Tag: Migrant worker
‘Kiev’ confirmed as Word of the Year in Denmark
Last year, the winner was ‘coronapas’, and in 2020 it was ‘samfundsind’ – a revived compound word meaning ‘community spirit’, made up of ‘samfund’ (society) and ‘sind’ (mind). So you can safely say that Denmark’s ‘Word of the Year’ is usually news-related – in 2017 it was the Women’s National Team – and it was […]
‘Kiev’ confirmed as Word of the Year in Denmark
Last year, the winner was ‘coronapas’, and in 2020 it was ‘samfundsind’ – a revived compound word meaning ‘community spirit’, made up of ‘samfund’ (society) and ‘sind’ (mind). So you can safely say that Denmark’s ‘Word of the Year’ is usually news-related – in 2017 it was the Women’s National Team – and it was […]
WC 2022: Humble Hummel
In September, Danish sports brand Hummel unveiled toned-down football kits for the Danish team’s World Cup campaign as a protest against the event being held in Qatar. The best we have?Of course, this World Cup has been very controversial due to forced labour, slavery and deaths. More than 6,500 migrant workers have reportedly died in […]
WC Round-Up: Denmark issues well-timed threat to pull out of FIFA ahead of European Parliament’s strong condemnation of world body
The DBU football association shocked a lot of people around the world on Wednesday with a statement announcing that it is considering withdrawing from FIFA. “It is not a decision that has been made now. We have been aware of this for a long time. We have been discussing it in the Nordics since August,” […]
Danish news overview: Paying the price for not updating to MitID, as they were warned countless times
Since 1 November, it has no longer been possible for residents and businesses to use NemID. Originally, the deadline to switch to the new preferred digital login solution, MitID, was earlier this year, but it was pushed back due to a large number of defaulters. But despite the great media focus, thousands still did not […]
David Beckham – soccer hunk, style icon and Qatar ambassador
In October 2021, soccer icon David Beckham will be presented as the new face of Qatar, and the soccer World Cup that will be hosted in the country in 2022. Beckham is soon heavily criticized by human rights organizations such as Amnesty and Human Rights Watch, who claim that he is helping to paint a […]
Research: 40% of foreign experts face discrimination in Finnish workplaces
The survey showed that language barriers, difficulties in finding or finding employment, and the challenges of adapting to society are one of the reasons why migrant workers consider leaving Finland.
Finnair entered into a strategic partnership with Qatar Airways
Finnair and Qatar Airways are also investigating the possibility of starting air traffic between other destinations in Europe and Doha. Topi MannerFinnair’s CEO said Doha is becoming an increasingly critical hub for international air traffic, in part because of Qatar Airways’ connections to Africa, Australasia and the Middle East. “With this codeshare agreement, Nordic travelers […]
Hana Al-Khamri
Hana Al-Khamri is the daughter of Yemeni migrant workers and raised in Saudi Arabia. She began her journalistic career in a gender-segregated newspaper editorial office in the city of Jidda. Since 2011 she lives in Sweden and works as a freelance writer and lecturer with a focus on politics, culture and women’s rights in the […]
A record number of Thai berry pickers are expected in Finland this summer
The number of Thai berry pickers arriving in Finland this week is expected to be higher than ever before. Thai authorities have allowed more than 4,000 berry pickers to work in Finland in 2022, 500 more than in previous years. On the Finnish side, the employment office of Northern Ostrobothnia TE coordinates the arrival of […]
England captain reveals discussions about potential protests in Qatar
Harry Kane has urged stars from other nations to take a consistent stance at the Qatar World Cup England captain Harry Kane says he has spoken with his current and former Tottenham team-mates Hugo Lloris and Christian Eriksen about their respective countries adopting a uniform objection to the alleged human rights violations taking place in […]
Some hotels in Qatar refuse gay couples ahead of the World Cup report
The country is preparing for the FIFA showpiece later this year An inquiry has reported that some of the hotels on FIFA’s list of recommended accommodations ahead of this year’s World Cup in Qatar are refusing bookings from same-sex couples, while others have asked gay couples to refrain from public displays of affection in the […]
Foreign workers who did not have the legal right to work in Finland were found in every five jobs inspected
Excluding other employers and looking only at the construction industry, the situation is even worse: whenever an inspection was carried out 3, the agency always found one construction company with foreigners who had not been granted employment rights in Finland. – It is likely that the current conditions in Ukraine will exacerbate the situation, so […]
The amendments to the legislation are aimed at combating the exploitation of foreign workers in Finland
New change The goal of the Finnish migrant workforce, which originally came into law last October, is to prevent the exploitation of foreign workers by making it easier to detect suspected cases and report them to the authorities. According to the previous law, if a migrant worker’s employment was terminated even as a result of […]
Wednesday’s newspapers: Ukrainian update, sports sanctions, frozen penis
The escalating security situation in Ukraine continues to dominate Finland’s news headlines. Tampere-based Aamulehti reports that the U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has canceled its planned meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrovwhile Turku-based Turku Sanomat write that EU foreign ministers have reached a consensus on sanctions against Russia. In the meantime, Helsingin […]
The UN report highlights the importance of tourism for economic recovery in 2022
The global economy will contract by 3.4% in 2020 and recover by 5.5% in 2021, after which the world economy is projected to grow by 4% in 2022 and then by 3.5% in 2023. Given its importance as an important export category (before the pandemic), tourism was the third largest in the world. after fuels […]
APN podcast: Do Finnish voters care about healthcare?
