A four-day consultation on “Ecumenical Advocacy for the Protection of the Human Rights of Migrant Workers in the Arabian Gulf Region” concluded on May 2 in Alwaye, India. The event was organized by the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) along with the Christian Conference of Asia, according to a WCC news story.
Each year hundreds of thousands of workers come to Canada on temporary visas. Melanie Ferrier explores what life is like for the migrant farm workers who help keep us fed.
The fatal crash in Ontario earlier this year that killed 10 migrant farm workers from Peru and the driver of the other vehicle stunned the […]
Migrant workers were not for-gotten by a Vancouver human rights group that held a “vigil for the silenced” on Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, 2010. […]