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US to push more 'aggressive' messaging effort to deter migrants
Mar 19, 2021 03:44The US government will be “more aggressive” in telling migrants not to come to the United States, a top US official said on Thursday, after earlier warnings failed to stem the flow of thousands of Central Americans to the US-Mexico border.
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Pelosi rips Trump for escalating refugee crisis at US border under Biden
Mar 15, 2021 04:50US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has blamed former President Donald Trump for a refugee crisis and ”humanitarian crisis” at the border with Mexico, saying Trump handed his successor Joe Biden a “broken system.”
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HRW urges India to provide refuge to Rohingya Muslims adrift at Indian Ocean
Mar 01, 2021 11:16Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Indian government to provide refuge to dozens of Rohingya Muslim asylum seekers who have been adrift in the Andaman Sea for more than two weeks.
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Over 700 children in detention as Biden reopens Trump-era infamous site for refugee kids
Feb 25, 2021 11:52US President Joe Biden has opened a Trump-era detention center to lock up hundreds of refugee children, a move reminiscent of the former president’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy.
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US migrant smugglers utilize deep freeze in Texas to bring in more people
Feb 22, 2021 05:03Migrant smugglers in the United States are taking advantage of the deep freeze in Texas to bring in more people from Mexico.
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Biden administration suspends Trump asylum deals with El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
Feb 07, 2021 05:30The United States says it is suspending former President Donald Trump’s controversial asylum deals with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
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UNHCR calls on European states to end refugee pushbacks at borders
Jan 28, 2021 05:56The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed alarm over the increasingly frequent repulsion and expulsion of refugees at Europe’s borders, urging European countries to halt these practices and protect the right to seek asylum.
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Shipwreck off Libya leaves over 40 refugees dead: UN
Jan 21, 2021 02:12At least 43 migrants from West Africa perished in the first major shipwreck off the Libyan coast this year, the United Nations said Wednesday, adding that 10 people were rescued.
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Guatemalan officials crack down on US-bound Honduran caravan
Jan 17, 2021 05:37Guatemalan authorities have cracked down on a caravan of Latin American asylum seekers headed to the United States just as a new administration is about to enter the White House.
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Australia vows to 'restore order' as riots erupt on immigration detention island
Jan 06, 2021 07:27Unrest broke out at an Australian island immigration detention center, authorities and NGOs said Wednesday following reports the Christmas Island facility had been set alight by frustrated detainees.