One of Mexico's biggest sources of income is migrant workers, who work north of the border, sending money back to their families. Construction is down in the United States so the jobs for the Mexican migrant workers are down.One of Mexico's biggest sources of income is migrant workers, who work north of the... more
You might think that for the inaugural entry on the Huffington Post, Mighty Movie Podcast might feature something that would serve as a friendly little hello -- a charming family film, say, or maybe something suitably patriotic to kick off the July 4th weekend.
But nooooo. Instead, we've got Los Bastardos, a spare and brutal survey of the suburban wasteland that finds two illegal immigrants (non-pros Jesus Moises Rodriguez and Ruben Sosa) staging a home invasion and finding that their hostage (Nina Zavarin) is too benumbed to care.
Director Amat Escalante doesn't try for hyperbolic horror here -- the nightmare purrs along in low key, which makes the scenario almost as unbearable, and the atrocities and violence, when they do happen, all the more indelible. It may not necessarily be the thing to sit down to following the family barbecue, but, trust me, what you'll experience is as incendiary as any backyard fireworks.
I reached Escalante by phone in Mexico, and we were able to talk a bit about baiting Lou Dobbs, growing up Mexican in Southern California, and casting migrant workers as your lead actors.You might think that for the inaugural entry on the Huffington Post, Mighty Movie... more
Libyan authorities have recovered the bodies of 100 migrants trying to reach Europe who drowned after their boat sank off Libya, officials said on Wednesday... Follow this link to read more: http://uniknotions.com/fulldebate.php?debatenum=587Libyan authorities have recovered the bodies of 100 migrants trying to reach Europe... more
Once the ultimate globalization success story, the island of Saipan now faces one of the fastest economic collapses in history. After suffering a harsh history of military struggles as well as a temporary economic boom after becoming a U.S. commonwealth, the island now stands devastated. Scores of factories remain empty, rotting shopping centers litter the country, and former factory workers turn to the sex industry for survival. Adam Yamaguchi visits Saipan to document the rise and sudden collapse of a tiny piece of America.Once the ultimate globalization success story, the island of Saipan now faces one of... more
Nineteen people, including an eight-year-old girl, drowned when a migrant boat capsized 20m (65ft) from shore in the Canary Islands, rescuers say.Nineteen people, including an eight-year-old girl, drowned when a migrant boat... more
Hundreds of migrants and refugees broke out of an overcrowded immigration facility on a Sicilian island yesterday to protest at their treatment, authorities said.
About 600 people forced open the gates at the facility and marched toward the center of the island of Lampedusa before making their way back, according to officials at the facility and news reports.
About 2,000 people have been crammed into a facility built for 850.Hundreds of migrants and refugees broke out of an overcrowded immigration facility on... more
Three migrants died and 26 others were captured when a fishing boat trying to reach Florida ran aground on Friday at one of America's wealthiest locales, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Authorities searched the sea off Miami after some of the survivors said there could be more people in the water.
Most of the migrants said they were from the Dominican Republic, while four said they were Brazilian, the Coast Guard said.
The 30-foot (9-meter) boat ran aground off Fisher Island, a wealthy enclave just south of Miami Beach. Forbes magazine this month named Fisher Island the most expensive postal code in the United States with a median home sale price of $3.8 million.
Southern Florida is a frequent target for Cubans and Haitians seeking better living conditions in the United States. Many are brought by organized smuggling rings.
"Twenty-nine people have been accounted for. Three of them are deceased," Coast Guard Petty Officer Jennifer Johnson said.
She said some of the migrants had reached shore and were taken into custody by the U.S. Border Patrol and others captured at sea were being questioned on a Coast Guard ship.Three migrants died and 26 others were captured when a fishing boat trying to reach... more
BEIJING — Li Tianchao is an itinerant worker who has spent his adult life toiling long hours, living in bleak worksite dormitories and chasing the next construction job from boomtown to boomtown. A no-nonsense, weatherworn man, he is not quick to grouse.
But as he waited for a train to take him back to his hometown north of the capital, Mr. Li, 50, could not help but feel wistful.
“The Olympics have finally come to China, and I won’t even be here,” he said, lounging on a woven plastic sack stuffed with his possessions. He glanced up at the “Participate in the Olympics, Enjoy the Fun” banner above his head and shrugged.
Like thousands of others who packed Beijing’s main train station on Thursday, Mr. Li was prompted to leave town by a lack of work and an unwritten government policy encouraging migrant workers to clear out until the dignitaries and journalists have gone home. BEIJING — Li Tianchao is an itinerant worker who has spent his adult life toiling... more
Fifteen Africans died while trying to reach Spain's southern coast in a small, overcrowded boat, Spanish officials told CNN.
Thousands of African migrants risk their lives each year, trying to reach mainland Europe in small, overcrowded boats.
Rescue teams located the craft late Wednesday off the coast of Almeria province and helped it ashore. Aboard were 33 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and a dead woman.
They told authorities that 14 others, including nine young children, had died en route and were dropped overboard.
The survivors included men, women and a months-old baby. It was the second incident in a week involving African migrants.
Fifteen Africans died while trying to reach Spain's southern coast in a small,... more
The More the Merrier, set in St. Katherine’s Docks, examines the impact of immigration. Through inspired argument and the story of one young Indian woman’s desire to stay in the UK, the film lyrically interweaves historical archive with shanty sea songs. It presents a uniquely pro-immigration case, and call to us all, to open our minds and our borders. Get the full film on DVD from the WORLDwrite website and start some serious debate with friends, your school, college or university.The More the Merrier, set in St. Katherine’s Docks, examines the impact of... more
A union says Migrant workers on a construction site at an NHS hospital have taken home as little as £8.80 for a week's work in Nottinghamshire. A union says Migrant workers on a construction site at an NHS hospital have taken home... more
New immigration laws in Britain could see foreign footballers having to hastily enrol in English lessons if they want to continue playing in the Premier League.
