For migrant female sex workers (FSWs) at the Sino-Vietnamese border, the impact of work time in their current location on the spread of HIV/AIDS is not clear. Data were collected from the Sino-Vietnamese border cities of Guangxi, China. Migrant FSWs work
The article addresses the tension between the internalization of a violent border regime intent on preempting migrant arrivals and the everyday democratic
Upon arrival at the ranch, the workers were given a set of 53 rules, they said. The rules, translated into English by the California Rural Legal Assistance office, declare that “workers should take water before starting work.” They prohibit picture taking, use of alcohol and the playing of...
John Steinbeck's literary career took off during the Great Depression, and he secured a spot in the canon of Depression-era (California) literature by tackling the issue of migrant farm labor in journalism and fiction. From the migrant farm workers, Steinbeck earned the nickname of "Migrant Joh...
Lange, aResettlement Administration (RA)photographer, was returning from a month shooting images of poverty in the West Coast. As she drove through the valleys of California, she passed signs calling for pea-pickers, directing passersby to the migrant workers camp not far down the road. Twenty...
During the time Operation Lone Star has been in effect, Texas has seen a 6.9% increase in the total monthly migrant encounters reported at the border. During that time, Arizona has seen a 36.3% increase, California has seen a 30% increase and New Mexico has seen a 47% increase...
Social workers attending to the migrant children in El Barretal say they are concerned about the effects of the journey. Luis Guillermo Gomez, coordinator of Psychologists Without Borders in the state of Baja California, where Tijuana is located, said the children are experiencing many things ...
Millions of kids dream of going into space. But Jose Hernandez made that dream a reality. And, as the son of migrant farm workers, he did so against incredible odds.
After three decades of contributing to the Chinese economy and society, the first generation of rural-to-urban migrant workers is being replaced by a new generation in the urban labour market. The study aims to better depict the nature of the cohort, and
This chapter on refugee and asylum seeker narratives includes both fiction and nonfiction. Examining the migrant condition in relation to concepts such as gratitude, empathy, and dignity emerge as central, since they not only highlight the personal experiences of migrants but also place them in a ...