The first All Points North period in 2022 will focus on Finland’s historic, first provincial elections. However, despite the election landmark and its possible seismic changes to the provision of social, health and emergency services in Finland, opinion polls predict low turnout. Circulating supplier of APN Melanie Hall took to the streets of Tampere to […]
Finnish football captain Sparv announced his retirement
Tim Sparv announced his resignation from football at a news conference in Helsinki on Monday afternoon. The 34-year-old captain of the Finnish men’s national football team played a total of 84 matches in the national team. Owls, aka Eagle Owls, and took Finland to the first grand final in history, when the team reached the […]
Singapore reports 1,090 new cases of covid-19
SINGAPORE, November 26 (Xinhua) – Singapore registered 1,090 new confirmed cases of covid-19 on Friday, bringing the total to 259,875, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a statement. Of the new cases, 1,064 were reported in the community and 22 in the dormitories of migrant workers, while four were imported cases. A total of […]
The Finnish football captain receives an international award for his human rights work
Captain of the Finnish national football team Tim Sparv has received the 2021 Player Voice Award from FIFPro in recognition of his activism and advocacy for human rights, equality, anti-racism and the fight against climate change. "The committee is impressed with the way Tim speaks in favor of marginalized groups. He is a great example […]
Singapore reports 2,470 new cases of covid-19, 14 more deaths
SINGAPORE, November 8 (Xinhua) – Singapore reported 2,470 new confirmed cases of covid-19 on Monday, bringing the total to 220,803. Of the new cases, 2,307 were in the community, 156 were in dormitories for migrant workers and seven were imported cases, says the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a press release. A total of 1,725 […]
Row in the Park over a boycott flag in 2022, but what do the Danish politicians think?
In the middle of the wildly happy fans at the Park on Tuesday night after Denmark’s qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which starts in 13 months, was a more solemn figure: a fan who held a Dannebrog in the air with the words “Boycott Qatar 2022”. DR spoke with Daniel Niebuhr, the […]
New statement from the state: A record number of jobs cannot be filled
The figure has not been seen higher since the spring of 2008 and is also an increase of 44,500 compared to June, when the statement was last made. It writes the Althing. The Althingi is in possession of the report, which has not yet been published, and which at the same time shows that the […]
APN Podcast: Is there a pay gap for foreigners?
This week, the podcast asks if there is a pay gap in Finnish workplaces, and foreigners earn lower wages than their Finnish counterparts. Susanna Bairoh The TEK Association of Engineers says the data from their members suggests it could be a problem. "The results show, now or for a few years, that people from outside […]
The Finnish football captain is demanding activism for the exploitation of Qatar World Cup workers
Captain of the Finnish men’s international football team Tim Sparv, has invited players, fans, journalists and "anyone who cares about human rights" to put pressure on the Qatari authorities and the world governing body FIFA on the treatment of migrant workers in the construction of stadiums for next year’s World Cup final. "I am not […]
Thailand is demanding responses to coronavirus epidemics in berry pickers
Thailand has demanded an explanation from the Finnish authorities for several coronavirus epidemics that occur this summer among Thai citizens working as berry pickers in Finland. More than 200 workers have been diagnosed with Covid since early August. On Tuesday, it was reported that the berry companies Arctic International and Polarica transported at least 260 […]
Thailand demands that Finland explain the coronavirus epidemics in berry pickers
Thailand has demanded an explanation from the Finnish authorities for several coronavirus epidemics that occur this summer among Thai citizens working as berry pickers in Finland. More than 200 workers have been diagnosed with Covid since early August. On Tuesday, it was reported that the berry companies Arctic International and Polarica transported at least 260 […]
Supporting party: The FIFA World Cup in Qatar is foreign policy
The FIFA World Cup in Qatar 2022 is not only one of the world’s biggest sporting events. To that extent, it is also foreign policy. That is the opinion of SF’s political spokesman, Karsten Hønge. On Thursday, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod (S) and Minister of Culture Joy Mogensen (S) are in a consultation on the […]
Yle examines politicians’ statements on immigration and climate change
Yle has received dozens of demands from the population for fact-finding statements made by political party leaders in recent weeks ahead of the June 13 local elections. The statements related to, among other things, immigration, climate change and the coronavirus crisis. In this article, we have assessed each statement as true, false, or ‘in between’ […]
Mishras Mishrash: The Israeli embassy’s protest violence brings the Gaza situation to Danish coasts, but with what consequences?
