Latest news with #undocumented migrants
Bloomberg
7 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Trump Calls for New Census That Blocks Undocumented Migrants from Count
President Donald Trump Wednesday called on his Commerce Department to conduct a new census that excluded undocumented migrants, in a move that could reshape federal spending and elections. 'I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024. People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS. Thank you for your attention to this matter!,' he posted on his Truth Social Platform.
France 24
31-07-2025
- Politics
- France 24
Trump announces 25% tariff on India and unspecified penalties for buying Russian oil
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CBS News
22-07-2025
- CBS News
Champagne industry boss, 2 others jailed for human trafficking, allegedly treating workers in France "like slaves"
A French court on Monday jailed three people for human trafficking in the champagne industry, exploiting seasonal workers and housing them in appalling conditions. The Champagne region is under tough scrutiny, with another inquiry looking into the use of Ukrainian workers during the same 2023 harvest, which was marked by exceptional heat and the deaths of four grape-pickers. A lawyer for the victims — more than 50 mostly undocumented migrant workers from Mali, Mauritania, Ivory Coast and Senegal — said the court had made a "historic" decision. The victims, who said they had been treated "like slaves," also praised the ruling. "The people were working in really bad conditions, and this decision is fair," said Amadou Diallo, a 39-year-old from Senegal. The workers, all undocumented migrants, were found during the 2023 September harvest living in cramped and unhygienic conditions in a building at Nesle-le-Repons in the heart of champagne country, the BBC reported. The court sentenced the director of a servicing company called Anavim, a Kyrgyz woman in her forties, to two years behind bars, and another two years suspended. She had denied being responsible for the housing conditions, and blamed the two other defendants suspected of recruiting the harvesters. The court sentenced the two others, both men in their thirties, to one year in jail, alongside suspended terms. One is a man from the country of Georgia and the other is a Frenchman, the BBC reported. All three were found guilty of human trafficking — defined under French law as "recruiting, transporting, transferring, housing or receiving a person to exploit them," by means of coerced employment, abusing a position of authority, abusing a vulnerable situation or in exchange of payment or benefits. Some workers were recruited via a Whatsapp group message for the West African Soninke ethnic community living in Paris, which promised "well-paid work" in the Champagne region, the BBC reported. The Anavim director was also found guilty of crimes including concealing employment of workers. The court in Chalons-en-Champagne dissolved the servicing company and ordered a wine-making cooperative it worked with to pay a $87,000 fine. The court ordered the three guilty to pay 4,000 euros each to each victim. A lawyer for the Anavim director called the ruling "unfair" and said there would be an appeal. "My client is the ideal culprit for an industry that has long turned a blind eye to its own practices," said Bruno Questel. Maxime Cessieux, an attorney for the victims, said the 2025 harvest "will be closely scrutinized and no one will be able to say 'I didn't know, I didn't understand, I didn't know who these people in my vineyards were'." In September 2023, the labor inspectorate found that the accommodation provided by Anavim for grape-pickers southwest of Reims "seriously undermined" their safety, health and dignity. The accommodation was subsequently closed by the prefecture, which had pointed to makeshift bedding and "the appalling state of the toilets, washrooms and communal areas." Camara Sikou, one of the victims, told the court the workers had been treated "like slaves." "They put us in an abandoned building, with no food, no water, no nothing," added Modibo Sidibe, who said the workers were in the fields from 5 a.m. until 6 p.m. "I never thought the people who made champagne would put us up in a place which even animals would not accept," Kanouitié Djakariayou, 44, told La Croix newspaper, per the BBC. The Comite Champagne, which represents winegrowers and champagne houses, was a plaintiff in the trial. "You don't play with the health and safety of seasonal workers. Nor are we playing with the image of our appellation," the trade association said. The CGT champagne trade union said the punishment was not sufficient. "What we are asking for is the downgrading of the harvest" in the zones where the offences were committed so it could no longer be used to produce champagne, said Jose Blanco, CGT general secretary. Every year, around 120,000 seasonal workers are recruited to pick the grapes grown across 84,000 acres in the Champagne region. In 2023, four harvesters died, possibly the result of sunstroke after working in scorching heat. A service provider and its manager will go on trial in November on suspicion of having housed 40 Ukrainians in unfit conditions.
Free Malaysia Today
15-07-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
1,000 employers detained for hiring, hiding undocumented migrants
Between Jan 1 and July 3, the immigration department conducted 6,913 nationwide operations and arrested 26,320 individuals, according to immigration director-general Zakaria Shaaban. (Bernama pic) KUALA LUMPUR : The immigration department has detained 1,005 employers for allegedly hiring or harbouring undocumented migrants between Jan 1 and July 3. Its director-general, Zakaria Shaaban, said the arrests involved employers from various sectors, including restaurants, factories, and retail shops, with most of them being Malaysians found sheltering foreign nationals without valid documents. 'As of July, we've achieved 70% of our Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and I'm confident we'll exceed our target by the end of the year,' he told reporters at an event here today. Present was Kuala Lumpur immigration director Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff. Zakaria said that during the same period, the immigration department conducted 6,913 nationwide operations, screening 97,322 foreign nationals and arresting 26,320 individuals for suspected immigration offences. He said enforcement would continue to be intensified, with no compromise on undocumented migrants. The department is also monitoring more than 200 identified hotspots across the country, including those in remote and rural areas. Zakaria said public outreach events like today's programme, which drew more than 800 participants, would be continued to strengthen public engagement.
