- democracy and other political regimes
- economy & politics
- political or war refugees
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Immigration and emigration come into English from Latin. Immigration is from immigrare, “to go into” (im + migrare) and emigration is from emigrare, “to move” (ex + migrare). Thus you may be able to guess that immigration and emigration actually refer to exactly the same action from two diametrically opposed perspectives:
Emigration: the act of leaving one’s homeland or country to settle in another. Emigration views the action from the perspective of the person’s origins. Here is an example:
Emigration is prompted by a variety of factors, as people leave their country in order to flee a war, find education or job opportunities, or join their family in another land.
Immigration: the act of coming to and settling in a new homeland or country from one’s original homeland or country. Immigration views the same action from the perspective of the person’s new home. Here is an example:
Immigration is more or less tightly controlled by host countries, who may be concerned about the effects of a large population influx or wish to achieve some kind of mix of incoming residents, or alternatively, provide a haven for a people or group suffering some kind of intense need.
source: http://www.educationbug.org/a/immigration-vs-emigration.html
source: http://www.educationbug.org/a/immigration-vs-emigration.html
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WEF 2012
- 23 Jan 2012 – Once again, the world's richest and most powerful get together in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. - (from The Washington Post- US) - here
- WEF, Davos 2012: The latest news from the World Economic Forum annual meeting, from Davos, Switzerland. - (from TheTelegraph - UK) - here
«It's now up to China to save capitalism» (link within)
China's ghost cities (video)
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The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan (2006)
God Grew Tired of Us
Storyline
In 1987, Sudan's Muslim government pronounced death to all males in the Christian south: 27,000 boys fled to Ethiopia on foot. In 1991, they were forced to flee to Kenya; 12,000 survived to live in a U.N. camp in Kakuma - read further
By Holly Bailey (Senior Political Reporter)
6 hrs ago
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From Sudan to the United States:
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*The American Dream
«In State of the Union address, Obama says ‘basic American promise’ is at risk»
By Holly Bailey (Senior Political Reporter)
6 hrs ago
President Obama warned in his State of the Union address Tuesday that the nation's middle class is at risk because of growing economic inequality, and argued that the government must do more to preserve the basic American dream.
In a speech that is likely to set the theme of his 2012 re-election bid, Obama said "the basic American promise" that hard work can allow one to own a home and support a family are at risk if the government doesn't do more to balance the scale between the nation's rich and poor.
"The defining issue of our time is how to keep that promise alive. No challenge is more urgent. (read further)
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