Migrant Worker Crisis

Sherrill Tanner is a man of few words. Stoic and serious about his work, you would never guess the man truly has a heart of gold. For the better part of more than thirty years, Mr. Tanner has been working hard to change the lives of the less fortunate children of Webster County for the better. He began as an elementary school teacher at Clay Elementary, and has never looked back since. Today, holding a master’s degree of education from a prestigious university he boldly puts that and his abundance of experience to work as a migrant advocate for the migrant education program for Webster County Schools. According to the Kentucky Department of Education website, the migrant education program is “designed to provide supplementary education and human resources services to highly mobile children up to and through the age of twenty-one”. As a case manager, Mr. Tanner’s work is quite different from the employees that work under him, but he still enjoys his work immensely-everything except the paperwork.

The Australian Human Rights Commission headed an inquiry into the children living conditions in detention centres and through this inquiry accumulated evidence of human rights breaches, breached by to Australian Government in relation to children. One such area they documented was concerning the provision of clothing and footwear provided to children. After conducting this inquiry they found that the delivery of essential goods was inadequate for many children in detention centres. A 13 year-old girl living on Nauru explained her struggles living with little clothing,

In society, there always has, and will continue to be groups who are demonised by civilians and authority alike. Erich Goode and Nachman Ben-Yehuda define moral panics as a “scare about a threat, or supposed threat from deviants or ‘folk devils’” who are thought to be guilty of “menacing a society’s culture, way of life, or central values” (1994, p.2). In other words, the concept denotes that by hyperbolising societal concerns, terror is generated and a caricature is created of both the situation and the accused involved. Moral panics are intended to be applicable to multiple topical debates, ranging from Bikie Gangs to online predators. The case study of Middle Eastern, African and Southeast Asian refugees is an ongoing discourse that demonstrates

The refugee crisis that plagues the world is often referred to as the Syrian refugee crisis, and Western countries are usually concerned only for the affect it has on them and their country. Yet the countries taking in the most refugees are the relatively stable nations in the Middle East that are closest to those in crisis, like Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey, not the wealthy nations most capable of supporting the refugees. These countries are often small and suffering their own economic and political woes, and struggle with the masses of refugees entering the countries. Various groups are working to raise money and support for these refugees, and other poor African and Middle Eastern countries are attempting to do their best, but without the help of the wealth West, the refugee crisis is not going to go away. A question has been posed to the nations of the world; are they willing to take in any of the millions of the desperate refugees?

The book Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States illustrates the fieldwork of the author Seth M. Holmes by explaining the myriad aspects of migrant workers’ lives in the U.S.—from the politics to the social environments to the physical body. By not only studying, but living, the lives of these migrant workers, Holmes brings the reader a view unseen by the vast majority and provides the opportunity for greater understanding through the intense details of his work. The voices of vastly different characters—real people—are captured and expounded on without judgment but with deep consideration for all factors that contribute to each person’s life, opinions, and knowledge. Ultimately, a picture of intersectionality is painted in the colors of migrants, mothers, fathers, children, doctors, soldiers, executives, the poor, the rich, and more.

Demographics: We need to look at available talent both regionally, as well as globally to meet the demands. The UAE has a relatively young Emirati population as a whole, with 40% of the population being under 25. However as a company we have nearly 10% reaching retirement age in the next 3 years. We need to look at available talent both regionally, as well as globally to meet the demands.

These past fifty years, the population of Qatar has increased rapidly from 100,000 in 1960 to 2.2 million in 2017. This is not because of traditional methods but because of its location on the east of the Arabian Peninsula which allows for a major shipping port, but creates difficulty for them with agriculture meaning forced labor from immigrants. This isolated location not only forces them to import most of their goods, but most of their workers as well. Qatar’s capitalistic nature has driven them to get the most from their workers while taking little care of them. During the 1950s and 1960s, increasing oil revenues brought prosperity, rapid immigration, and substantial social progress. The United States Department reported that 68.2% of

The political backlash to the widespread economic hardships of the time, which should have been aimed at the capitalist system of exploitation, fell instead on minority workers and their families. Mexican immigrants, welcomed as laborers during the economic boom of the war years, were scapegoated during the depression and subjected to racist attacks and severe immigration restrictions. Over one million immigrants came from Mexico to the United States between 1900 and 1930, filling the demand for low-wage, unskilled workers in the growing U.S. economy. Most Mexican Americans were farmers and they settled in the communities in California and the Southwest. Many Mexicans and their children became U.S. citizens. Mexican Americans faced a great deal of increasing hostility because they were competing with whites for whatever low-paying jobs that were available.

Today we see that there are many evidence of movements towards union that recovers more or less around the world. Due to the impact of globalization and its effects are the reasons why there are trade unions everywhere. The trade union in relation to migrants is a political choice which will reflect on the internal political struggles in the border labor movement.

I enjoyed reading your primary task posting concerning work related issues that migrant farm workers face in the United States. In fact, I completely agree with your statement that even though the United States agricultural industry heavily depends on the labor migrant farm workers provide, the men, women, and children performing the work are for the most part seriously underappreciated. Additionally, you made an extremely interesting point about migrant farm workers who are in the country legally, even though they are eligible for government assistance (WIC, Medicaid, and food stamps), who do not receive these benefits because they are frequently traveling from state to state to find work. I had not considered this element of

This case is what we can translate into modern cases of migrant workers all throughout the US in particular. What occurred in this case was the attempt to deny and refuse migrant workers access to resources provided by the government to address these kinds of issues relating to conditions and habitability. What needs to be understood about Migrant workers often working in farm industries once they enter the country for work they are practically owned by the employer. This case is a prime example as to why the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families was established on 18 December 1990. It later was enforced on 1 July 2003 after 20 additional ratifying States were reached in March 2003. This committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) is establish to watch and implementation of the convention. Due to the global out sources of labor from central America, South America and African countries many workers are subjected to unfair working conditions and sub-par conditions of habitability and access to basic resources. When this case was heard before the local judicial branches and maintained the provisions of Congress and Global pacts the farmer would lose the case based on

Mother. What do you think of when you hear the name? For me the word means and represents a lot, a mother is loving, caring, and the one you look to for comfort. They treat us unconditionally with love, do whatever it take to protect us and make us feel safe. What happens when that mother is not able to provide and give comfort because they too are seeking help?

Dubai with all it's wealth is not wealthy because of their technological knowledge and inventions causing their advancements wealth wise, but only because other races of people from outside their country came in discovered their oil, established oil drilling and oil refineries that later the leaders of Dubai nationalized and took over the oil operation from the outsiders keeping the preponderance of the profits from the sale of oil for themselves and their people. If it wasn't for the oil they would be just another group of poor none white people.

Within In the novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens and the novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck both express a theme of vulgar treatment toward migrant workers’ and even towards anyone who was different and did not fit into their society. Both of novels tell great stories of disasters that have happened during the course of history. Throughout history, humans have been victimized by poverty. Poverty always turns up after a life changing event occurs. Events such as the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression.

The ultimate goal for Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services is to make every refugee secure a job in the country (U.S) and become a self-sufficient individual.