Sentences with phrase «migrant worker family»

Born into a working class, migrant worker family, Miguel is a first generation U.S. citizen.

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On top of that, migrant workers have to deal with the high cost of sending money to their families in their native countries by using bank transfers or traditional money transfer services.

He referred to «immigrants» only twice, both in the context of his pride in his own family history, and referred twice to «migrant workers.»

Advocates explained that the workers are largely male migrants who leave behind their families and travel from Mexico, Guatemala and other Central American countries for seasonal employment in the fields.

«This will also help stop the abuse of migrant workers from unscrupulous employers who pay very low wages in the anticipation that these will be topped up by tax credits and family benefits,» he argued.

Along the polluted 18 - Mile Creek in upstate New York, migrant farm worker Oscar Puente said he fishes to put food on his family's table — even though a state advisory warns against consuming any fish there.

The film is based on the true story of Margaret Humphries, an unassuming social worker and family woman who inadvertently stumbles upon the untold story of child migrants, who, having been told their parents had died, were piled into massive ships and brought to Australia where they endured hard work and often abuse.

A lonely young Englishman working on his family's farm is drawn to a good - looking migrant worker from Romania.

In these circumstances to reserve and to protect Oversees Migrant Workers Rights & the rights of their family, United Nations passed a convention at 18 December in 1990.

After reading the poem «My Mother Pieced Quilts,» a middle school girl might lead the class in celebrating the life of a family of migrant workers and the mother who makes their story a work of art by piecing together remnants from their past into quilts.

has signed the UN convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families.

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First Generation tells the story of four high school students - an inner city athlete, a small town waitress, a Samoan warrior dancer, and the daughter of migrant field workers - who set out to break the cycle of poverty and bring hope to their families and communities by pursuing a college education.

Reaching to families of truckers and migrant workers has not got adequate attention.

Many Head Start programs collaborate with child care and public preschool programs to serve eligible children, including children of migrant workers and tribal families.

This lesson covers some of the psychological impacts that affect Migrant Workers and their families.

In particular, the lesson uses the journalistic work of Ana P. Santos, who follows the struggles of Filipino migrant workers and their families.

Migrant workers travel very far from their homes to find work in other regions / countries in order to help keep their families financially stable.

Online remittance company WorldRemit allows migrant workers to send money back home to their families for as little as $ 2.99 per transaction, depending on how much money is being sent and where.

However, a little reflection on the plight of the migrant farm workers (life expectancy 49, annual income for a family of four $ 2,400, poisoning from pesticide in 15 of every 100 workers, death from T.B. and other infectious diseases 260 percent higher than the national average, infant and maternal mortality 125 percent higher, and not even toilets or drinking water in the fields) makes one reluctant to head for the comfort of the car and home.

And everything - family members, migrant workers, a power plant in Iran (from a photgraph of same)- is rendered by Sasnal with the same smooth opacity.

When questioned, Re Rebaudengo defended her choice of awardee by expressing admiration for the Sheikha's efforts to extend her cultural and educational activities to poor migrant workers in Qatar, despite her family's suspected support of terrorists.

This time the Court neglected the possibility to give a more substantial meaning to the unity of the family, allowing discrimination towards the migrant worker.

However, as argued by Dion Kramer the judgment comes with a human cost, neglecting the possibility to give a more substantial meaning to the unity of the family, allowing discrimination towards the migrant worker.

The Coalition for Migrant Workers Rights — Canada (CMWRC) is launching MoVE — a campaign for Mobility, Voice and Equality for Migrant Workers to call on Prime Minister Trudeau to keep his campaign promises to undo the harm done by the Harper government and to move towards a single - tier immigration system based on permanency and family reunification to ensure decent work for all.

The CJEU points out that the situation falls within the scope of Article 45 TFEU and that Article 45 TFEU precludes refusing a residence right to a family member of an EU citizen where such would discourage the latter from exercising his free movement rights as a migrant worker.

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Migrant workers are desperate to seek opportunities to better their lives and that of their families.

These include migrants who immigrate or seek to continue to reside in Canada under the humanitarian stream (mainly refugee and humanitarian & compassionate (H&C) claimants); certain sponsored family members who immigrate to Canada under the family reunification stream of immigration; and certain migrants who enter Canada under the economic stream of migration, in particular, those who enter as temporary foreign workers (TFW).

Family members, staff of IAVGO Community Legal Clinic and activists with Justicia for Migrant Workers intervened to help the workers remain in Ontario for their desperately needed medical treWorkers intervened to help the workers remain in Ontario for their desperately needed medical treworkers remain in Ontario for their desperately needed medical treatment.

Shahram Taghavi, head of immigration at Charles Russell, who acted for Dr Zhang, said the decision means resident family members of investors, entrepreneurs and skilled workers will be able to switch from their current visa into a «Dependant of a Points - Based System Migrant» visa from within the UK, rather than having to leave the UK and apply from abroad.

Stellar Lumens is focusing on the developing world and, more specifically, the multi-billion dollar industry of migrant workers who send money back to their family in impoverished countries.

Many migrant workers are forced to leave their children at home with caregivers, particularly in some families, both husband and wife work away from home.

Some are undocumented, but some are just Californians who have fallen through the cracks for one reason or another — street people, migrant workers, people between health plans, teenagers who are sexually active and afraid their parents will find out if they seek birth control from their family doctor.

Hear a migrant worker and some mums share experiences of migrating to Australia and starting a family.

At the same time, there has been greater recognition of the need to adapt evidence - based programs for special populations such as the children and families of migrant and seasonal workers.

Head Start programs serve diverse children and families including American Indian and Alaska Native communities, migrant and seasonal workers, immigrants, refugees, and more; efforts to understand these programs should be as inclusive as possible of the breadth of communities and families served across the United States.

Recommendation 43: That the Australian Government ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.