Category - migration

OECD report deploys facts against anti-migrant alarmism

staff writers — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:49:28 +0100

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a research body bringing together the world's richest developed countries, has suggested that fears about migration and hostility towards migrant workers are unjustified.

Lord Carey is wrong on immigration, critics say

staff writers — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:33:41 +0100

People working with migrants in the churches and civic organisations have expressed dismay at the recent comments on immigration by former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, who has joined a cross-party group calling for stricter controls.

Welcoming migrants is not optional, says world church body

agency reporter — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:16:47 +0100

Migration is a fact of life, an instinct to survive and an inevitable consequence of globalization - something we can neither turn our backs on it nor control, declared a statement of participants at a faith-led public hearing in Beirut.

Christians and Muslims seek cooperation on human challenge of migration

agency reporter — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:46 +0100

Migration is a human concern, not a Muslim or a Christian one, and joint action is vital, declared representatives of Lebanon's six most numerous faith communities at a Public Hearing on Migration in Beirut this week.

Brown accused of treating migrants as second-class people

staff writers — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:31:24 +0000

Home Office plans to introduce an "earned citizenship" system for immigrants from outside the European Union who want to become British have been attacked as descriminatory and degrading by campaigners.

US Catholics celebrate the contribution of migrants to humanity

staff writers — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:30:54 +0000

Christians across the USA have been marking National Migration Week, 6-12 January 2008, sponsored by Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, around the theme 'From Many, One Family of God'.

Independent Asylum Commission to hold final UK public hearing

staff writers — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:02:16 +0000

The Independent Asylum Commission is holding its final public hearing in London on 29 November 2007. It is collecting evidence for an impartial citizens’ enquiry into the UK asylum system, which many regard as unjust and failing.

The true plight of migrant workers

Simon Barrow — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:00:29 +0000

As the debate on migration continues, Jon Cruddas argues that it needs to be located in relation to population change, service provision, housing, employment/the economy and global factors.

Migration is about people, before statistics

Press Office — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:59:14 +0000

The government's foreign labour statistics gaffe does not justify the apocalyptic tones of the current debate about migration, which is about people and development, not numbers and panic, says the

Migration back to being a political football again

staff writers — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:46:30 +0000

Migration issues are back in the headlines, with the two main parties vying over 'get tough' policies, and the government admitting that its recent labour force statistics have been wrong. But positive alternatives are also being mooted.