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Women’s Rights Groups Protest French Ministers’ Appointments - The New York Times
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The #MeToo movement had a mixed reception in France, where many celebrate the art of seduction and resented what they saw as American political correctness encroaching on French society. French feminists, who have long sought to battle women’s oppression in a macho culture, welcomed the movement as a breakthrough that allowed victims to speak out at last - though no powerful French figures lost their jobs as a result.

At Tuesday’s first protest, near the president’s Elysee Palace and the Interior Ministry, about 20 mostly masked demonstrators waved sparklers, raised their fists and chanted for the resignations of the new interior and justice ministers. A group of male police officers pushed them back.

Several dozen protesters gathered later in front of the columned Madeleine Church near the Justice Ministry for a symbolic “burial” of Macron’s promises to fight sexism and sexist violence.

“No rapist in the Interior Ministry, no accomplice in the Justice Ministry!” the activists shouted.

They described age-old challenges confronting women who are raped or sexually abused: Most are afraid to report what happened out of fear of their attacker or of being stigmatized. Some women who waited years to speak out were accused of opportunism. Only a small minority of cases reported to police reach trial, and much fewer result in convictions.

The government appointments are “a very bad message to all women,” said protester Karma Duquesne from Les Colleuses, a group that plastered the names and portraits of women killed by their partners around France and prompted Macron to order new measures against domestic violence.

Early in his presidency, Macron replaced ministers who were targeted by corruption investigations. Responding to the protests over the new ministers, Attal said: “There are investigations, they are ongoing, and that’s normal, we’re in a state of law. We cannot take it a step farther and say that because there are investigations, it will be impossible to serve in a government.”

#culture_du_viol_française #Darmanin #Dupont-Moretti #remaniement

Regional Court Orders Panama to Protect Migrants’ Health - The New York Times
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#Panama#protection#sante#camp#frontiere

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PANAMA CITY — A regional human rights court has ordered Panama’s government to immediately provide medical care and more sanitary conditions for some 2,000 migrants detained near the Colombian border.

Bosnia to Probe Alleged Police Brutality in Migrant Camp

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian authorities will hold an internal investigation into police conduct at a U.N.-run migrant camp in the country after a video emerged this week allegedly showing a group of police savagely beating a camp resident.

In a statement Friday, the United Nations resident office in Bosnia welcomed the announcement, saying Bosnian authorities must “at all times abide by local laws as well as international human rights norms and standards.”

The U.N. had previously requested an immediate investigation of the incident which allegedly occurred earlier this month at the Miral camp, in the northwestern city of Velika Kladusa. Local police initially dismissed accusations of brutality, saying they were called to the camp to pacify a hostile, stone-throwing crowd during a protest by migrants over movement restrictions due to the pandemic.

The 30-second video uploaded on YouTube and shared by various Balkan news outlets allegedly showed a group of police approaching a random migrant in an apparently peaceful section of the camp and hitting the young man with fists and batons.

Bosnian authorities have recently grown increasingly hostile to thousands of migrants trapped in the country, with security minister Fahrudin Radonicic proposing in April to start deporting them en masse. Many migrants enter Bosnia illegally in hope of continuing their journey towards Europe’s prosperous heartland through neighboring Croatia, a European Union member.

The U.N. migration organization, IOM, which manages all temporary migrant accommodation centers in Bosnia, has been reporting serious overcrowding since mid-March when police started rounding up migrants who had been sleeping rough in the streets and driving them to its facilities.

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Authorities said at the time they had to move migrants off the streets as part of measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Migrants who have since not been allowed to leave the camps, not even to go to a shop, say authorities are unjustly depriving them of their freedom.

IOM camps in Bosnia currently house 6,200 people, or nearly 20% more than before the advent of the pandemic in the country in mid-March.

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#Covid-19 #Migration #Migrant #Balkans #Bosnie-Herzégovine #Velikakladusa #Miral #Camp #Violencespolicières #

Trump Ramps Up Expulsions of Migrant Youth, Citing Virus - The New York Times
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#US#expulsion

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Outbreak at German Slaughterhouse Reveals Migrants’ Plight - The New York Times
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#Allemagne#travail#sante

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COESFELD, Germany — Big white trailers with pictures of juicy roasts and the wholesome slogan “Straight from the farmer” sit idle on the edge of Coesfeld, their usual pork hauls disrupted by an outbreak of coronavirus at one of Germany’s biggest meat processing companies that has put the industry in the spotlight.

A Tale of Two Outbreaks: Singapore Tackles a Costly Setback - The New York Times
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#Singapour#sante#foyer

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Weeks after two of his roommates were diagnosed with COVID-19, Mohamad Arif Hassan says he’s still waiting to be tested for the coronavirus. Quarantined in his room in a sprawling foreign workers’ dormitory that has emerged as Singapore’s biggest viral cluster, Arif says he isn’t too worried because neither he nor his eight other roommates have any symptoms.

Coronavirus Takes a Toll in Sweden’s Immigrant Community - The New York Times
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#Suede#sante

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It was early March and concerns over the coronavirus were already present, but the couple, both coughing for the entire 45-minute journey, assured Khalaf they were healthy and just suffering from a change in the weather. Four days later, the Iraqi immigrant got seriously ill with COVID-19.

