Celebrating Migrants Day in Holland. With a great story by Sami Gathii The Diaspora Forum for Development in the Netherlands staged a Dialogue between Migrant’s Organisations and Civil Society on the occasion of International Migrants Day. Mr. Wim Stoffers, representing Oxfam-Novib, played the role of Devil’s advocate regarding the issue of remittances. He stated that [...]
You can’t quantify affection
December 18th, 2009 · No Comments
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Migrants Seek Support from Dutch Civil Society
December 18th, 2009 · No Comments
On International Migrants Day 2009 18 December 2009 Migrants are more often than not at the bottom of the society in times of financial crisis, while their families back home barely notice the difference! While the costs of money transfers remain high and other financial impositions on migrants continue, migration has never been more linked [...]
Calais jungle raids escalated to unprecedented levels
December 8th, 2009 · No Comments
The new Pashto jungle is being raided over and over, with dozens of people arrested every time including several unaccompanied boys, some as young as 11 or 12. Police brutality is on the increase for beatings – a 13 years old boy has been injured in a leg by being hit with a truncheon. The CRS have been seen again using gas.
