Migrants

Biden restricting asylum access at Mexico border as Title 42 ends

May 11, 2023 06:15

The United States rolled out a new regulation on Wednesday that will deny asylum to most migrants crossing the US-Mexico border illegally, a key part of President Joe Biden's enforcement plan as COVID-19 border restrictions known as Title 42 end this week.
Mexico opens homicide probe as number of migrants killed in blaze increases

Mar 30, 2023 12:59

Mexican authorities have announced a homicide probe against eight officials who face possible murder charges for the death of 38 migrants in a detention center, accusing them of doing nothing to evacuate the victims.
Minors from controversial migrant ship Ocean Viking flee French refugee centre

Nov 18, 2022 17:03

More than two dozen unaccompanied underage migrants aboard the controversial Ocean Viking refugee rescue ship have gone missing from their reception center, authorities said on Thursday.
Spanish coast guard rescues 61 migrants at sea, one dead

Aug 10, 2022 16:42

Spanish coast guards rescued 61 sub-Saharan migrants approaching Gran Canaria's coast in a wooden boat on Tuesday.
Dutch plan to place refugees on cruise ships slammed as ‘absurd’

Jul 23, 2022 12:12

The Dutch government's plan to house non-Ukrainian refugees arriving in the Netherlands on floating cruise ships has sparked controversy in the European nation with critics slamming the move as “absurd.”
Revealed: Dozens of vulnerable asylum seekers have died in UK Home Office housing since 2020

Jun 28, 2022 18:58

New data obtained in a joint investigation by the Observer and Liberty Investigates has found at least 107 deaths of asylum seekers who were provided with Home Office housing between April 2016 and May 2022, far more than officially admitted, eighty-two have died since January 2020.
Joe Biden detained tens of thousands of asylum-seekers in the last year (2)

Apr 30, 2022 19:35

The US president’s immigration policies forced refugees into detention, where they faced “horrific abuse and mistreatment,” a rights group says.
Vast majority of Afghans turned away by US entry program

Apr 28, 2022 12:45

The administration of President Joe Biden has denied nearly 85 percent of the applications it has processed from Afghans who want to enter the US through a program which allows for temporarily waiving immigration requirements.
Joe Biden detained tens of thousands of asylum-seekers in the last year (1)

Apr 27, 2022 23:29

The US president’s immigration policies forced refugees into detention, where they faced “horrific abuse and mistreatment,” a rights group says.
Outrage over UK’s decision to send migrants to Rwanda

Apr 19, 2022 19:34

The UK has launched a plan with Rwanda to send asylum-seekers to the African nation. The UK is giving Rwanda £120m to accommodate migrants. Critics say it’s inhumane to send migrants to Rwanda. Rights organizations also say the plan will hurt asylum-seekers.