IDN InDepthNews informs on topics related to globalization, global governance and international cooperation http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=MI Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:41:36 +0100 http://indepthnews.net/images/rechts.jpg http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=MI 292 117 IDN InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters de-de rjaura@globalommedia.com(Ramesh Jaura) jbusse@globalommedia.com(Joerg-Werner Busse) 60 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-30%2001:41:36&key2=1 By Irvin Studin* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint TORONTO (IDN) - Canada should be a country of 100 million people. It has been said before. Apocryphally, by Winston Churchill himself; more recently, by the countless immigrants, newcomers and visitors to the country who are able, it must be observed, to see in Canada what incumbent Canadians oftentimes do not: that Canada could be a proper world power -- a country of global consequence -- if only… http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-30%2001:41:36&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-19%2001:33:44&key2=1 By Richard Johnson IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis GENEVA (IDN) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a 'global code of practice' to stem the 'brain drain' of health-care workers from developing to high-income countries, which weakens health systems in the countries they quit. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-19%2001:33:44&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-13%2000:39:23&key2=1 By Justin Akers Chacón IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis OAKLAND (IDN) - "Can you hear us now, Mexico? Can you hear us? This land is not your land, this land is our land," proclaimed Atlanta talk radio host Larry Wachs, whipping the crowd of 5,000 into a frenzy. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-13%2000:39:23&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-27%2008:55:54&key2=1 By Ernest Corea IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON DC (IDN) - Anybody who looks even slightly non-Caucasian should exercise extreme caution about footwear while in Arizona, whether living there or visiting. Such care is urged because a vocal and prominent supporter of the toxic anti-immigrant measures that were recently signed into law there has said that "illegal immigrants can be recognized from the shoes they wear." The man was serious. So a police officer observing somebody walking about in shoes with a way out design has to assume that he has caught sight of an illegal immigrant on the run? http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-27%2008:55:54&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-15%2000:21:01&key2=1 By Suresh Jaura* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TORONTO (IDN) - "India is people of one nation celebrating diversity. Canada will be a unique example of diversity - bringing the world together as a nation, says India-born Harinder S. Takhar, Ontario's Minister of Government Services, commenting on the Statistics Canada study." http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-15%2000:21:01&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-06%2022:04:05&key2=1 By Baltasar Garrido IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis MADRID (IDN) - Experts and decision-makers have followed with deep concern the Global Consultation on Migrant Health in Madrid. No wonder. Reports show that a high percentage of the one billion migrants worldwide lack access to health care, while their poverty and exploitative work conditions have worsened. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-06%2022:04:05&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-02-07%2004:24:36&key2=1 By Mahmoud Awadi IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis ABU DHABI (IDN) - Human Rights Watch, deeply concerned about the alleged abuse of migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has spotted some positive signs on the horizon. The New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi has agreed to insist with all companies building its campus to respect the rights of workers. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-02-07%2004:24:36&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2009-12-17%2019:24:27&key2=1 BY RAMESH JAURA IDN-InDepthNews Service BERLIN (IDN) - Imagine a day when migrant workers and members of their families shall be free to leave any country, including their country of origin. Their right to life shall be protected by law. None of them shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. None of them shall be held in slavery or servitude. None shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2009-12-17%2019:24:27&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2009-08-14%2009:32:19&key2=1 BY SURESH JAURA IDN-InDepthNews Service TORONTO (IDN) - Canada has decided to put a stopper on Mexicans and Czechs who board a plane to Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver or Winnipeg to seek work and make some good money in violation of immigration laws. Enough is enough, says Jason Kenney, Canada's Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism. Even if you are a tourist, you must get a visa first. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2009-08-14%2009:32:19&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2009-08-02%2018:36:54&key2=1 BY BOB NARMER IDN-InDepthNews Service (IDN Human Rights Desk) - Migrants and asylum seekers in Greece are 'Stuck in a Revolving Door', Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned, while renewing its call on Greek authorities to "Halt Crackdown, Arrests of Migrants". http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2009-08-02%2018:36:54&key2=1