Chaerin Park's List: MUN Xenophobia info

• • xeonphobia is linked to criticism of a certain government/country as a tool of insult.
• eme

  Euroscepticism is fuelling xenophobia
• Neil O'Brien, of the Vote No campaign, said the minister was "insulting two thirds of voters by trying to link criticism of Europe with xenophobia

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  The impact of globalisation on racism and xenophobia is an appropriate subject for the World Conference on Racism to consider

  
• • xenophobia can be related to globalisation. As the gap between the rich and poor widens due to globalisation, a sense of inequality rises and causes a certain extent of xenophobia (from the lesser developed society towards the more developed) 
• A 'sense of inequality'
• "This is a trend that has increasingly ugly, xenophobic undertones to it. There is a tendency to demonise those who come to rich societies in search of a better life,"

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• • xenophobia in South Africa- Illegal immigrants have a hand in this. South Africans don't want foreign people to settle down in South Africa for a better life: results in hostility 
• In South Africa, the locals call them the Amakwerekwere - a derogatory term for the foreigners who have come south in search of a better life, or who are fleeing political strife and economic hardship in their own countries.
• All that is really known is that a huge percentage of these are illegal immigrants.
• what is certain is that the welcome South Africa extends to the foreigners is anything but warm.
• "They say we are coming here to take their jobs, but they are not doing the jobs," he said.

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• Trade Unions Call for Equal Rights for Migrants

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   "Poverty and violence" are today the tragic reasons pushing thousands of people to leave their home countries in search of a better future.
• Whilst migrant workers are one of the main driving forces of economic globalisation they are all too often subjected to all kinds of discrimination
• The ICFTU

  • ICFTU is a confederation of 215 national trade union centres, representing 125 million trade union members in 145 countries and territories
• Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
• The ICFTU was also closely involved in another event that helped push matters forward on this issue- the UN World Conference against Racism, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance held in Durban from 31 August to 7 September 2001.

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