Ìrìnkèrindò: A Journal of African migration

2 May, 2024

Issue 13, March 2024

The impact of COVID-19 on migration politics include the intensification of racism and xenophobia. Some tentative moves toward solidarity are also observed. Africa’s youth unemployment and underemployment, conflict and war, as well as political persecution continue to motivate people to seek refuge and better economic opportunities in other countries and world regions. The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on minority communities in the US and Europe underscores the urgency of a coordinated global policy response. In the aftermath of the pandemic, African state involvement in labor initiatives seek to take advantage of geopolitical tensions, as is seen in the arrangements between Malawi and Kenya with Israel after Palestinian workers were banned from entering Israel. It is imperative that there are urgent global policy responses to address migration challenges. Given the cataclysmic effects on political, economic and social relations, including drastic effects on education in general, and international education in particular, there is also a need for sustained scholarly engagement with these pressing issues.

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EMERGENT AFRICAN IMMIGRANT PHILANTHROPY IN NEW YORK CITY, PART 2.

Part 2 of the reading of my chapter “EMERGENT AFRICAN IMMIGRANT PHILANTHROPY IN NEW YORK CITY” in J. Krase and R. Hutchison, eds. 2004. Race and Ethnicity in New York CityResearch in Urban Sociology, Volume 7, 181–193. I now turn to definitions. Here, I give a brief definition of immigrants.

Philanthropy is one of the central ideals of African traditional mores. It is no wonder then that African philanthropy takes many forms within New YorkCity’s immigrant community.

The key features of immigrant African philanthropy include the prominent role of informal institutions, lack of visibility to external observers and non-members of group, and small-scale philanthropic efforts by groups organized along ethnic, kinship, and national lines.

Globalization shapes the decision to become an immigrant, the location chosen for settlement, and the challenges faced in both home country and country of settlement.

Many African immigrant organizations are male dominated in leadership and decision making, with an emphasis on volunteerism and recognition of those with leadership skills.

Professional associations tend to be national rather than continent-wide. Because the focus of these groups is derived from the historical experience of their members, there is high interest in foreign policy issues, and U.S. foreign policy toward Africa is subjected to much discussion, debate and thought. However, the presence of African immigrants is too limited to be felt in policy advocacy circles.

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The #FixPoliticsDiaspora Dialogue ll with the theme “Diaspora Voting: The Imperative For Constitutional Reform” was held on the 1st of May, 2024 from 3pm to 5pm WAT.

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IMMIGRATION NEWS HEADLINES

• Biden and Trump Clash at the Border: Dueling Messages on Immigration Take Center Stage
• Supreme Court Issues Temporary Halt to Texas Immigration Law SB 4, Sparking Legal Showdown
• Deadly Journey: Two Dozen Lives Lost as Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Senegal’s Coast on Route to Spain
• UNHCR Urges Increased Aid for Chad as Sudanese Refugee Crisis Escalates
• Compromise Bill on Border Faces Uphill Battle in House, Speaker Johnson Signals Openness to Alternative Solutions
• Biden Administration is Considering Resettling Palestinian Refugees to the United States
• Biden, Mexican President Lopez Obrador Pledge Joint Action to Halt Irregular Migration
• Biden Administration Announces an Expansion of Health-Care Coverage to DACA Recipients
• European Union to Provide Lebanon $1 Billion to Help Control Migration to Europe
• UN Officials Criticize UK-Rwanda Law as Violating Human Rights
• Anti-Immigrant Groups Create False Narratives About Undocumented Migrants Voting in the US Presidential Election
• UNHCR Announces Fund to Protect Refugees From Climate Shocks
• New Research Shows Immigrants Help Raise Wages and Employment for US-born Workers
• How Europe is Slowly Closing Its Doors to Asylum-Seekers
• Voice Through Votes and Remittances: Diaspora Efforts to Influence Elections
• IMR Book Review | The Opportunity Trap: High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of The Dependent Visa Program
• NYC and DocGo to Part Ways After Migrant Service Operator’s Contract Ends
• More than half of foreign-born people in US live in just 4 states and half are naturalized citizens
• MURDER MUM Mother smothered baby to death with a black bin liner before flying to Africa to try and find a ‘rich man’ to marry
• 4 Nigerian stowaways drank seawater to survive 2 weeks at sea on the rudder of a ship — and when they looked down, they saw whales and sharks below them
• UNICEF Youth Advocates Programme: applications now open(Fully-funded and open to several nationalities)
• Public perceptions and support of climate intervention technologies across the Global North and Global South
• Leaving Behind the Newest New Yorkers: Shortcomings to Welcoming Asylum Seekers to New York City in 2024
• Students from Africa remain dominant in French universities
• Nigeria seeks managers for planned $10 billion diaspora fund
• ‘Every day I cry’: 50 women talk about life as a domestic worker under the Gulf’s kafala system
• THE RISING TIDE OF CLIMATE MIGRATION
• How African Immigrants Have Revived a Remote Corner of Quebec
• In post-coup Niger, migration becomes legal again
• Digital border apps in Americas could misuse asylum seeker data
• Hearing on Immigrant Youth Reveals Divisions on Immigration
• US State Department Announces $579 Million in Aid to Western Hemisphere Countries to Support migrants
• Biden Administration Proposes Rule to Restrict Asylum
• IOM’s 2024 World Migration Report Shows a Dramatic Increase in Remittances Worldwide
• New York Mayor Adams Visits Rome, Learns About Integrating Migrants
• Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti Worsens, as 360,000 are Displaced from Their Homes
• Hill Democrats Urge Biden to Ease Path for Undocumented Immigrants to Obtain Legal Status
• Opinion: The GOP Talking Points are Out of Date. Border Crossings Have Plummeted
• CMSOnAir | Commissioner Manuel Castro on Migrants in New York City
• WEBINAR | Five Years Later: Measuring the Outcomes of the Global Compact for Migration