http://www.fourwinds10.net 2013-05-21T05:40:19+01:00 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1367680255 A community radio station in Thailand is helping migrant workers access crucial information about their rights. Credit: Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau/IPS CHIANG MAI, Thailand, May 2 2013 (IPS) - At the age of 23, Gao travelled to Thailand to escape intense fighting in his native Shan State in the east of Myanmar (Burma) and possible recruitment into the Shah army. “When I arrived in Bangkok, I started working in a garment factory. We didn’t have proper food. I was surviving on a handful of rice and a half packet of ramen noodles,” Gao told IPS. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1367189543 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1365867468 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1365780782 April 10, 2013 This is what Progressivism looks like: In Kansas City, police discovered a homeless settlement complete with a network of tunnels. ‘One of the tunnels probably went 20 to 25 feet underground towards the back and veered off in another direction about six feet or so,’ he told the Kansas City Star, adding that they discovered candles and bedding as well in some of the cavern’s alcoves. [LINK] Police say they found soiled diapers on site, leading them to worry about children who’ve been living there. They also say this is only one of three such Obamatown’s they’ve discovered. Can anybody guess which political party has dominated the local government in Kansas City for decades? Source: thegatewaypundit http://www. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1365524386 April 6, 2013 Friends believed that Lee Halpin, 26, who was discovered in a boarded up hostel on Wednesday morning, may have succumbed to hypothermia as temperatures reached as low as -4C overnight in the city. But yesterday, detectives investigating Mr Halpin's death arrested a 26-year-old and a 30-year-old on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs. A Northumbria police spokesman said the men had been bailed pending further inquiries and that a report was being prepared for the coroner. Mr Halpin, a Newcastle University graduate, had planned to spend a week experiencing life on the streets and on Sunday, the night before he embarked on the project, he made a video in which he said he wanted to "immerse himself" in the lifestyle. However the Newcastle University graduate also spoke about how it had caused "trepidation" among his friends and family. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1362676552 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1362064522 Feb. 26, 2013 SHREVEPORT, La. (CBS Houston) — Louisiana’s State Health Department forced a homeless shelter to destroy $8,000 worth of deer meat because it was donated from a hunter organization. KTBS-TV reports that the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission lost 1,600 pounds of venison because the state’s Health Department doesn’t recognize Hunters for the Hungry, an organization that allows hunters to donate any extra game to charity. “We didn’t find anything wrong with it,” Rev. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1359753976 MÁLAGA, Spain, Jan 28 2013 (IPS) - “That’s where I sleep,” says Fernando, indicating a puddled area under a bridge. A 62-year-old Portuguese citizen, he has lived in Spain for 15 years, and he is part of the growing number of homeless people in this country wracked by a merciless economic and financial crisis.   Homeless people share experiences near a shelter in Málaga, Spain In 2008, there were 11,844 homeless people in Spain, but by 2012 the number had risen to 22,238, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE), which only counts people who have used homeless shelters, meaning the real number could well be higher. Fernando*, a man wearing a full beard, walks slowly, pulling a small red cart containing two boxes of wine and a nearly empty bottle of water. He does not want to live in a hostel for the homeless, in spite of having bad legs and the weather being very cold. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1359753845 Jan. 31, 2013 Malawi President Joyce Banda (left) and Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at a women's rights event held at the Liberia Ministry of Gender and Development. Credit: Travis Lupick/IPS Jan 31 2013 (IPS) - Fatou Nernee is scavenging through the debris of her home, which was razed to the ground by bulldozers belonging to the Monrovia City Corporation in Liberia. She is looking for something to keep as a treasured memory of a place she called home for over 20 years. Nernee and many others have been left homeless because of a current cleanup drive by the government ahead of the United Nations High Level Panel (HLP) meeting on the Post-2015 Development Agenda this week. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1359552248 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1353379759 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1352988201 Nov. 10, 2012 Rats and the homeless came flooding out of New York subways, in a gush of sea water and sewage. Rats transmit disease; the homeless transmit fear. We may not yet fathom, homelessness as the leprosy of our era. In the Middle Ages, lepers were required to wear hoods pulled low, with a warning bell which sent the healthy scurrying. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1351957260 Nov. 1, 2012 Disasters expose the ugly realities of "normal" society. In those moments, when the great social leveler that is the government is rendered either impotent, moot, or a non-factor in its ability to stop a disaster from occurring, the ties that bind us together are strained. Moreover, here, government's ability to act as a salve and agent that masks social inequalities--or at least sweeps them under the rug in many cases--is removed. During Katrina for example [2], the American people saw how the intersections of wealth, income, and racial inequality [3] left whole communities destroyed, abandoned, and people unable to escape the wrath of mother nature because they did not have the resources necessary to buy a car in order to evacuate. