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S GA/1182019 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEVENTY-FIRST SESSION, 3RD TO 7TH MEETINGS The General Assembly adopted the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants today, thereby mapping a route towards a collective, rights-based response to record displacement numbers around the world. As outlined in the Declaration (document A/71/L.1), such a response would be of key importance in providing… Continue reading General Assembly Adopts Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, as United Nations, International Organization for Migration Sign Key Agreement

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s corruption trial has been put on hold, after the country’s Court of Appeal approved a last-minute application from his lawyers for a stay of proceedings. Najib, who is accused of playing a key role in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal that saw billions of dollars siphoned out of the sovereign wealth fund,… Continue reading TRIAL OF FORMER MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER NAJIB RAZAK ON CORRUPTION CHARGES DELAYED PENDING OUTCOME OF APPEAL

Mexicans trapped in ‘modern-day slavery’ as pay from their cleaning work was controlled by traffickers: OPP Forty-three Mexicans, brought to Canada, have been freed from the control of alleged human traffickers. Here is an example of the accommodations in which some of them lived. (Ontario Provincial Police) Ontario Provincial Police say they have freed 43 modern-day… Continue reading Police in Ontario free 43 Mexicans brought to Canada by alleged human traffickers

Like a balloon pierced with a needle, rice farmers and millers have punctured the official line touted by President Muhammadu Buhari as his government’s signature achievement in agriculture and food security. “We have stopped spending our foreign reserve to import rice; there is sufficiency in rice and we now produce it locally, including the Anambra… Continue reading How Local Millers’ Revelation Unravels FG’s False Claim On Rice Production

Cancelling backlog part of government plan to improve processing times and tailor immigration to labour needs The Government of Quebec is moving to eliminate outstanding applications to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program submitted prior to August 2, 2018.   The plan calls for cancelling all applications submitted before that date that have yet to be approved, refused or rejected,… Continue reading Quebec Immigration moves to terminate backlog of 18,000 Skilled Worker Program applications