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The US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), the concerned immigration body, encourages and inspires the world migrants to shift to the nation through its easy-to-follow immigration policies even as it proffers as many as 60 different types of permit programs to facilitate the entry of every kind of migrant. Whether an aspirant is a skilled worker, or an enterprising overseas businessman, or a student keen to pursue studies in the country--or for that matter, a persecuted individual keen to get asylum therein--he can rest assured that he will find a visa category for his specific immigration needs.
A statue celebrating the immigration of new settlers to Australia, via Fremantle port wharves in Western Australia.
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You see this train wreck?! This was the last of many nights of filling out immigration papers. But we finally got it all together and sent it off.
The Rev. Heike Miller (right) introduces Sahize, a recent immigrant from Syria, at Cafe Gegenueber, a weekly gathering for coffee, cake and conversation at the United Methodist Church in Lorsbach, Germany. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS.
What is FGM?
Female Genital Mutilation (often referred to as FGM) is a destructive operation, during which the female genitals are partly or entirely removed or injured with the goals of inhibiting a woman’s sexual feelings. Most often the mutilation is performed before puberty, often on girls between the age of four and eight, but recently it is increasingly performed on nurslings who are only a couple of days, weeks or months old.
Where does FGM happen?
Female Genital Mutilation happens primarily in Africa, in particular in North-Eastern, Eastern and Western Africa. However, it also takes place in the Middle East, in South-East Asia – and also among immigrants in Europe. According to estimates by the World Health Organisation (WHO) 150 million women are affected by FGM world-wide. In Europe, the number of mutilated women or girls and women threatened by FGM amounts up to 500,000.
What different types of FGM are there?
The WHO differentiates between four different types of Female Genital Mutilation:
1. Excision of the clitoris prepuce (“Sunna-circumcision”) and of the clitoris or parts thereof.
2. Excision of the clitoris prepuce, the clitoris and the inner lips or parts thereof.
3. Type 1 and 2 are the most common types of FGM: eighty percent of the affected women have gone through these procedures.
4. Excision of part of or all of the external genitals (“infibulation”, also referred to as “Pharaonic Circumcision”). Afterwards the remaining parts of the outer lips are sewn together leaving a small hole for urine and menstrual flow.
5. The scar need to be opened before intercourse or giving birth, which causes additional pain.
6. Infibulation is mainly spread in the Horn of Africa and its neighbouring areas – in Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea, as well as in the northern part of Sudan and in the southern part of Egypt. It is the most severe form of FGM and affects 15 percent of the women.
7. Pricking, piercing, cutting or stretching of the clitoris or the labia, also burning or scarring the genitals as well as ripping of the vaginal opening or the introduction of corrosive substances or herbs into the vagina in order to tighten it. Plus: any other procedure, which injures or circumcises the female genitalia.
Who performs FGM?
FGM is usually performed by professional circumcisers, women who are enjoying a high reputation in their societies. It is also performed by traditional midwives and occasionally by healers, barbers or nurses or doctors trained in Western medicine. The procedure is usually performed without anaesthetic and under catastrophic hygienic circumstances. Knives, scissors, razor blades or pieces of broken glass are used as instruments among others.
Prevalence and legal status
The Waris Dirie Foundation has put together a collection of data on the estimated prevalence of female genital mutilation and the current legal situation concerning FGM in a selection of countries where FGM is practiced. The table combines data from the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the US Department of State, FGM Network, WADI, The Interparliamentary Union (IPU) and several national studies and surveys. You can download the table here.
Great turnout yesterday for the immigration reform march. This is one of the pics I took at Teamster City, where the event began with a rally around noon.
Police Officer David Krause tries to detain two truant students during a protest march against immigration reform when one bolts (far right). March 31, 2006, in Woodland, Calif.
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The entry for the Lees Family on the Immigation Walls in Fremantle.
Whereas previously they were laser-inscribed on metal, the "El Cheapo" Barnett Liberal Government has made made a packet by producing the most recent entries by screen printing them onto glass.
They still charged as much as the former Labor government intiative, though. (AUD85 an entry!)
We arrived in Australia on February 27, 1957.