According to Sky, non-EU footballers "will be banned from playing for British clubs unless they can speak English," but will not be alone as they will be among groups restricted under the new rules.
The new immigration rules are being implemented in an attempt to reduce the amount of UK migrants every year by around 30,000
Booo. Could this be due to the expert's predictions of the the 1/3 population growth in the next 10/20 years? What does being English have to do with football anyway? You don't have to speak to play. If you're a star,you're a star, no matter what language you speak. New immigration laws in Britain could see foreign footballers having to hastily enrol... more
Janet Choi spends a day at the Port of San Ysidro--the border between Mexico and California,where everthing from drugs to humans are smuggled into the US.Janet Choi spends a day at the Port of San Ysidro--the border between Mexico and... more
The out spoken not for profit WORLDwrite which makes Global Equality non- negotiable is joining magasine Spiked to promote a new campaign to Open the borders and is calling on Current viewers to support this timely quest. As the British government launches its draconian 'points system' to limit immigration and releases reports which question the economic benefit of letting people into the UK, WORLDwrite is releasing a new short film entiled The More the Merrior which champions unfetterred Freedom of Movement for all.
This new short film, interwoven with compelling archive, provides a timely case for unfettered freedom of movement for all across the globe. Too many people? Too many immigrants? For The More the Merrier the answer is a deafening no.
Evocative sea shanty songs take us to St Katharine Docks on the Thames and set the scene. This was a landing and departure point for immigrants settling in the UK and emigrants heading off to the New World. Immigration and emigration represent striving for a better world, yet from the 1905 aliens act onwards the UK began to shut its’ borders. The film suggests that while attitudes to immigration have been de-racialised there has been more closure than ever before and situates today’s anti immigrant sentiment within a culture of limits.
The film incorporates inspiring arguments from the Battle of Ideas immigration debate and features Bruno Waterfield Brussels correspondent for The Daily telegraph who argues “anti immigration sentiments represent a closure of the historical imagination” and quoting American writer P J O’Rourke he points that if the whole of the worlds’ population moved to one place they would cover a space the size of former Yugoslavia at the same density as Manhatten and he says “Manhatten is a pretty good place to live.” Philippe Legrain author of Immigrants Your Country Needs Them explains internal migration outstrips migration overseas today and this has “not for example caused China to collapse.” Legrain ridicules the ‘points system’ and argues immigration controls today represent a form of global apartheid. Illustrating these points Sadhavi Sharma a young Indian student obliged to go home, explains why she wants to stay and has more friends here than in Bombay.
WORLDwrite Director Ceri Dingle explains:
“This is a positive pro immigration film, not a tragic story, not an exceptional case but a fresh appraisal of the debate with a much needed historical perspective. Cutting through the depressing low expectations we have for what is possible today, the title of the film says it all.”
The More the Merrier will be launched along with a further short documentary Cash Back (available on Current ) highlighting the role of remittances (monies sent by migrants and diasporas back to countries of origin) at the new Vibe Lounge, Brick lane, London E1 on Sunday 20th April at 6pm. Speakers will include Philippe Legrain, (Author Immigrants their country needs you) Claire Fox (Director Institute of Ideas) and a representative of Open the Borders – a spiked-online campaign.
The out spoken not for profit WORLDwrite which makes Global Equality non- negotiable... more
**This film is now the revised version of Cash Back that we have made based on some of the great comments and suggestions below**
Shot in Brick Lane in the heart of London's East End, this film reveals the extent of remittances.This is money sent by migrants and Diasporas to friends, families and villages in some of the world's poorest countries. They don't wear their heart on their sleeve or a wristband to show they care and they go on sending money when the shocking TV images have faded. Remittances outstrip aid and foreign direct investment for many developing countries. There are no strings attached and as the film suggests, remittances better represent the aspirations of our peers globally than much of contemporary charitable giving and celebrity pleading to buy a hoe or a goat.**This film is now the revised version of Cash Back that we have made based on some of... more
Increasing floods, famines, droughts, fires, and other disasters are displacing people globally. As climate change continues to advance, more catastrophes will occur forcing more people from their homes. Most of the migration will take place within one's own borders. The poorest are going to suffer the most. Increasing floods, famines, droughts, fires, and other disasters are displacing people... more
JUAN GÓMEZ, Dominican Republic ? The scrap-wood shanties on a muddy hillside are a poor man?s promised land.
They have leaky roofs and dirt floors, with no lights or running water. But hundreds of Haitian migrants have risked their lives to come here and work the surrounding fields, and they are part of a global trend: migrants who move to poor countries from even poorer ones.
The biggest mass migration of people is happening in China. Over 100 million migrants have moved from the poor countryside to the cities in search of work. Laura Ling looks into the migrant situation in China and the rights for migrant workers.The biggest mass migration of people is happening in China. Over 100 million migrants... more
Under pressure from Spain and the European Union, Morocco has begun a crackdown on the wave of sub-Saharan Africans trying to reach Europe. Mariana van Zeller visits with immigrant communities who are living in the shadows of Moroccan slums.Under pressure from Spain and the European Union, Morocco has begun a crackdown on the... more
Central Americans account for an increasing percentage of illegal immigrants in the US. Mariana van Zeller joins immigrants from Central America on the perilous and sometimes deadly journey to El Norte.Central Americans account for an increasing percentage of illegal immigrants in the... more