The enormous Jewish emigration from Arab and Muslim countries is a well-known historical fact. The numbers may fluctuate, but it is undeniable today that the number of Jews living in the Arab world has dropped drastically. Forced to move Since the creation of the state of Israel, Jews of both Sephardi and Mizrahi backgrounds have […]
The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East
It opened my eyes to the realities of world politics, the plight of small states, risking becoming the pawns when the big powers settle their scores. That is why I start by discussing the theory and practice of foreign intervention in the ME. This is a long history, stretching thousand years back with waves of […]
Danish educations spent millions on foreign agents
It shows a study conducted by the Ministry of Education and Research, Berlingske writes. – 23 million kroner is an alarming amount of money to spend on that kind, and the scope surprises me, says Minister of Education and Research Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (S) to the newspaper. The minister says she will “have it stopped”, especially […]
APN Podcast: Migrant workers ’phone line calls jump during Covid
This week’s All Points North reported that during the pandemic, immigrant calls to the Workers ’Rights Advice Line have increased. "The Covid-19 pandemic increased the frequency of studies. So we got about a hundred queries more than the previous year. Many links were related to the coronavirus, people were really worried about their income and […]
COVID-19 hits the brink of oppression with decades of inequality, neglect and abuse
In it, the organization already describes the most marginalized, including women and refugees, as bearing the devastating impact of the pandemic as a result of decades of discriminatory political decisions by world leaders. Healthcare workers, migrant workers and workers in the informal sector – many at the head of the pandemic – have also betrayed […]
The Foreign Chronicle
Beijing, Wednesday. Where I from mine a slightly failing desk looks out over a new view.Through the window on the right I can, if the air quality is good enough, see the mountains to the west.If I then roll the office chair a few meters to the left, I can, if I sort of stretch […]
FACTS: These measures are still valid in North Jutland
The vast majority of restrictions in North Jutland will be eased on Thursday and the coming days, but there will still be some individual measures that apply. See which initiatives and recommendations are still in force: * Residents of the affected municipalities are encouraged to interact with as few people as possible. * North Jutlanders […]
Nationalist party growing stronger
Since the Hindu nationalist BJP came into government in 2014, support for the party has been strong in India, but at the state level it has been tougher. But last week, the BJP won an important state election. The result is seen as the people’s support for the government’s policy. – I have received food […]
Uncertain future for migrant workers, in a post-pandemic world
Gary Ryhhart, Senior Specialist in Employer Activities, ILO, by Gary Ryhnart Gary Rynhart: When covid-19 spread around the world, many migrants were no doubt transported home or left to fend for themselves. Migrants have also – due to the sectors in which they work and the poor conditions in which many low-skilled migrants live and […]
New law will give migrant workers better conditions
Ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qatar has changed the labor laws for migrant workers, whose working conditions have long been criticized for being slave-like. Pressure and solid trade union work have been important for the migrant workers now to get better conditions, according to Johan Lindholm, chairman of the Building and Board member […]
Migrants start sending money home again
Money that migrant workers send home, so-called remittances, has not decreased as sharply as forecasts said last spring, when the corona pandemic broke out and blocked large parts of the world. There was talk at the outbreak of a 20-25 percent drop in the world’s total remittances, but now there is information about countries in […]
Proposed measures to prevent the exploitation of migrant workers
A working group set up by the Ministry of Labor Tuula Haatainen (SDP) proposes in March to impose fines on employers in Finland who were found to take advantage of foreign workers. According to the working group, the exploitation of foreign labor is not a marginal phenomenon in the country and indifference to the problem […]
