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Immigration needs reform
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/05/2025
» Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's initiative to launch a new department to tackle immigration issues is welcome, if not long overdue.
VIMB and Harvey Law Group Launch Sustainable Citizenship Program
Published on 30/10/2023
» The longstanding partnership between Harvey Law Group (HLG) and Vanuatu Investment Marketing Bureau (VIMB) is set to reach new heights with the launch of the Capital Investment Immigration Plan (CIIP) under the Vanuatu Citizenship by Investment program, aimed at bolstering the country's sustainability efforts to achieve its 2030 carbon net zero goals.
Memories remain
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 02/08/2023
» Growing up in Surin, the border region between Thailand and Cambodia, Marisa Srijunpleang developed a keen interest in the histories of both countries. However, she noticed that some historical stories were missing from written records. After talking to family members, she was surprised to discover they were survivors of the 1975 Khmer Rouge genocide, and how they had been directly and indirectly affected by the war.
Migrants a mixed blessing in crowded Ny
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 30/07/2023
» Around 7am one day last August, the first migrants sent to New York City by the governor of Texas arrived with little warning on a bus, and walked sleepily into their new lives.
'Invisible' brides boost economy
Oped, Published on 08/12/2022
» Mail-order brides are those who register themselves in catalogues to be chosen by men for marriage. Since the mail-order bride industry forms an essential part of the informal economy in several underdeveloped and developing Asian economies, data misses the economic participation of Asian mail-order brides, making them "invisible" recruits in the process.
Foreign students say Canada is exploiting them for ‘cheap labour’
Published on 01/11/2022
» Some foreign students are accusing the Canadian government of using them as a cheap source of labour and discarding them once they’re no longer needed.
Philippine vanity
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/04/2022
» Re: "4 runners in presidential race refuse to drop out", (BP, April 19). Due to the poorly structured presidential election process in the Philippines, the winning candidate only needs to obtain more votes than each of the other candidates.
Most Afghan allies left behind, US describes haunting choices
AFP, Published on 02/09/2021
» WASHINGTON: Most Afghan allies seeking to flee with the US withdrawal were unable to do so, an official acknowledged Wednesday, as the United States began to wrestle with painful choices in the chaotic final days of the war.
Viral footage of US Marine aiding baby captures Kabul chaos
AFP, Published on 21/08/2021
» WASHINGTON: A heart-breaking video showing a US Marine lifting a baby over a razor wire-topped wall at Kabul's airport caught global attention Friday, amid the chaos of thousands trying to flee Afghanistan newly controlled by the Taliban.
White House says 20,000 Afghan interpreters asking for US asylum
AFP, Published on 16/07/2021
» WASHINGTON - About 20,000 Afghans who worked as interpreters for the United States during its war in Afghanistan and now fear retribution from Taliban insurgents have applied for evacuation, the White House said Thursday.