Category Archives: Nationality + Migration

Nationality + Migration, Race + Color + Ethnicity
Ethiopian Israelis continue anti-racism demonstrations in Tel Aviv.
  • The protests continue a month after the incendiary event involving two Israeli police officers assaulting an Ethiopian IDF soldier.
  • Wednesday’s rally involved roughly 200 protesters and a heavy police presence, with two arrests but no violence despite police warnings.

More on this story at Al Jazeera.

(Image Credit: AFP, via Al Jazeera)

Nationality + Migration
Brazil accepts nearly 2,000 Syrian refugees, the second most in the Americas.
  • Brazil adopted measures to ease refugee entry nearly two years ago, according to its National Committee for Refugees.
  • Families find their livelihoods wiped away upon arrival, though NGOs and beneficence organizations help ease the transition through informal markets and language and professional courses.

“It was very difficult to leave our country, mostly because of our tradition…We chose Brazil because we heard that there is no prejudice here. It is a wonderful land that has received us very well.”

More on this Associated Press story at ABC News.

Nationality + Migration
A member of the Federal National Council of the UAE proposes a tax on remittances exported by foreign workers.
  • 80% of the UAE population is non-native, with the country relying heavily on foreign workers for unskilled labor.
  • The rise in costs associated with such a tax could make the Arab world’s second biggest economy less attractive to foreign talent, though the Finance Minister says the socioeconomic impact has yet to be studied and is not currently under consideration.
  • Employees transferred a net Dh45.1 billion ($12.3 billion) out of the country last year, an increase from Dh41.2 the year before.

Read more on this story at Gulf News.

Gender, Nationality + Migration
Pop-up restaurant Mazi Mas’s open menu creates unique opportunities for immigrant women in London.
  • Founder/CEO Nikandre Kopcke, himself German and Greek-American, offers not only work opportunity but also entrepreneurial lessons to its workers.
  • Women from Brazil, China, Ethiopia, Iran, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Peru, the Philippines, Senegal, and Turkey have worked with Mazi Mas.
  • Kopcke hopes for international expansion, including to Berlin and hopefully New York.

More on this story at Gulf News.

Image Source: Bloomberg, via Gulf News

Nationality + Migration

Rising xenophobic sentiment and strained infrastructure imperil Italy’s growing immigrant and refugee communities. More from Al Jazeera.

Nationality + Migration

Thailand reports it’s housing 600 refugees from the recent influx in addition to around 130,000 asylum seekers and refugees in total. More from Reuters.

Nationality + Migration, Race + Color + Ethnicity

Former Vietnamese refugees call for sympathy for Rohingya refugees, sharing their own stories. More from Al Jazeera.

Nationality + Migration

Burundi Research | Burundian Refugees

Al Jazeera‘s infographic on the Burundi refugee crisis

Image Credit: Al Jazeera
Image Credit: Al Jazeera
Nationality + Migration

South African officials are concerned as numbers rise at camp for those displaced by recent xenophobic wave even as conflict diminishes. More from News24.

Nationality + Migration

Federal appeals court denies request by Obama administration to lift injunction against executive order granting certain undocumented immigrants work permits and protection from deportation. More from The New York Times.

Nationality + Migration, Religion + Belief

Poland, slow to accept refugees in the Mediterranean influx, agrees to provide asylum to 60 Syrian Christian families. More from ABC News.