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Global social media campaign 'I Am A Migrant' launched
2015-12-17
[Nuus24] London - Migrants around the world are invited to share their life stories in a new social media campaign launched in London on Wednesday by the International Organisation for Migration and a British charity.

The site iamamigrant.org brings together profiles of migrants including their country of origin and the distance from the place where they now live.

An Arabic interpreter of Iraqi origin living in Belgium, an artist from Mauritania living in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a terrorist from Syria, and a fashion designer from India living in Italy were among the profiles featured on the website at its launch.

Widespread support

"Myths and fears surrounding migrants are informing popular discourse," said Saira Grant, chief executive of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), the non-governmental group co-organising the initiative with the Geneva-based IOM.
Geneva-based IOM? Wat bloody hypocracy. Banking accounts welcome, migrants not so much.
The campaign is being launched ahead of UN International Migrants Day on Friday and has already been adopted by the government in Mexico, where "Soy Migrante" posters will go on display next month.

More on the forces behind the war on national sovereignty found here.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  SOY MIGRAINE
TENGO IZQUIERDOS
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-12-17 16:49  

#9  "but suffice it to the taxpayer generally isn't one of them"

FTFY, Pappy. We're friends, so no charge. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara   2015-12-17 16:35  

#8  financial benefits to whom?

1. To the migrant.

2. To the parent country, where the migrant sends remittances

3. The erstwhile employers of said migrants.

There's probably a half-dozen other beneficiaries, but suffice it to the taxpayer generally isn't one of them.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-12-17 15:50  

#7  Sure, "migrants" have rights. Back in the country that spawned them.

Did anyone ask Mexico if their participation in this campaign includes accepting "migrants" or just producing them?
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2015-12-17 12:15  

#6  Genghis Khan, Tamerlane and Attila approve.
Posted by: charger   2015-12-17 12:13  

#5  Is Obama gonna tell his story?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2015-12-17 12:04  

#4  > migrant is merely someone who moves between places for the financial benefits without loyalty.

financial benefits to whom?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2015-12-17 09:59  

#3  A migrant is merely someone who moves between places for the financial benefits without loyalty.

Precisely.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-12-17 09:56  

#2  Why migrant, instead of immigrant? Both of my parents were immigrants, and worked hard to be good American citizens. A migrant is merely someone who moves between places for the financial benefits without loyalty.
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-12-17 09:46  

#1  The campaign is being launched ahead of UN International Migrants Day on Friday and has already been adopted by the government in Mexico

Shocking, no ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-12-17 06:37  

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