Government-Immigration

Shrinking Populations, Shifting Economies

by Nigel R. Balrstow 22/5/25 Psychology Today

By the early 2030s, many advanced economies will begin experiencing absolute population declines, not just aging. Japan, South Korea, Italy, Germany, and China are already at or near this tipping point (United Nations, 2022). Japan has lost nearly 3 million people since its population peaked in 2008. South Korea’s fertility rate dropped to an unprecedented 0.72 in 2023, far below the replacement level of 2.1 (Statistics Korea, 2024). China saw its population fall in 2022 for the first time in over 60 years (National Bureau of Statistics of China, 2023).

People detained in LA Ice raids held in deplorable conditions, say lawmakers

by Maanvi Singh and Raima Amjad 17/6/25 The Guardian

California lawmakers who toured a detention facility where people arrested in sweeping immigration raids at workplaces across the Los Angeles area are being held, have reported deteriorating conditions, including a lack of access to clean clothes and towels.

The Martha's Vineyard migrant flight has echoes of a dark past: Reverse Freedom Rides

by Gabrielle Emanuel 20/9/22 npr

In the summer of 1962, after three days on a Greyhound bus, Lela Mae Williams was just an hour from her destination—Hyannis, Mass. She went to the front of the bus and asked the bus driver to pull over. She needed to change into her finest clothes. She had been promised the Kennedy family would be waiting for her.