The region along the northwest coast has few immigrants and little crime or unemployment, but the far-right National Rally has made inroads saying that all three are coming.
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The Nation Resurgent, and Borders, Too
In France, as in the United States, feelings harden against immigrants, and President Emmanuel Macron and President Biden take note.
Fire in Kuwait Migrant Worker Housing Kills Dozens
The blaze struck a building that was home to scores of low-paid migrant workers, many of them from India.
Flemish Nationalists Win Belgian Elections, Thwarting Ascent of Secessionist Party
The New Flemish Alliance’s victory will bring relief to the country’s political establishment, which had long been bracing for a victory by the far-right party Vlaams Belang.
France Says It Built the Olympics Safely. Migrant Workers Don’t Count.
Undocumented workers played a larger and more dangerous role in delivering the Games than the Macron administration acknowledges.
How African Immigrants Have Revived a Remote Corner of Quebec
Hundreds of newcomers from Africa have filled a shortage of workers in Rouyn-Noranda, creating a new community in a remote mining town.
Portugal Had Little Appetite for the Far Right, Until Chega
Memories of dictatorship are fading. Dissatisfaction is mounting. It was a ripe moment for the Chega party to appeal to voter frustrations.
What Meltdown? Crypto Comes Roaring Back in the Philippines.
Two years after the cryptocurrency market crashed, internet cafes for playing crypto-earning video games are opening and farmers have started harvesting virtual crops from the games for income.
Racial Profiling in Japan Is Prevalent but Unseen, Some Residents Say
Experts say the country’s first lawsuit about police discrimination against foreign-born residents highlights a systematic problem.
South Korea Is Desperate for Foreign Workers
Though a shrinking population makes imported labor vital, migrant workers routinely face predatory employers, inhumane conditions and other abuse.