StrangeSights: A stone Mercedes in Croatia; an unusual perfume; and, a recycled wood Eiffel Tower
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Flown back and forgotten: Filipino migrants face tough homecoming
Repatriated migrant workers want more government support as they struggle to rebuild their lives back in the Philippines. MARIEJO RAMOS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Migrant lives: The fisherman from Senegal keeping Spain’s vessels afloat
NACHO DOCE and CHARLIE DEVEREUX, of Reuters, report…
Foreign volunteers replace workers who fled Israeli farms under fire
Hatsav, Israel Reuters Rather than stretch out under the Caribbean sun, Mark Landsman has been spending his vacation picking tomatoes in Israel, unpaid and in striking range of Palestinian rockets. The New Jersey man, among thousands of foreigners who have come to southern Israeli farms emptied of labourers by more than three months of war in the Gaza […]
“Church City”: A taste of Catholic life in Qatar
MARIAM FAM, of Associated Press, reports from the small Gulf emirate hosting this year’s World Cup…
Pope Francis thrills small Gulf Catholic community with big Mass
Awali, Bahrain Reuters Pope Francis said Mass for thousands of Catholics in Bahrain on Saturday, thrilling members of the small foreign Catholic community from around the Gulf and urging them show kindness to their hosts, even if they are sometimes looked down on. The crowd of about 30,000 people that filled Bahrain’s National Stadium was […]
“No rights”: Pakistan’s digital ID card keeps millions locked out
WAQAR MUSTAFA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how many adults still don’t have a Computerized National Identity Card, excluding them from jobs and vital public services…
“Wage theft” in UAE robs African deportees of future
Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation Arrested before payday, deported without papers and now stonewalled by their former bosses – hundreds of African migrants thrown out of Abu Dhabi are struggling to start over without key documents and crucial cash. “I lost everything,” said Emmanuela Nsobe, a 30-year-old Cameroonian who worked at a gift shop until her […]
Thousands of migrant workers in Kashmir moved to secure locations, hundreds flee
Srinagar, India Reuters Indian authorities have moved thousands of migrant workers in Kashmir to safer locations, while hundreds have fled the Himalayan valley after a wave of targeted killings, two security officials said on Monday. Suspected militants have killed 11 civilians, including five migrant workers, in Kashmir since early October despite a widespread security crackdown […]
Bangladesh: For climate migrants, pandemic job cuts fuel “multiple crises”
NAIMUL KARIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the challenges facing those forced to leave their homes due to the changing climate…