In this week's New Roundup we highlight skilled workers and their challenges working in the United States as well as the surprising death threats against community leaders of minority heritage in a small city in Canada and further findings of Migrants in Southern Europe. We also look at fighting racism in the Czech Republic and Russia and problems on the Mexico border.
- Border Crossings – Rising Breed of Migrant Worker: Skilled, Salaried and Welcome: The New York Times discusses why while many countries are seeking to restrict immigration by low-skilled migrants, they are increasingly working to attract those with advanced degrees and scarce skills. See the story here.
- In a small East Coast Canadian city of Saint John, a city councillor who says he's been a victim of race-related incidents is not surprised to see more incidents in the city, after another councillor with Korean ancestry received death threats. The suprising threats against the tiny city's minorities has shocked a country while prides itself on multiculturalism. See the story here.
- Italian coastguards rescued more than 400 migrants off the southern island of Lampedusa on Thursday, including a group of 300 men, women and children crammed into a wooden boat, officials said. See the story here. As well, a similar incident in Spain A new wave of illegal migrants has set a course for Spain's southeastern coast in an attempt to reach European shores. See the story here.
- The Prague Jewish Community took issue about the Czech football team Sparta's fans racism and sent an open letter to representatives of the Czech first soccer league team Sparta complaining about its fans who yell anti-Semitic slogans during the team's games. See the story here.
- Student held over internet video of Nazis beheading ‘migrants’ as Russian police detained a university student on Wednesday on suspicion of circulating an Internet video which appeared to show neo-Nazis beheading one non-Slav migrant and shooting another in the head. See the story here and here.
- At least 3,000 Central American migrants remained stranded along railroad lines in southern Mexico after an American train operator shut down its operations there. See the story here.
- Soccer's world governing body slapped Jaime Grondona with a nine-month ban on Wednesday in response to the Chilean player's behaviour at last month's FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. See the story here.