Special coverage on an IOM project on trafficking that was launched on the occasion of International Migrants Day.

On Friday, the Obama administration extended "temporary protected status to undocumented Haitian immigrants living in the U.S. which prevents their deportation for 18 months and allows them so be legally employed. Attorney Amy Gottlieb, director of the Immigrant Rights Program at the American Friends Service Committee, and Joel Millman, a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, talk about what the new status means.

Source: Spoenword.org and WNYC

Interview by Dorothee Meyer-Holtkamp with five members of the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland in Dublin about their involvement with the Centre and about what International Migrants Day means for them.

Interview with Nusha Yonkova of the Immigrant Council of Ireland at the Conference "Migrant Women in Ireland: Networking and Linking Up," which took place at the European Parliament on 3 December 2009. She spoke on the main issues which migrant women face in Ireland, including trafficking qnd domestic violence.

DJ Debbie of African Essence (www.african-essence.com) presents a special Radio1812 Clearspot on London's Resonance Fm (Resonance 104.4fm London, www.resonancefm.com, worldwide) for the 3rd year running.
With an interwoven thread of Arts and Human Rights, DJ Debbie welcomes a packed studio of guests: Anna Pivia & Eddie George of Promisedlands.info , Ben & Anne from the SOAS Detainee Support Group and Afla Sackey of Afro Fusion big band Afrik Bawantu (who gives a live burst too!) and plays some beautiful related tracks as well.
This show is also linked in with London Link Radio.

A radio program in recognition of Interntional Migrant Workers Day, done in partnership with the Human Rights Directorate of the Canadian Labour Congress.

It will go on our www.makingthelinksradio.ca site and be broadcasted on the community radio channel 90.5 FM based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Rezaul Karim Chowdhury spoke with Radio 1812 in Copenhagen, where he attended the summit on behalf of the Equity and Justice Working Group-Bangladesh. He talks about the effects of climate change on Bangladesh, the UN-FCCC as well as the status of climate refugees. He is executive director of COAST in Bangladesh.

Herbeluister de dag van de migrant!

Centrum voor Gelijke Kansen:hoe de cijfers het ongelijk van de mythes aantonen.
Henk Van Goethem expert mensenrechten en migratie IHR, UNHCR. (o.v.)
Sahr van café Mixedpoint aan het De Coninckplein als studiogast
Moustapha Diouf uit Senegal, volgt inburgeringstrajekt en Nederlandse les
Studiogaste Sima uit Iran, UDEP Antwerpen

Wellington Acces Radio presenter Ethel follows up with an interview with a Chinese migrant mother in New Zealand.

For International Migrant's Day, Ethel features a three part series, of interviews and stories from migrants. This first piece features an interview with the Mayor of Wellington, Kerry Prendergast.

Abiba Ndeley was one of six migrant women taking part in a radio mentoring course,  ‘Having your Voice Heard’, run by FOMACS. This radio mentoring programme is part-funded by EPIM under the ‘Migrants and the Media’ project.

Abiba’s documentary ‘Neighbours’ is a brief snapshot of Abiba’s life growing-up in Cameroon; leaving for Ireland and starting a new life in Dublin. It explores the similarities and differences of her hometown, Limbe, and her new found home in Dublin – in the city centre flats, where she lives with her husband and 4 kids.

For more information on the FOMACS’ project ‘Having your Voice Heard’ click here

For more information on ‘Migrants and the Media’ click here