Euronews
| Apr 18, 2013
In the latest attack on immigrants in Greece, three farm foremen opened fire with shotguns on a group of Bangladeshi strawberry pickers demanding months of unpaid wages, injuring 30. Activists are calling for a boycott until conditions for "strawb...
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CCTV News
| Feb 27, 2013
China's recent minimum wage hike is having the unintended consequence of migrant workers choosing to stay close to home and work for just slightly less than in their far-away jobs in China's economic hubs. State-run CCTV News reports from Guangdon...
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CCTV News
| Feb 26, 2013
China's farming industry is being threatened by a labor exodus as more and more people migrate from rural areas to major cities. State-run CCTV News reports that the Chinese government is trying to stop the flow by encouraging the growth of family...
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CCTV News
| Feb 25, 2013
Most domestic migrant workers in China's largest cities return home to rural areas for the annual Spring Festival, in what is called the world's largest human migration. But as state-run CCTV News reports, many have decided to extended their visit...
LinkAsia
| Feb 1, 2013
Hukou, China's controversial household registration system, was originally designed to monitor the population and limit mass migration from the countryside to major cities. LinkAsia contributor Mark Dreyer reports that Chinese have taken to social...
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CCTV News
| Jan 31, 2013
Chinese infamous Train 2667 has the distinction of being the cheapest, slowest, and coldest train in the country. The temperature drops from -15 degrees Celsius to -47 degrees as it crawls for 37 hours, taking residents home for the Spring Festiva...
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CCTV News
| Jan 22, 2013
For many migrant workers in China's metropolitan areas, the Spring Festival is the only time of the year that they are able to return home and spend time with their families. But as state-run CCTV News reports, many workers are unable to head home...
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 29, 2012
An unprecedented number of children from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras are migrating to the US. It is a harrowing, dangerous journey, but what is making them flee their home countries and what awaits them if they make it to the US?
LinkAsia
| Dec 7, 2012
Migrant workers in China struggle with life in the big city, but the children they leave behind often struggle even more. LinkAsia speaks with UNICEF China's Dale Rutstein about the pilot projects he is working on to make life easier for the child...
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CCTV News
| Dec 4, 2012
Fifteen-year-old student Zhan Haite has sparked a national debate on microblogging site Sina Weibo around access to education for Chinese who migrate to cities from rural areas. As state-run CCTV News reports, students who don't have "hukou", or h...
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