2025-12-03: Immigration Roundup

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Sana Khan (2025-12-03). US Halts Immigration Processing for 19 Countries After Guard Attack. moderndiplomacy.eu The Trump administration on Tuesday suspended all immigration applications including green cards and U.S. citizenship processing for immigrants from 19 non-European countries. The affected nations overlap with the group already under partial or full travel restrictions since June. The decision cites national security concerns following last week's shooting of two U.S. National Guard members in …

Sana Khan (2025-12-03). Hanson's Anti-Migration Populism Rides New Wave of Discontent in Australia. moderndiplomacy.eu Australia's anti-immigration firebrand Senator Pauline Hanson is experiencing a striking resurgence, with her One Nation party climbing to polling levels not seen since the late 1990s. While her rise echoes global hard-line rhetoric including U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed focus on border control analysts say Hanson's momentum is rooted firmly in domestic frustrations. Global Winds, …

Pierre Lajeunesse, World Socialist Web Site. (2025-12-03). After Canadian Police Raid Homes, Six Peace Activists Face Charges. popularresistance.org London, Ontario police carried out coordinated pre-dawn raids on November 25 against four homes across southern Ontario, targeting members of the anti-war and Palestinian-solidarity group World Beyond War (WBW). The raids bring to six the number of peace activists charged in relation to a protest of more than 100 people against the Best Defence Conference in London at the end of October, an arms-industry gathering attended by Israeli-linked weapons manufacturers and Canadian military officials. | The sweeping operation saw officers burst into homes at 6 a.m., frighten children, seize personal electronic devices a…

newarab (2025-12-02). From Israel to ICE, MESA's academic freedom is under attack. newarab.com In an era of intense crackdowns on As he was about to leave the airport in Oklahoma, Vahid Abedini, an Iranian studies professor at the University of Oklahoma, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement incommunicado for three days, approximately the duratio…

The Independent (2025-12-02). Ugandans living in Qatar engage embassy staff in Doha convention. independent.co.ug Uganda—Qatar embassy hosts successful 2025 Uganda diaspora convention in Doha Doha, Qatar | THE INDEPENDENT | The just concluded 2025 Uganda—Qatar Diaspora Convention brought together hundreds of Ugandan migrant workers, diaspora leaders, government officials, and private-sector partners for a full day of engagement, empowerment, and service delivery. The Convention followed a three-day capacity-building programme for …

newarab (2025-12-02). Iran demands US pay $22 bn for allegedly backing 2022 protests. newarab.com An Nationwide protests broke out in September of that year following the death in custody of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurd

Shiran Illanperuma (2025-12-02). Sitting Targets: Negligence and Occupational Risk in Sri Lanka. counterpunch.org Sundays at Paramasivam Pushpalatha's home used to be a much livelier affair. It was her only day off from the factory and so she would pack seven days of domesticity into one. Her husband, Govindasamy Sivakumar, would sometimes take walks to avoid the hustle and bustle of the house being turned upside down in a

David Swanson (2025-12-02). At Nonviolent Protest of Weapons Fair in Bogotá, Police Badly Injure WBW Chapter Coordinator. worldbeyondwar.org Español Abajo. | By Gabriel Aguirre, World BEYOND War, December 2, 2025 | Attention: Regarding the events during Expodefensa in Colombia: | Yesterday, December 1, in the city of Bogotá, Colombia, various pacifist and anti-militarist organizations, as is customary every two years, organized a peaceful and nonviolent protest in front of the Corferias exhibition center, where the Expodefensa arms fair is held, an event that ha…

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