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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 18h

Rob Jetten, the winner of the Dutch general elections proposes a humane but controlled immigration approach
#ImmigrantTimes #DutchElection #DutchImmigration
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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 18h

After the fall of Al-Fashir, Sudan’s neighbours face an unprecedented influx of refugees
#ImmigrantTimes #SudanRefugees
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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 18h

Young Nepalis support their country and families by working abroad. Remittances from hundreds of thousands of Nepali migrants make up more than a quarter of the nation’s GDP
#ImmigrantTimnes #NepaliMigration
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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 7d

Immigration in Britain: An opportunity for the country or a threat to society? Britain’s political divide on immigration deepens. By The Immigrant Times
#ImmigrantTimes #ImmigrationBritain #ImmigrationUK
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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 9d

IMMIGRATION IN IRELAND: A study by Trinity College Dublin found that the Irish ICT sector is highly reliant on migrant labour, with as much as 40% of employment in the sector already undertaken by non-Irish labour.
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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 10d

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s cityscape remark sparked uproar and historical echoes. Crowds rallied outside CDU HQ in Berlin and other major cities, holding banners reading ‘My city, my home, my right to belong’.
#ImmigrantTimes #Stadtbild #FriedrichMerz
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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 12d

Remittances from US-based immigrants are vital for many families in smaller Latin American countries. For some nations remittances represent a substantial share of GDP.
#ImmigrantTimes #ImmigrantsUSA #LatinAmericanImmigrants #Remittances
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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 15d

Immigrants in Italy: Needed but not loved. Across Italy, immigrants sustain vital sectors and local economies. They work in sectors that native Italians increasingly avoid.
#ImmigrantTimes #ImmigrantsItaly #ImmigrationItaly
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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 15d

Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz sparked outrage when he seemed to suggest that the country’s high streets were not German enough. The Green Party described the remarks disrespectful and dangerous.
#ImmigrantTimes #Stadtbild #FriedrichMerz
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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 21d

The Solidarity Prize honours places where all people live together in harmony. Please nominate a town. Already nominated: Bilbao, Rotterdam, Graz, Montpellier, Val-de-Reuil, Oliveri, Santo Stefano del Sole, Hebertshausen,
#ImmigrantPrize #SolidarityPrize
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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 21d

The US government offers cash incentives to migrant teenagers to leave the country. It is estimated that there are just under 100,000 unaccompanied migrant minors under the age of 18 held in US detention centres.
#ImmigrantTimes #TeenMigrants #USmigrants
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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 22d

African countries are divided over migrant deportation deals with the US. Only four nations have begun accepting deportees from the US, while others reject the policy as coercive and indecent.
#ImmigrantTimes #AfricanMigrants
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Deporting migrants to Africa

African countries are divided over migrant deportation deals with the US. READ

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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 23d

Apprenticeship places in Germany: Employers discriminate against foreign-sounding names. A ‘Lukas Becker’ is almost twice as likely to be offered a place as a ‘Habiba Mahmoud’
#ImmigrantTimes #ImmigrantsGermany #ApprenticeshipsGermany
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Apprenticeship discrimination

Apprenticeship places in Germany: Employers discriminate against foreign-sounding names. READ

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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 23d

Switzerland has become a European role model with its pragmatic approach to integrating immigrants. Swiss writer Max Frisch: “We asked for workers; we got people instead.”
#ImmigrantTimes #SwitzerlandRefugees #SwitzerlandImmigrants
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Switzerland is integration role model

Switzerland has become a European role model with its pragmatic approach to integrating immigrants. READ

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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 23d

Rome summit on migrants and refugees: Pope Leo XIV urges patience when asked to uphold Pope Francis’s refugee legacy
#ImmigrantTimes #PopeLeoXIV #PopeFrancis #PopeRefugees
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Two Popes on refugees

Pope Leo XIV urges patience when asked to uphold Pope Francis’s refugee legacy. READ

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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 25d

Dame Stephanie Shirley: An immigrant who became a pioneering scientist and honoured philanthropist. #StephanieShirley #DameStephanieShirley #ImmigrantTimes
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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 29d

Europe has agreed on a pact on migration and asylum, but solidarity is still not guaranteed. The EU’s migration pact represents a landmark effort to reconcile national interests with collective responsibility
#ImmigrantTimes #RefugeesEurope #MigrationAsylum
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European Migration and Asylum Pact

Europe has agreed on a pact on migration and asylum, but solidarity is still not guaranteed. READ

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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · 29d

Behave or face cuts: Trump administration ties university funding to foreign student crackdown. US universities are concerned about the effects on freedom and global collaboration.
#ForeignStudents #InternatuonalStudents #ImmigrantTimes #TheImmigrantTimes
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Trump versus universities

Behave or face cuts: Trump administration ties university funding to international student crackdown. READ

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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · Sep 25

The Immigrant Times Solidarity Prize 2026 honours places to be proud of. We want to invite you to nominate a city that you feel is a place where people of all backgrounds stand by one another.
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#ImmigrantTimes #SolidarityPrize #SolidairtyPrize2026 #WorldMayor

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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · Sep 20

President Trump favours immigrants with money over those with skills
The changes to America’s H-1B visa will make it easier for European technology hubs to attract talent from India and China
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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · Sep 19

Countries express much sympathy for Gaza, but few are willing to welcome its refugees. As Israel continues with its destruction of Gaza, the question is no longer whether Gazans will flee, but where they will go.
#ImmigrantTimes #GazaRefugees #Gaza
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Gaza refugees are not welcome

Countries express much sympathy for Gaza, but few are willing to welcome its refugees. READ

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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · Sep 14

Teaching refugees in Europe. The European Union and its member states offer an array of teaching and training programmes for refugees, including sport, language classes, and vocational courses.
#ImmigrantTimes #TeachingRefugess #TrainingRefugees
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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · Sep 9

Undocumented immigrants make America much richer, not poorer
#ImmigrantTimes #Immigrants #UndocumentedImmigrants #IllegalImmigrant
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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · Sep 4

The story of a teenager’s journey from Western Africa to France in search of cancer medicine for his dad. By The Immigrant Times’ Literary Editor
#ImmigrantTimes #AfricanImmigrants #MamadouSow #AzouzBegag
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African immigrant writer Mamadou Sow

The story of a teenager’s journey from Western Africa to France in search of cancer medicine for his dad. READ

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Immigrant Times @immigranttimes.bsky.social · Sep 2

GAZA PLAN EXCLUDES PALESTINIAN: Private postwar reconstruction plan envisages the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza. #ImmigrantTimes #Gaza #GazaPlan #GazaRiveria
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