Finland. Finland enacted a law in July 2024 that allows border guards to refuse entry to asylum seekers who cross its 830-mile border with Russia. Finland accused Russia of weaponizing migrants by ...

This report summarizes initial findings of a three-year case study of the community of Firebaugh, a large agricultural region located on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley of California. The ...

Despite an endless shrimp offer that helped to push the 700-unit Red Lobster chain into bankruptcy in May 2024, the 500-unit Red Robin Gourmet Burgers chain in July 2024 announced that diners who ...

There have been many efforts to uncover the secrets to rapid economic growth. Most explanations for persisting poverty center on three factors: Geography stresses that most poor countries are in the ...

Governor Newsom signed AB 2240 to give farm workers living in the 24 farm worker housing centers that are open from April to November priority for permanent housing. The Office of Migrant Services is ...

A Boar’s Head deli meat plant in Jarratt, Virginia produced liverwurst that was contaminated with listeria, killing at least 10 people in August 2024 and leading to the plant’s closure and the loss of ...

Many areas of Southern Europe had droughts in summer 2024, forcing farmers to reduce their water usage to preserve tourism, which is more important than farming in many areas. Farmers were often ...

The H-2A program allows US farm employers who anticipate shortages of seasonal workers to be certified by DOL to recruit and employ H-2A workers to fill seasonal farm jobs for up to 10 months.

Publicado como introduccion al libro: Gail Mummert (Ed.) Fronteras fragmentadas. Zamora: COLMICH/CIDEM, 1999, 595 pp. Este libro trata de la construcción social de vidas que se desarrollan sobre dos ...

Bird flu or H5N1 spread in dairy cows in summer 2024, infecting up to 20 percent of cows and dozens of dairy workers. H5N1 can be spread by wild birds to wild animals, who then transmit the flu to ...

Different from immigrant inflows into central and northern Europe in the 50s and 60s, farming is nowadays a key immigrant sector in Europe. Over-representation of non-European workers in farming can ...