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A migrant is a person who moves from one place to another, typically in search of work, education, or better living conditions. Migrants can be either internal, meaning they move within their own country, or international, meaning they move to another country. Migrants often face challenges and hardships, such as language barriers, discrimination, and lack of access to services and support. However, many migrants are also able to improve their lives and opportunities through their efforts to relocate. The phenomenon of migration has existed throughout human history, and continues to be a significant and complex issue in many parts of the world.
This story is being published through a partnership between the Mercury and the Medill News Service. Tricia Obester, an elementary school teacher and mother of a high school freshman, knew fentanyl overdoses were a national crisis. She was also aware that nationally some students were taking drugs. What she didn’t realize was how young some…
ABUJA – International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said human trafficking and kidnapping are not only crimes but also constitute gross violations of human rights. Laurent De Boeck, Chief of Mission, IOM Nigeria, stated this on Friday in Abuja at the commemoration of the International Day for the Right to the Truth organised by IOM…
MANILA, Philippines — The recent move by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), the Department of Justice (DOJ) and other government agencies to undertake an intensified effort for the country’s fight against human trafficking that victimizes overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is being lauded as a “welcome development”. According to lawyer Jose Vicente Salazar, the multi-agency effort comes at…
Archbishop Eamon Martin (LiamMcArdle.com/ Irish Catholic bishops) St Patrick has been celebrated as a patron for human trafficking victims and migrants in a statement by the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, Eamon Martin. Source: The Tablet. Archbishop Martin marked St Patrick’s Day on Friday by reflecting on the saint’s experiences as a…
As part of Lusail University’s expansion of academic programmes at the master’s level, the university yesterday launched master programmes in International Criminal Justice and in International Affairs and Public Policy. The first is in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) while the second is in collaboration with the United Nations…
The owner of a Boston pizza chain was arrested Thursday for allegedly forcing an employee who was an undocumented immigrant to work for him for years while threatening him with deportation and subjecting him to repeated verbal and physical abuse. Stavros “Steve” Papantoniadis, 47, of Westwood, owner of Stash’s Pizza, is charged with one count…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security joined the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday to announce the first ever extraditions from Guatemala to the United States on charges of human smuggling resulting in death, and the first Guatemalan human smuggling extraditions to the United States of any kind in nearly five years. This announcement…
Consistent with the viewpoint on facilitating safe, orderly and regular migration, and resolutely combating illegal migration, the Vietnamese government has regarded the fight against illegal migration and human trafficking a regular and long-term political task. This task should be performed proactively with the close coordination of the international community. In August 2022, 42 Vietnamese in…
Human trafficking means the abduction, recruitment, or harbouring of men, women, and children through force or fraud for an act of slavery, forced sexual acts, surrogacy, and the harvest of human organs. It trafficking can occur trans-nationally as well as within the bounds of a single state. The history of human trafficking is as old…
(UPDATE) AMID calls by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to put an end to modern-day slavery, Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople on Tuesday vowed to intensify the DMW’s awareness campaign against illegal recruitment and human trafficking, particularly those being undertaken through social media. At the same time, Ople called on the 11 member…
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