Currently, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the sole authority on deciding whether asylum seekers are granted refuge in the United States. A checks and balances system does not exist to ensure that asylum seekers’ rights are being preserved. Consequently, asylum seekers are detained for indefinite periods until the DHS determines whether they are [...]
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Department of Homeland Security or Department of Homeland Absurdity?
Posted in Health and Development, tagged 9/11, Asylum-Seekers, Congress, Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, Detention, Health and Human Services, Human Rights First, illegal immigrants, Immigration and Naturalization Service, President Bush, Refugees, terrorists, United Nations on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Child Slavery in Ghana: The scope of the problem
Posted in Child Trafficking, Health and Development, tagged 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report, Child Slavery, Child Trafficking, Department of State, G/TIP, Ghana, Human Trafficking Act 2006, Lake Volta, The Children's Act, UNHCR on July 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Child Slavery: Approximately 25% of children ages 5-14 years in Ghana were working in 2000. In rural areas, children can be found working in picking, fishing, herding and as contract farm labor. Children also work as domestics, porters, hawkers, miners and quarry workers, and fare-collectors[1]. The Children’s Act sets the minimum age for employment at [...]
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