hunting down Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, to pressure him to bring to a vote a pending resolution on recognizing the Armenian genocide.
Ukraine: Irene Zabytko's Stories
Greg of Reflections on Ukraine shares his impressions of a book of stories by a Ukrainian author Irene Zabytko: “All of the stories are narrated by the central character, Luba, a Ukrainian in her early twenties of the post-WWII displaced persons (DP) group of immigrants who lives with her parents...
We Media conference update
A quick post from London to let you know that one of the speakers here, Nitin Desai, the Special Assistant to the UN Secretary General, who chaired the UN’s Working Group on Internet Governance, will be taking part in a skype and IRC chat with the Global Voices community. We...
Europe: racism in football
MentalAcrobatics writes on racism in European football and points to a newly formed group “the African Council” based in Berlin, Germany who plan to “publish a guide warning about areas where there have been racist attacks”
Hong Kong: Zheng He exhibition
sevenyearsinchina‘s Han Girl visits the Zheng He exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of History and comes away flipping Eurocentrism on its head. “What can one expect? We're talking about people who still use the word ‘discover’ to describe the trip to America by Columbus,” she writes. “Columbus discovered a...
USA: On marches and immigration
“This nation is a work in progress—there’s an imagined end goal— AMERICA —but that end is still very far off. If Americans have lost sight of this fact then it is not the fault of the multitudes who come in from abroad to lend a hand, but rather shows how...
Armenia: Racist Violence in Russia
Nessuna writes at Oneworld Multimedia about the rise in racist attacks in Russia against people with darker skin and how Armenians have reacted to the stabbing death of a 17 year old Armenian in Moscow.
Argentina, Spain, USA: Humanity over Nationality
Martin Varsavsky, himself an Argentine immigrant living in Spain envisions “political parties made of immigrants joined by native citizens who felt that to them humanity was a stronger concept than nationalism.” In fact, he says it's already happening: “As the May 1st walkout is proving, America would suffer very badly...