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1351125968 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1349096976 Sept. 28, 2012         Almost 20,000 children are spending the night in homeless shelters in New York City, according to new data, an increase of 24% since July 2011. The Coalition for the Homeless, which published the figures, said the number of children in shelters would be even higher were it not for the fact that 65% of homeless families seeking admission to shelters are being turned away. The homeless charity places some of the blame on the closure of the Advantage housing program in the summer of 2011. Since then there has been no rent-subsidy program in place for accommodating homeless families. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1348328546 Sept. 21, 2112 Plight of expelled Arab Jews gets 1st hearing at U.N. UNITED NATIONS – For the first time since the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, a symposium at the United Nations has focused on the plight of Arab Jews forcibly expelled from their native lands. The gathering drew hundreds, but few diplomats, especially from Arab nations. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1346341057 Aug. 26, 2012 Credit: DEAN HOFFMEYER/TIMES-DISPATCH Leonard Crewe (left) works with Michael Sanders, who helps runs a program for homeless teens. Leonard Crewe is living on the edge, just one lucky break from earning a high school degree or a bad fall from slipping back into the homelessness that has seen him attend different schools each of the past three years. If things go his way — and that wasn't a certainty last week — he'll begin classes at Richmond's John Marshall High School next week. "He needs to make some grown-up decisions," said Michael Sanders, who with his wife, A. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1345302763 Aug. 15, 2012 HOUSTON (FOX 26) - A city councilwoman broke city ordinance as organizers passed out dozens of warm meals to the homeless in Downtown Houston. Volunteers set up camp on public property across the street from the city's library. The problem?  They didn't give the council notice nor did they receive written permission to serve food. "We do not need permission to feed and share with our fellow people," said Nick Cooper with Food Not Bombs, the group behind Wednesday night's event. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1343842502 July 31, 2012 “Gaza is not a city, anymore, and it’s not a country either. On the map it is called a strip, and a strip it is indeed”   There are some places on earth, places that we’ve never been to, nor even cared to visit, but upon mentioning them, stereotyped visual associations are instantly summoned up in our minds. For instance, whenever Paris is mentioned, we can’t help thinking of the Eiffel tower and the latest fashion trends.  Vienna is closely linked with classical music and its famous opera house, China is visually associated with its great wall and the all-around-us “made in China” products, and Egypt with the Pyramids and may be lately the Tahrir Square. But what about Gaza? What kind of images do you conjure up when the word “Gaza” is mentioned? Most probably we will be thinking of the horrible images of the 2009 Israeli war on Gaza, the Israeli naval blockade on Gaza and the deadly attack on the Gaza freedom flotilla in May 2010 But again, what is exactly Gaza, and how could we define it? Gaza is not a city, anymore, and it’s not a country. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1342454004 BERKELEY, California, Jul 13 2012 (IPS) - Amber, 24, who’s been living on the streets half her life, was sitting on a sunny sidewalk in downtown Berkeley last week, cuddling her three-month-old puppy and talking to a friend. But if voters approve a measure the city council placed on the November ballot, sitting on the sidewalk – after a warning – could cost her 75 dollars. “That law will give us tickets we can’t pay, then we’ll have warrants and end up in jail,” said Amber, who “spranges” – asks for spare change – to feed herself and her unborn child. Although the council chambers was packed with those opposing the law, the city council, at the end of a dramatic meeting that went past midnight on Jul. 11, approved putting the sit ban to a vote. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1341666409 MONTREAL, Jul 3 2012 (IPS) - As major cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) came into effect across Canada last week, medical professionals say both refugees and the Canadian healthcare system as a whole will pay a heavy price. “(This is a) government document that we can read that explicitly says we are denying patients with chronic conditions and acute illnesses medications and in many cases, any treatment at all. (It’s) unheard of,” said Dr. Philip Berger, chief of family medicine at St-Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, and a member of Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care, a grassroots group of healthcare professionals that has come out against the cuts. “It’s one of those rare, exceptional circumstances in life where there is no room for compromise. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1339419291 June 11, 2012 A growing number of cities across the United States are making it harder to be homeless. Philadelphia recently banned outdoor feeding of people in city parks. Denver has begun enforcing a ban on eating and sleeping on property without permission. And this month, lawmakers in Ashland, Ore., will consider strengthening the town's ban on camping and making noise in public. