audio by year 2008

No One is Illegal organizer, Harjap Grewal, talks about global migration, guest worker programs and the brewing resistance in what he calls "Fortress North America" at California's San Jose State University this past Spring. Making Contact: National Radio Project

What lengths would you go to if you found out that your neighbours were being threatened with deportation? All over the country, UK communities are organising themselves to stop their friends and neighbours being deported.

Rachel Stevenson and Harriet Grant are both journalists – they met up with some of the people involved. In this interview for Refugee Week Radio they talk about what they found and about their film ‘The Resistance: On The Deportation Frontline’ (GuardianFilms).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jun/13/immigration

http://www.refugeeweekradio.net

Interview by Amisnet with Mario Cadena, Plan Migracion Comuncacion y Desarrollo dell’Ecuador, during the World Social Forum on Migrations (Foro Social Mundial de las Migraciones, FSMM 2008).

El Tercer Foro Social Mundial de las Migraciones se ha celebrado en Rivas/Madrid el 11, 12 y 13 de septiembre 2008. Caroline Ausserer captó impresiones de los partecipantes y organizadores sobre este encuentro mundial de la sociedad civil que reunía más de 2000 personas de todo el mundo. Producido para Diciembre 18.

Intervista a Edda Pando dell’associazione Todo cambia (www.todocambia.net), originaria del Peru e da 18 anni residente in Italia, che ci parla della sua “professione migrante”, delle difficoltà affrontate come migrante e della sua lotta politica per i diritti dei migranti in un paese sempre più razzista e xenofobo.

El audio de esta mesa redonda fue grabado en el Foro Social Mundial de Migraciones en Rivas-Vaciamadrid (España) en septiembre 2008. El debate gira en torno a la Convención de Naciones Unidas para la Protección de los Trabajadores Migratorios y sus Familias. El debate moderado por Pablo Sánchez (Diciembre18) cuenta con la participación de Santiago González (Resp. USO de Inmigración), Juana Martín (Caritas-BCN y Xarxa 18 Desembre) y Jaime Atienza (Intermón-Oxfam).

Entretien avec l’investigatrice Audrey Jolivel sur les différents discours de la migration, tels que le discours de l’état qui voit le migrant comme une menace, et le discours antagoniste du migrant lui-même. L’investigatrice fait partie du Groupe d’Etudes Africaines de l’Université Autonome de Madrid et écrit son thèse sur les réseaux de migrants clandestins d’Afrique de l’ouest vers les îles Canaries.

L’émission a été réalisée en directe par Caroline Ausserer pour Radio 1812/Décembre 18 au Forum Social Mondial des Migrations à Madrid, oú Jolivel a participer a un séminaire sur la traite et le trafic.

What are the differences between the World Social Forum on Migrations in Madrid and the Global Forum on Migration and Development, which will be held in Manila at the end of October? How is the civil society movement resisting the paradigm of state-driven policies on migration? William Gois, Regional Coordinator of the Migrant Forum in Asia (http://www.mfasia.org) gives his point of view in an interview by Caroline Ausserer for December 18.

An interview with Atty. Star L. Roman, special assistant to Undersecretary Esteban Conejos of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines. She is responsible for the organisation of the GFMD.

Reflexión de los planes de codesarrollo de la Unión Europea. Al ritmo de la música peruana conoceremos las actividades que realizan los peruanos en Venezuela para celebrar el Señor de los Milagros. Para finalizar un micro de "Familias y Movimiento" realizado por ALER.

Sono quasi quattro milioni gli immigrati regolari in Italia, con una incidenza del 6,7% sul totale della popolazione, leggermente al di sopra della media Ue; 1,5 milioni di lavoratori, 800mila iscritti al sindacato .In 500mila lavorano in nero. Molti sono imprenditori. Contribuiscono al Pil per il 9%.E' la stima fatta dalla Caritas italiana e dalla Fondazione Migrantes nel dossier annuale presentato ieri a Roma. Un commento al dossier 2008 a cura di Radio Onda d'Urto (Brescia) e Pietro Raitano direttore della rivista Altreconomia.

Here, Singaporean Susan Buck's reflections start with an unwelcoming overcast June day and end with the importance of mutual understanding and compromise. A job in the travel industry, bowler hats, leg-pulling and turning heads were allpart of the scene in 60's London.

Originally posted on www.traydio.com

La Cgil ha presentato "Stesso sangue. Stessi diritti", un’iniziativa in favore dell’uguaglianza tra cittadini stranieri e italiani. Il sindacato propone la sospensione per due anni della legge Bossi-Fini, la regolarizzazione dei lavoratori in nero, una nuova norma sulla cittadinanza e la concessione del voto. Antonietta Podda di Radio Popolare Salento intervista Morena Piccinini, segretario confederale della Cgil in merito a questa iniziativa e alle dichiarazioni del segretario della Cgil di Treviso che ha chiesto di sospendere i flussi d’immigrati.