Advocates Warn of More Immigrant Deaths Without ICE Action - The New York Times
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#US#centrederetention#sante

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HOUSTON — More people will die of the coronavirus in U.S. immigration custody unless the Trump administration rapidly improves conditions and releases more detainees, lawyers and advocates warned Thursday, following the first confirmed virus-related death of a detainee.

US Northern Border Illegal Crossings Rise ; Many Are Mexicans - The New York Times
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#Canada#US#frontiere#sanspapier

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SWANTON, Vt. — The number of people apprehended for illegally crossing from Canada into the United States along its northern border has nearly tripled over the past three years, and a growing portion are Mexican citizens, according to federal data.

Pope Backs Migrant Farm Workers as Italy Mulls Legalization - The New York Times
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#Vatican#regularisation#agriculture#travail

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ROME — Migrant farm workers must be treated with dignity, Pope Francis said Wednesday, issuing his appeal as Italy weighs whether to legalize the workers amid a shortage of seasonal farmhands due to the coronavirus crisis.

Malaysia Opens Up Partly; All Foreign Workers to Be Tested - The New York Times
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#Malaisie#deconfinement#test

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s government said Monday that all foreign workers must undergo virus testing as many businesses reopen in parts of the country for the first time since a partial coronavirus lockdown began on March 18.

Virus Fear Turns Deportees Into Pariahs at Home in Guatemala - The New York Times
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#US#expulsion#Guatemala

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But since the coronavirus pandemic hit, migrants in town after town have been mistreated, run off or threatened by neighbors who fear they will bring the virus back with them from the United States.

Meatpackers Cautiously Reopen Plants Amid Coronavirus Fears - The New York Times
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#US#travail#agroalimentaire
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A South Dakota pork processing plant took its first steps toward reopening Monday after being shuttered for over two weeks because of a coronavirus outbreak that infected more than 800 employees.

Guatemala Says It Will Receive 3 US Deportation Flights - The New York Times
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#US#expulsion#Guatemala#test
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GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala said Monday it will receive three flights this week carrying a total of 175 deported migrants after the United States agreed to test all those being deported for coronavirus.

Immigrants Deliver Food,’ Hope’ to Workers Hit by Pandemic - The New York Times
#Covid-19#US#travail#sante#migrant#migration
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NEW YORK — Every afternoon, Sandra Pérez and Francisco Ramírez go over their list of fellow New Yorkers who need help because of the coronavirus pandemic. Some are sick. Others lost jobs, but have children to feed. Others are elderly or disabled. All are immigrants, like them.

2 Guards at ICE Jail Die After Contracting Coronavirus - The New York Times
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#US#centrederetention#sante

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HOUSTON — Two guards at an immigration detention center in Louisiana have died after contracting the coronavirus, raising new questions about whether the U.S. government is adequately protecting 30,000 immigrants in custody and the staff guarding them.

Bosnian Minister Urges Migrant Deportation in Virus Crisis
By The Associated Press
April 23, 2020

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnia’s security minister on Thursday proposed the deportation of migrants from the Balkan country, alleging that they pose a potential security threat and a severe economic burden amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fahrudin Radoncic also said migrants who could not provide passports or other identification documents should be imprisoned rather than accommodated in migrant camps in Bosnia.

“(Migrants) who do not want to show their identity cards will not be allowed any more to use our migrant and refugee camps,” he said. “They will go straight to jail. And we will keep them there for 1 year to 5 years until we can establish their identity — this is our proposal for a new law.”

He provided no date for when the proposed legislation would be ready for debate in parliament.

The comments reflect growing frustration in the small Balkan country with the influx of migrants fleeing violence and poverty in the Middle East, Africa or Asia, who hope to move on towards Western Europe. Most end up trapped in Bosnia as Croatia, the next country on the migration route, has imposed strict border controls.

“We want to (ease) the burden of taking care of 8,000 to 9,000 people here, we just can’t handle that, especially now, with the virus situation,” Radoncic said. “We also want to psychologically discourage new migrants from coming here after the pandemic ends and borders open again.”

▻https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/23/world/europe/ap-eu-virus-outbreak-bosnia-migrants.html

#Covid-19 #Migrants #Migrations #Bosnie-Herzégovine #expulsion #enfermement

Sizing Up Trump’s Green-Card Halt : Is It Just Temporary ? - The New York Times
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#US#visa#travail#sante
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SAN DIEGO — Pamela Austin, a recruiter at Adventist Health Bakersfield in California, made seven job offers to foreign nurses in February and just finished a first round of interviews with 12 more candidates. They are from all over the world, including the United Kingdom, Philippines, Australia and Malaysia.

Immigrants, Hard Hit by Economic Fallout, Adapt to New Jobs - The New York Times
#Covid-19#migrant#migration#US#travail

▻https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/24/business/ap-us-virus-outbreak-immigrant-jobs.html

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NEW YORK — Ulises García went from being a waiter to working at a laundromat. Yelitza Esteva used to do manicures and now delivers groceries. Maribel Torres swapped cleaning homes for sewing masks.

Virus Traps, Sickens Foreign Laborers in Gulf Arab States - The New York Times
#Covid-19 #migrant #migration #coincé#Dubai#Bahrein#ArabieSaoudite
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Long a lifeline for families back home, migrant workers in oil-rich Gulf Arab states now find themselves trapped by the coronavirus pandemic, losing jobs, running out of money and desperate to return to their home countries as COVID-19 stalks their labor camps.