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US begins expelling migrants to south Mexico under Trump-era policy: Report
Aug 06, 2021 07:52The US government has begun expulsion of Central American and Mexican families to southern Mexico to prevent migration by bolstering an ‘inhumane’ eviction policy championed by Trump administration.
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Refugee boat sinks off Turkey with 45 on board
Jul 23, 2021 09:03A migrant boat carrying 45 people sank off southwest Turkey, prompting the coast guard to launch a search and rescue mission, the Turkish defense ministry said Friday.
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At least 17 refugees drown off Tunisia in shipwreck: Red Crescent
Jul 22, 2021 05:01At least 17 Bengali migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy from Libya, while more than 380 were rescued by the coastguard, the Tunisian Red Crescent said.
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Official investigation finds EU border agency failed to protect human rights of refugees
Jul 15, 2021 06:56The European Parliament (EP) has found that the European Border and Coast Guard Agency — known as Frontex — has failed to protect the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers who tried to reach Europe.
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Another shocking discovery: 160+ more unmarked graves unearthed in Canada
Jul 13, 2021 11:47Indigenous people in Canada have discovered 160 more "undocumented and unmarked" graves in British Columbia's Southern Gulf Islands.
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Iran provides free education to thousands of illegal migrant kids
Jun 30, 2021 06:26An Iranian Interior Ministry official says a set of reforms have been made to protocols concerning the right of foreign nationals to education to make sure proper schooling is available to all migrants, including thousands of undocumented children.
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Texas, Arizona Govs. calling for states to send police to help deal with border crisis
Jun 13, 2021 03:45The governors of Texas and Arizona are calling for other US states to send police to the border to help them deal with the deteriorating crisis there.
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Hundreds nabbed from refugee camps in Ethiopia's Tigray: UN
May 28, 2021 14:05The United Nations refugee agency has raised alarm about reports that Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers kidnapped hundreds of internally displaced people from refugee camps in Ethiopia’s conflict-ridden region of Tigray.
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“It’s like the Walking Dead”: Migrant children held under dangerous conditions in Texas
May 28, 2021 03:42More than 4,300 unaccompanied children who crossed the US-Mexico border are being held at a makeshift detention center in the US state of Texas under dangerous and distressing conditions.
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Bodies of babies, toddlers wash up on Libyan beach after refugee shipwreck
May 25, 2021 15:05Charity organizations have posted photographs of the bodies of babies and toddlers having washed up on a beach in Libya after a shipwreck, highlighting the human toll of the refugee crisis at Europe’s doorstep.