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1338394390 May 29, 2012 our years ago, Veronica Witherspoon was stationed in Baghdad, enduring roiling sandstorms and nearly daily rocket fire as she worked as a Navy petty officer at Camp Victory. By January, she had left the military, lost her job as a civilian contractor, split with her husband and ended up virtually homeless, bunking with family members. Deeply ashamed of her predicament and desperate for a way out, she ran across a story on a military Web site about a new program for female veterans called Final Salute. The shelter for female vets opened its doors in a quiet Fairfax County cul-de-sac in November. The group home, the brainchild of an Army captain who was once homeless, is one of a small but growing number of women-only shelters that have opened up across the country to cater to a rising number of women who have wound up on the street after their military service. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1333216431 FW 3/31/12 Target: Russian Federal Migratory Service Goal: Stop the abuse and marginal treatment of asylum seekers in Russia. Many refugees from Africa seeking political asylum choose to flee to Russia because of the easy application process for tourist visas.  But upon arriving in the country, asylum seekers realize they have become a victim in yet another oppressive regime.  Russian immigration authorities have set up remote centers where these migrants are kept in poor conditions without proper nutrition and medication.  Tell the Russian government to stop these crimes against people who have already suffered enough. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1332521330 March 22, 2012 Activist Post What would you do if you came across someone on the street that had not had anything to eat for several days? Would you give that person some food? Well, the next time you get that impulse you might want to check if it is still legal to feed the homeless where you live. Sadly, feeding the homeless has been banned in major cities all over America. Other cities that have not banned it outright have put so many requirements on those that want to feed the homeless (acquiring expensive permits, taking food preparation courses, etc.) that feeding the homeless has become "out of reach" for most average people. Some cities are doing these things because they are concerned about the "health risks" of the food being distributed by ordinary "do-gooders". text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1329501221 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1329351921 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1326918457 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1326491046 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1323974740 Dec. 13, 2011 © M. Scott Moon, (Kenai, Alaska) Peninsula Clarion, via AP From left, Levi Gibbs, Isaiah Munk, and Stephanie Gibbs get food at a homeless facility. One in 45 children in the USA - 1.6 million children - were living on the street, in homeless shelters or motels, or doubled up with other families last year, according to the National Center on Family Homelessness. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1314718809 Many tens of thousands of skilled Afrikaner workers are forced to search for food, and sleep on streets of their beloved Pretoria – the city of their forefathers: with black-ruled South Africa’s bevy of anti-white laws;  the ruling-ANC regime denies whites ALL means of survival such as jobs, food-aid:    Afrikaner whites have become strangers and outcasts in their own land: denied any rights to food-aid, denied government benefits, and especially denied access to the job market. Just as the nazis did to the Jews, the ANC regime also created genocidal laws denying whites all the means of survival in South Africa, the land of their birth. Many tens of thousands of skilled but legally-unemployable teachers, medical workers, municipal workers, electronic-engineers, mining engineers, IT-specialists and office workers are not allowed to work n South Africa at all: only because of their paler complexion: they are barred by LAW from the labour market because of the ethnic group they belong to, and because of the language they speak. This picture and many others were taken on August 24 2011 on the streets of Pretoria by military-analyst Pieter Oosthuizen, author of the book about the Afrikaner Genocide - he has been keeping a detailed record of the ongoing genocide of his people. view http://www. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1314295361 The Star’s editorial | Fight homelessness with tax credits for affordable housing Help for mentally ill and chronically homeless Missourians has fallen far short in recent years. On Thursday, the Missouri Housing Development Commission will have the ability to make up a bit of the distance. Commissioners will meet in Kansas City to allocate about $366 million in state and federal tax credits for affordable housing projects.   They should heed a recommendation by state Treasurer Clint Zweifel to dedicate a third of that amount to housing for the mentally ill and other groups likely to end up on the streets.   By freeing up $122 million, the commission could finance about 400 housing units. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1312834843 CNN reports on staggering 46 million people living on food stamps while homeless “Tent City” camps are popping up across the nation including one right near my own house. CNN reviews the staggering number of Americans on food stamps. The video explains how those in poverty that rely on the government program are helpless to attain non-edible necessities which are not covered. While 46 million people are on food stamps another sign of rampant poverty is the outbreak of homeless people making new homes in makeshift shelters in forests around the nation. These villages of destitute people are often given the name “Tent City”. