Labour and migrations
Four days ago, Mozambican immigrant Lado Amido answered a knock at his door in the South African town of Kleinmond. Outside, an angry crowd told him foreigners such as him had to leave. They went door-to-door delivering the same message. Amido fled and spent two nights in the mountains. Now he is sheltering in a…
The Trump administration is developing a plan that would allow U.S. immigration officials to quickly reject some asylum applications without interviewing the applicants, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News. The Department of Homeland Security regulation described in the internal documents would be the latest effort by President Trump’s White House to…
At least five Mozambican nationals have been killed in “xenophobic attacks” in South Africa over the weekend, the Mozambican government said, marking the first deaths officially linked to country-wide protests against undocumented immigration. AI Jazeera and AFP reports About 800 Mozambicans got caught up in violence that broke out in the southern coastal city of Mossel Bay on Friday,…
The State Department plans to drastically slash the number of U.S. embassies and consulates in Africa that can process visas for foreigners seeking to come to the United States. UK-based Independent newspaper reports The almost 50 U.S. embassies and consulates that are processing visa applications will be reduced to 20 in the coming weeks, according to three…
A pregnant woman and her 4-year-old son, who spent more than a week confined to “a windowless room with a single bed and toilet” at Washington Dulles International Airport after arriving on tourist visas, are on a flight back to their home country of Ghana following a federal judge’s order Friday, according to the ACLU…
Mahad Mohamud is slowly readjusting to the heat, chaos and tension of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, after being deported from the US city of Minneapolis last month just as winter was closing in there. BBC World Reports Somalis know the 36-year-old as Garyaqaan – a word that can be translated as “judge”. This is the name…
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, a daughter of former South African president Jacob Zuma, has resigned from parliament amid allegations that she lured 17 men to fight for Russia in Ukraine, her party said on Friday. Zuma-Sambudla was a lawmaker in the Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) opposition party led by her father. MK officials said she resigned voluntarily and…
The Central Organisation of Trade Unions Kenya (COTU) has written to Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, demanding the immediate deportation of a Chinese national filmed assaulting a Kenyan worker at TCM Mabati Factory in Eldoret. Eastleigh Voice reports In a letter dated November 15, 2025, COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli described the incident as unacceptable,…
A total 20 recruitment agencies have been de-registered following increased cases of malpractices. The National Employment Authority Wednesday said some of the firms were struck off because of their dubious dealings as they had been collecting funds from gullible youth with a promise for jobs abroad, only to go against their word. At the same time, the authority confirmed…