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South Africa has historically attracted immigration (economic and labour migrants), first from countries such as Zimbabwe and Lesotho with the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in the 19th century, and later displaced migrants due to conflict from countries such as Somalia, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This has continued to date, but concurrently, the country also experiences emigration of its skilled population to more developed countries, an overlooked fact in migration discourses. The economic value of migrants to the South African economy is relatively high. According...

Share The wife of Edo State governor, Mrs Betty Obaseki, on Thursday, harped on youth empowerment as the antidote to the illegal migration of youths in the state to European countries such as Spain and Italy, where they are subjected to all sorts of inhuman treatments. Mrs Obaseki who made the call while speaking at the presentation of equipment to first batch graduands of the skill acquisition programme under the Migration II Project organised by the ActionAid Nigeria noted that many of the youths who sought succour abroad did so because they could not get enough satisfaction from the govern...

Mormons, submit your COVID-19 stories Members of various Mormon traditions are being asked to upload their stories, photos and social media posts about what life was like during COVID-19. February 9, 2021 (RNS) — One of my callings at church is to be the “history specialist” in my ward, which basically means I compile a digital scrapbook of our congregation’s annual doings. It’s one of my favorite callings over the course of my life as a Latter-day Saint (and the only one I’ve ever actually trained for professionally). I love the folks in my ward and this gives me an excuse to ask...

Jana Riess: Mormons, submit your COVID-19 stories Members of various Mormon traditions are being asked to upload their stories, photos and social media posts about what life was like during the pandemic. (File photo courtesy of Chad Mourino) Chad Mourino teaches new Latter-day Saint missionaries Mandarin remotely. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, prospective proselytizers are learning new languages and studying their religion via technology. By Jana Riess | Religion News Service   | Feb. 10, 2021, 1:28 a.m. One of my callings at church is to be the “history specialist” in my ward, whic...

Reply Hilda Ramirez escaped the violence of her native Guatemala in order to save her son's life amid recruitment efforts by violent gangs. (Austin Sanctuary Network) AUSTIN, TX — Four women living in sanctuary — including one living in an Austin church to avoid being deported — filed a lawsuit Tuesday against U.S. immigration officials for targeting them with retaliatory and excessive civil fines. The women were joined in the lawsuit by Austin Sanctuary Network and Free Migration Project. Each plaintiff is a leader in the modern sanctuary movement begun in the 1980s as a resistance to ...