by Molly T. Marshall | Jun 16, 2020 | Opinion
People are on the move all over the world, and it is rarely for a good reason. Usually, it has to do with some combination of the following: political insurgence, famine, outbreaks of disease, economic depletion and ethnic unrest. Recent studies estimate more than 70...
by Sue Smith | Mar 18, 2019 | Opinion
In Chiapas, the rural southwest state in Mexico, issues surrounding migration are a little different than what we hear about on the news. Communities aren’t controlled by gangs. You don’t witness acts of violence on the streets, and you cannot assume that pretty much...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 20, 2018 | News
Millions of children coming to the U.S. from Central America are migrating to escape poverty and violence, according to a U.N. Children’s Fund “Child Alert” report released Aug. 16. “Gang-related violence, organized crime, extortion, poverty and limited access to...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 6, 2016 | News
More than 65 million people were forcibly displaced by conflict in 2015, according to a United Nations’ Refugee Agency (UNHCR) report, nearly 6 million more than 2014. Of the total, 21.3 million were refugees, which include 16.1 million under the UNHCR’s...
by James Gordon | May 4, 2015 | Opinion
The tragedy of the Mediterranean migrants became a political character attack in the United Kingdom recently. It appears that the pursuit of power in this country has become a dirty, corrupting, frantic ego-fest, driven by the greed of vested interests, divisive...