The power dynamics of labour migration to the Middle East are complex.
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The social and economic threats caused by insufficient migration levels are not usually part of political conversations about immigration.
The Kenyan government must look for ways to combine emigration with labour protections.
Labour migration separated husbands and wives for long periods.
African football skills are sought after in the hugely popular Chinese Super League – and China gains soft power in Africa in the process.
Youth unemployment in Nigeria is a skills mismatch problem – corporations can’t find suitable workers in the midst of a large pool of unemployed workers.
Labour migrants from other provinces into Gauteng and the Western Cape are more likely to be employed than the two provinces’ permanent residents.
This Valentine’s Day, governments around the world need to reflect on how laws and public policies may undermine people’s capacity to love and be loved — and the long-term costs of lost love.
From south of the border, Trump seems to be using DACA as a diplomatic weapon in his ongoing power struggle with the Mexican government. That just hurts 800,000 people and helps President Peña Nieto.
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