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Fortress Europe should lower its drawbridge, says NGO |
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Migration
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Tuesday, 06 November 2007 02:00 |
 Madird - The European Union is set to open its doors wide to qualified immigrants with its blue card system, and at the same time slam them even more tightly shut to undocumented workers, of whom there are 10 million in the bloc, including 700,000 in Spain. In Spain, as in the rest of Europes, the entry requirements for foreigners who are well qualified are being made more flexible, prompting "heavy brain drain from countries of the South, while we refuse to increase the number of entry permits for unskilled workers," Gonzalo Fanjul, coordinator of research for Intermon Oxfam, told IPS. |
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'Biofuels can hurt the poor' |
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Food Sovereignty
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Tuesday, 06 November 2007 02:00 |
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Brussels - A body tasked with shaping European Union policy on biofuels is dominated by companies with a vested interest in promoting this source of energy, environmentalists have claimed. In early 2008, the European Biofuels Technology Platform will publish a report outlining a program for greater research and development into how crops grown on farmland can be used to quench Europe's ever-growing thirst for transport fuels. |
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The Iraq war has become a disaster that we have chosen to forget |
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War & Conflict
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Monday, 05 November 2007 02:00 |
 "What is chilling about Jamail's accounts is the routine destructiveness of the US forces; how they demolish nearby homes after a roadside bomb, leave unexploded munitions in the fields of farmers who don't give information, bulldoze orchards. Livelihoods destroyed, families displaced every day, incubating hatred." Her assertion sticks in the mind because it goes straight to the heart of how we choose to forget, choose not to understand; and how from such choices it becomes possible to imagine our innocence. |
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Dutch 'research' group covers for Israeli crimes, violations |
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War & Conflict
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Monday, 05 November 2007 02:00 |
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Doron Livnat is co-owner of Riwal, a Dutch company involved in the illegal construction of the separation Wall in occupied Palestinian territory. In 2004 the Wall was confirmed by the International Court of Justice as being in violation of international law. Livnat is also a member of the board of the Centre for Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI), a pro-Zionist political lobby group based in Amsterdam. |
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