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1311100306 The Africa to Gaza Aid convoy is continuing on its way to the besieged Palestinian territory, despite all the difficulties, the head of the convoy says. Sheik Walid el-Saadi made the remarks in an interview with Press TV. Africa's first overland aid convoy to the Gaza Strip started its journey in Durban, South Africa in late June and is expected to reach the Palestinian territory by the end of July. The 21 activists of the convoy are riding a dozen vehicles carrying essentials such as medical supplies, milk powder, generators, and construction materials. Following is the text of the interview with Sheik Walid el-Saadi: Press TV: Mr. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1311099483 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1307459517 "We are the people, this is our time, unite together for justice in Palestine" Maxi Jazz (Faithless), Dave Randall (Slovo/Faithless), LSK, the Durban Gospel Choir, members of the London Community Gospel Choir, Jamie Catto (1 Giant Leap) and musicians from around the world. Proceeds from the single will go to UK Charity War on Want for projects in Palestine. info@freedomoneworld.com | (+44) 020 7324 50 VIEW HERE http://www.informationclearinghouse. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1306931949 n the player below, you will find the entire Urban Danger documentary accessible for viewing online. Simply click on the player to begin. Please remember, this feature is for those with a high-speed connection. Depending on your connection speed, it may take a minute for the player to start playing. OBTAIN THE DVD Also, don't forget about the full-screen feature that may be accessed by clicking on the bottom-right button on the player. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1302132469 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1300209483 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1294852296 The US is pumping billions of dollars into regenerating Iraq. But with thousands there still living below the poverty line, many have yet to see any improvement in living standards. As RT's Sebastian Myer reports, some are forced to live in dumping grounds, scavenging through waste just to earn a few dollars. VIEW VIDEO http://www.youtube. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1293991737 Veterans From Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Seek Homes Upon Returning to America Jose Pagan is a decorated veteran who survived two tours of duty in Iraq as a road clearance specialist. Just three days after leaving the military he was homeless and living on the streets of the Bronx. Jose says being homeless after his service is something he never would have imagined. "It was embarrassing," Pagan says. "Honor, pride, duty, loyalty, all these things that we -- that kick in as a soldier, you know. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1289325598 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1286292967 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1285780502 RT's Anastasia Churkina re-visits Tent City - a homeless camp tucked away in the woods of New Jersey, where over 40 people have been forced to live, with nowhere else to go. VIEW VIDEO www.youtube.com/watch Sept. 16, 2010   text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1283966638 000001 Lives in The White House "Some powerful interests who had been dominating the agenda in Washington for a very long time -- and they're not always happy with me -- they talk about me like a dog. That's not in my prepared remarks, but it's true," Obama said during a speech at Wisconsin's Laborfest on Monday. Michelle Obama glitters in gold as White House throws state dinner for Indian PM The 338-person guest list was a mix of Washington insiders, Hollywood A-listers, prominent figures from the Indian community in the US, and Obama friends, family and campaign donors. Read more: http://www.dailymail. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1281556145 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1278999436 Finally, a parliamentary debate in Lebanon over the human rights of Palestinian refugees. What is unfortunate though, is that granting basic civil rights to over 400,000 Palestinians - 62 years after their expulsion from their historic homeland and the issuing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – has been a topic of ‘debate’ in the first place. Equally regrettable is the fact that various ‘Christian’ Lebanese political forces are fiercely opposing granting Palestinians their rights.   Most Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are second and third generation refugees. Impoverished camps are the only homes they have ever known. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1276924730 A photodocumentary project on the reality of life today in California's Central Valley Near Reedley, on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley, three men live in a camp they've built under the trees of an abandoned orchard. A blue tarp and the cardboard from an unfolded carton make up the roof. The mattresses for their beds sit on shipping pallets, or nearby under a bush. One of the men made a doll of straw, which sits in the branch of a dead tree overlooking the camp. Pedro, an unemployed farm worker who now sleeps in an abandoned orchard, comes from Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1276145069 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/refugees/news.php?q=1270844285 Concentrations of homeless people are nothing new in America, but recent BBC and Los Angeles Times reports depict a rising trend of shanty slums, such as a "city" of newly homeless people living in tents near the Ontario airport in Los Angeles. If you recall your Steinbeck, the residents of the 20c Hoovervilles were largely tenant farmers thrown off their farms by the owners, who in turn tried mechanized farming to bring down costs and break even. These displaced farmers migrated West where they became agricultural day laborers and settled into shanty camps. The California tent slum depicted in the BBC report is quite different, because they are not migrant workers, so much as locals who have lost their homes. It is hard to tell if the newly dispossessed are all the victims of the subprime market.