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Archaeologists have uncovered a rock shelter in Tajikistan’s Zeravshan Valley that was occupied by multiple human species, including Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo sapiens, for over 130,000 years. Discovered along the Zeravshan River in the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor (IAMC), this site, known as Soii Havzak, provides new insight into the migration patterns of ancient humans. […]
Croatia provided nearly 120,000 non-EU nationals with work permits last year. (AFP pic) ZAGREB: Police in Croatia said today that four men were arrested over a racially-motivated attack against foreign workers, which was followed by three similar incidents that left one Nepali seriously injured. The European Union country of 3.8 million people is struggling to […]
1 Extreme weather caused by climate change has contributed to illegal migration at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a new study. (NEWSWEEK).- Immigration was a huge issue in Tuesday’s presidential election, where former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, beat Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, after bashing the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the southern border and promising mass […]
Two events over the last week illustrate why Donald Trump’s victory will give heart to Peter Dutton that he has a real chance now to consign Labor to one-term status at next year’s federal election. One was the High Court accepting the arguments of refugee advocates that around 150 foreign-born convicted criminals, including scores of […]
The first blog in this two-part series made two main points: that the total number of Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme workers on farms is falling, and that the number of PALM workers applying for asylum is now in the hundreds per month. The blog argued that these points may be related. It is […]
McFadden rejects Farage’s offer to help government as intermediary with Trump Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, has offered to help the Labour government establish a good relationship with the Trump administration. In an article for the Daily Telegraph, Farage says he believes that Trump’s victory is a sign that “politics, including our own, is […]
At least some of us live in Tenerifis now. Getting an alliance of 48K characters run by more than 8K individuals, many of whom apply very different levels of effort to the game, means that there will be people moving for quite a while. From Delve to the east But the center of gravity of […]
Data just released from the Australian Department of Employment and Workplace Relations shows a sharp decline in Pacific workers engaged in short-term (seasonal) agricultural work, with the total falling from 18,905 in July 2023 to 14,355 a year later in July 2024, a decline of 24% in a single year. Employers are now able to […]
Mel Stride appointed shadow chancellor, and Priti Patel shadow foreign secretary Mel Stride, the former work and pensions secretary, has been made shadow chancellor, the BBC is reporting. And Priti Patel, the former home secretary, is shadow foreign secretary. This suggests Kemi Badenoch is serious when she says she wants to unite the party. Stride […]
We often overestimate the number of immigrants in our own countries. Take the United States, for instance. The average American believes a whopping 33% of the population is foreign-born. Yet, official government figures paint a different picture: the actual percentage is closer to 15%. That’s less than half of what people think. Japan presents a […]