Tag: migrants

This has been in the back of my mind for a while now. First why isn’t the UN involved in helping migrants and refugees in the Americas? And why aren’t there any complaints before the UN General Assembly about US handling of refugees? And will the UN sanction or investigate…

During the campaign, one of the continuing narratives (and continuing today) was the lack of jobs for blue collar workers. Some of the election coverage around Wisconsin talked about lack of blue collar workers in the smaller cites, places like Wausau, where the population no longer supports the needs of…

For those of you who haven’t seen the news lately…or haven’t visited news sites that carry such news…the French government is tearing down a refugee camp in Calais and moving its residents to other facilities in France. Many of the residents are upset because they would like to reach Great…

From the New York Times to Yahoo News to local media outlets, the millions of Syrians fleeing their homeland are typically referred to as ‘migrants’. The word migrant has a fairly neutral connotation and usually refers to voluntary immigrants who move to a new nation for work or education or…