Along the past week here are some interesting news relating to youth, volunteerism and migration and development that i came across: Castro Says Migration Policy to Be Eased Volunteer contributions to peace and development UNV chief sees youth as engaged actors of development Gov’t challenged to prioritise youth education, employment Rethinking Growth and the Green [...]

Along the past week here are some interesting news relating to youth and migration and development. I came across. News about the recent food crises –a rather unpopular area I find interest in was also a striking issue to feel concern about: Regional conference on migration in Africa opens UK opens its doors to exceptionally [...]

By : JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS One August morning nearly two decades ago, my mother woke me and put me in a cab. She handed me a jacket. “Baka malamig doon” were among the few words she said. (“It might be cold there.”) When I arrived at the Philippines’ Ninoy Aquino International Airport with her, my [...]

..it might be time to return back home … as the popular saying goes : – no matter how far away you roam, there’s no place like home!     About three weeks ago, while I was in the heat of preparing and participating in some eight seminars as part of my Masters Degree programme, [...]

The direct and indirect repercussions that the late Osama bin Laden’s actions in masterminding the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 have had on the agencies, policies and attitudes affecting immigrants in the United States are far too many to mention in a short list. The attacks led to the dissolution of the federal immigration infrastructure at [...]