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The Trump administration has fully restored the Obama-era DACA program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as youth, complying with a federal judge’s order. The Trump administration has fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as youth, complying with a federal judge’s order. The Department of Homeland Security posted on its website Monday that it is accepting new applications, petitions for two-year renewals as well as requests for permission to temporarily leave the U.S. The department said it “may seek relief for the order,” signaling that its concession to the court order…

The National Democratic Congress says it has won 36 parliamentary seats occupied by New Patriotic Party Members of Parliament. Addressing the press on Tuesday dawn, December 8, 2020, Elections Director of the NDC, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah listed a number of constituencies he claimed his party has “flipped”. “This means the seats were taken by NPP in 2016, and we have taken them back,” he explained. “So far, if you look at the flips, if you put them together, we are looking at about 36 seats that have flipped,” Afriyie Ankrah added. In the Greater Accra Region, Afriyie Ankrah said the…

CODEO reports of the arrest of its observer who was stationed at the Open Space Cocoa Shed Polling Station in Kassem in the Asutifi South constituency in the Ahafo Region. It further called on the Election Security Taskforce, particularly the Ahafo Regional Command to facilitate the speedy processing of the CODEO observer, so he can quickly be released to complete his observation assignment. Reported incidents As of 7:00 PM, CODEO had recorded 235 cases of various incidents from all the 4,000 polling stations where it deployed observers. The top five of these reported incidents are intimidation/harassment; violation of COVID-19 health…

The Home Office is facing a fresh deportation row as lawyers seek to block the removal of Channel migrants this week. Migrants from countries including Sudan are due to be flown to Germany, Spain and France on four charter flights. Under EU rules migrants who have already claimed refugee status in another EU country can be returned there. But campaigners say they include suspected victims of trafficking and forced labor. Sarah Teather, director of Jesuit Refugee Service UK, has accused the Government of ‘a complete disregard for human life’ and of ‘rushing’ ahead with the removals ahead of Brexit. AmNews/News Agencies.

Over 80,000 Chinese families of migrant workers have taken part in a program aiming to strengthen their awareness of child guardianship and communication with their kids left behind in the rural areas. The 100th event of this kind this year was held on Saturday, also marking the 300th event since the program was launched in 2018. These events were held in construction sites across 31 provincial regions of the country. Migrant workers at the construction sites can learn about relevant policies and laws, as well as child guardianship, family communication and safety knowledge, by taking part in the publicity program.…

The Rohingya are one of Myanmar’s ethnic minorities that have been ill-treated to the extent that the United Nations and the international community defined them as an “example of ethnic cleansing.” The Myanmar government claims that the Rohingya people do not historically belong to its country of 135 national races. The Rohingya has been equally unwelcomed by Bangladesh. AsiaToday will now take a look at ethnic minorities in Asia under the theme, ‘Asia We Haven’t Seen.’ The first episode focuses on Myanmar’s Rohingya.> Hanoi correspondent Chung Ri-na Recently, the first group of nearly 1,600 Rohingya refugees boarded…

The Pune rural police on Saturday arrested a migrant workers who was on the run after a 65-year-old woman was found murdered earlier in the day in his house at Sakori village in Junnar taluka, around 100km from here. Police said the suspect, Arjun Prasad (40), had travelled to Nashik and was about to board a train to his native place in Bihar when he was arrested from the Nashik Road railway station. Police said the victim, Jankabai Chore, was a local resident whom Prasad had taken to his home on the pretext of giving her work. “Gold ornaments worth…

Malaysia is pressing companies to quickly upgrade staff housing after a major outbreak of COVID-19 in the teeming dormitories for migrant workers providing the world with personal protective equipment, something labor rights groups had been warning of for months. The country counted a record 2,188 COVID-19 cases on November 24, most linked to company dorms for migrant workers at Top Glove, the world’s leading latex glove maker. The next day, Defense Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that authorities would start enforcing new worker housing rules right away, and imposing fines of some $12,300 for every employee in substandard accommodation. Human…

Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) and Union Network of Migrants (UNEMIG) Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) and the Union Network for Migrants (UNEMIG) have welcomed the Government’s decision to extend emergency benefits to temporary visa holders, but says it doesn’t make sense to refuse access to supplementary assistance. “Extending emergency benefits to temporary visa holders, migrants, people on work visas and students experiencing hardship was the right thing to do, however we’re concerned that by refusing access to supplementary assistance the Government is effectively setting emergency benefits at a lower rate than main benefits, which we all know they’re not…

Ghana, the perceived gateway to Africa is goes to the polls on Monday December 7, 2020 for presidential and parliamentary elections. Report reaching AmNews room indicate that all is set and elections begins at early Monday morning from 7:00am to 5:00 pm as time certified by the electoral commission of Ghana. This is going to be the eighth times election under the forth republic of Ghana’s democratic governance. The electorates will have the opportunity to select their preferred candidate from 12 presidential candidates and 275 parliamentary aspirants. Ghana is well known and tout as one of the peaceful country in…