By K.S. Harikrishnan
Kerala, 29 July 2009 (IPS) - While Kerala, in southwest India, enjoys enviable indices when it comes to health and human development, the state seems unable to shake off high chronic morbidity rates among its women.
A study on the health status of people in Kerala by A. Ashok, lecturer at Kanhanged Nehru college [...]
WASHINGTON, July 13 - Remittance flows to developing countries are expected to be $304 billion in 2009, down from an estimated $328 billion in 2008, said the World Bank today, releasing a new migration and remittances brief to coincide with an International Diaspora and Development Conference running from July 13-14.
The predicted decline in remittances by [...]
The Kerala capital is set to host a two-day international conference beginning Tuesday on the global economic crisis, its impact on Gulf nations and its implications for migrant labour, including Indians, working there.
The event, which would be held at the Centre for Development Studies in Kerala, will focus on the slowdown of the growth rate [...]
A very interesting article from Frontera NorteSur shows that migrants in financial difficulty are increasing being suported by their family members back home. This is a new phenomenon directly created by the economic crisis:
Frontera NorteSur - For decades, money sent home by Mexicans laboring in the United States has been a key pillar of the [...]
By Kwon Mee-yoo - The Korea Times (Seoul) - The Human Resources Development Service of Korea (HRDSK) provides free, 12-week education courses for migrant workers returning to their country of origin to help promote self-employment or make it easier for them to find a new job after they return home.
Toledo Hermie Abaros, 41, is an [...]
Guatemala - IOM - Officials from the 11 countries that make up the Regional Conference on Migration (RCM) are met in Guatemala City in July. At the 3-day meeting vice ministers of foreign affairs and interior, and senior migration officials, exchanged information, shared experiences and best practices, and carried out consultations to promote regional cooperation [...]
By Rebecca Todd - The Press (New Zealand) - The Government should create an emergency fund to help struggling migrants during the recession, migrant advocates and Opposition MPs say.
Migrants made redundant while on temporary work permits are being forced to leave New Zealand within weeks of losing their jobs while others are finding themselves [...]
By Nick Barlow -The Helsinki Times (Finland) - Latest figures show that foreign-trained doctors are becoming much more common in the wealthier countries.
For example, the number of doctors practising in Finland who have been educated abroad increased threefold from 2000-2007 and has continued to rise, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) [...]
Predictions that migrant workers will return home in their droves as the recession bites are a myth, a leading expert warns, while the UK immigration minister announces plans under consideration to add an ethical aspect to the new points-based immigration system to help reduce the impact of the UK draining away top workers from other [...]
Vienna (Associated Press) - Most victims of discrimination in the European Union are unaware of their rights and often don’t know how or where to file a complaint, a watchdog said Wednesday.
The EU Fundamental Rights Agency also said in its annual report that a majority of countries in the 27-nation bloc do [...]
