2024-05-16: News Headlines

Maureen Clare Murphy (2024-05-16). Gaza genocide cements Israel's status as a pariah. electronicintifada.net Itamar Ben-Gvir champions "voluntary emigration" while his followers attack aid trucks.

Jason Ditz (2024-05-16). Hezbollah Launches Deepest Drone Strike in Israel Since War Began. news.antiwar.com Israel and Hezbollah carried out tit-for-tat airstrikes throughout Wednesday. Scores of Hezbollah missiles were fired at northern Israel and a drone strike against a military site near Golani Junction hit some 21 miles from the border. Israeli military reported damage but no injuries from the explosives-laden drone, but more noteworthy is the fact this is …

Jason Ditz (2024-05-16). Hezbollah Launches Deepest Drone Strike in Israel Since War Began. news.antiwar.com Israel and Hezbollah carried out tit-for-tat airstrikes against one throughout Wednesday. Scores of Hezbollah missiles were fired at northern Israel and a drone strike against a military site near Golani Junction hit some 21 miles from the border. Israeli military reported damage but no injuries from the explosives-laden drone, but more noteworthy is the fact …

ICRC (2024-05-16). Ukraine: As fighting intensifies around Kharkiv, ICRC increases support for displaced people. icrc.org News release | While many of the 8,000 people reported to have left have found refuge with host families and relatives, civilians from the border areas continue to arrive at collective shelters in Kharkiv city.The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has…

sloiselier (2024-05-16). Ukraine: As fighting intensifies around Kharkiv, ICRC increases support for displaced people. icrc.org While many of the 8,000 people reported to have left have found refuge with host families and relatives, civilians from the border areas continue to arrive at collective shelters in Kharkiv city.The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has provided food and hygiene items to support the ongoing efforts of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS) to assist those who have fled their homes. In addition, the ICRC is supporting several health facilities in the Kharkiv region with medical items to treat the wounded due to the spike in hostilities.The current influx of displaced people in Kharkiv is one of the l…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2024-05-16). Chinese immigrants contributed to sugar production in Cuba. plenglish.com Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, May 16 (Prensa Latina) One of the distinctive features of sugar production in the 19th century in central Cuba, what is now Sancti Spíritus province, was the Chinese presence in sugarcane cutting.

noemail (2024-05-16). Child Migration Through Darien Gap Reaches Alarming Levels, UNICEF Warns. devdiscourse.com UNICEF analysis reveals a concerning surge in child migration through the perilous Darien Gap, setting the route on course for a fifth consecutive year of record levels of child migration, with more than 30,000 children navigating the treacherous jungle in the first four months of 2024—a staggering 40% increase compared to the same period last year.

Human Rights Watch (2024-05-16). Rwanda: Human Rights Watch Researcher Barred. hrw.org (New York) — Rwandan immigration authorities denied entry to Clémentine de Montjoye, a senior researcher in the Africa division at Human Rights Watch, upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, on May 13, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. De Montjoye traveled to Rwanda for meetings with officials from foreign embassies but was told upon arrival that she was "not welcome in Rwanda" for undisclosed "immigration reasons," and Kenya Airways was instructed to ensure her removal from the country."Rwanda touts itself as an open and welcoming destination, but the treatment reserved for those who may investiga…

noemail (2024-05-16). New Dutch government to look for 'opt out' of EU asylum rules. devdiscourse.com The incoming Dutch government led by nationalist Geert Wilders' PVV party will look to opt out of European Union migration rules, as its says it is facing an asylum crisis.

Hugo GABBERO (2024-05-16). Greece: Acquittal of migrants' rights defender Panayote Dimitras. fidh.org

noemail (2024-05-16). ILO Launches Regional Strategy on Labor Migration and Human Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean. devdiscourse.com The International Labour Organization (ILO) has introduced a comprehensive Regional Strategy on Labor Migration and Human Mobility for Latin America and the Caribbean. Developed collaboratively by 37 countries and territories in the region with technical assistance from the ILO, the strategy aims to tackle the complex challenges surrounding labor migration while harnessing its potential for regional development.

newarab (2024-05-16). Progressive Muslim challenges US Congress incumbent on Gaza. newarab.com Imraan Siddiqi, the son of Indian immigrants to the US, has been involved in civil rights most of his life — from seeing racial inequality in the South to…

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