Lobbyist efforts halt resolution October 15, 2006

WASHINGTON -- After four years of writing to lawmakers and trooping up to Capitol Hill, the 2-million-strong Korean-American community was preparing to declare victory last month.

Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:43 AM BST

LONDON (Reuters) - The government should change immigration laws so that women brought into Britain for prostitution, and children for the drugs trade, are treated as victims not criminals, a parliamentary committee said on Friday.

By Chung Li-hua
STAFF REPORTER , WITH CNA
Monday, Sep 25, 2006,Page 2
 
Foreign workers participate in a masquerade parade near the Church of St Christopher in Taipei yesterday to mark the 10th Immigrant Workers Day initiated by the Catholic Church.