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Gulf crisis forces Indian construction workers home from Dubai
Published April 7, 2009 MIGRATION Leave a Comment
Fishermen who gambled on building boom join masses on move due to downturn. Sakthikulangara means “the coast of strength” in the local language. But the hundreds of migrant workers in this fishing village in India‘s southern state of Kerala who have been forced to return home from the Gulf in recent months due to the global economic crisis have never felt more vulnerable.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/06/migration-indian-dubai-recession
Two immigrants were found by police and the guardia civil hiding in the false bottom of a car trying to enter the city of Melilla in Spanish North Africa. Government officials announced on Saturday the completion of Operation Gull, which began eight months ago to dismantle the largest organisation of human smuggling in the city. Of the 30 members of the network who were identified, 21 have been arrested – 19 Spaniards and two Moroccans
More than 300 African migrants are feared dead after their boats sank off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says
There has been a big fall in the number of East Europeans registering to work in the UK, official figures show. Some 720,000 National Insurance numbers were issued to foreign workers in the year to September 2008, the Office for National Statistics has said.
The number of migrants reaching Italy‘s southern coastline after a perilous crossing from Africa has soared by more than 50% this year, according to UN figures, highlighting the mounting moral and diplomatic dilemma that will face countries in southern Europe in 2009.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/30/italy-libya-migration
The number of migrants allowed into the UK under the points system may have to be reduced because of the economic crisis, an immigration minister says.
This map shows total numbers of Eastern European migrants in each local authority who registered for work between May 2004 and December 2007.
Of the approximately 11,000 Border Patrol agents, 89 percent work along the US-Mexico border. In contrast, there are approximately 980 agents currently working along the 4,000-mile US-Canada border. In a recent speech on immigration reform, President Bush pledged to add 6,000 more Border Patrol agents by the end of 2008. In the interim, 6,000 National Guard troops will be sent to the southern border to provide support services to the Border Patrol, such as construction and surveillance.
http://www.migrationinformation.org/feature/display.cfm?ID=407
