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Biden admin. defends controversial Trump-era migration policy
Jan 20, 2022 04:02The administration of US President Joe Biden has defended the use of a controversial migration policy that led to the expulsion of more than 1 million migrants during the era of former President Donald Trump.
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Guatemala blocks passage of hundreds of US-bound Latin refugees
Jan 17, 2022 10:53Guatemalan security forces have prevented passage through the Central American country of a US-bound caravan of hundreds of refugees from neighboring Honduras and Nicaragua, sparking a confrontation.
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Record number of migrants crossed English Channel in 2021: Report
Jan 04, 2022 10:54A record number of more than 28,000 migrants crossed the Channel from France to the UK in small boats last year, the PA news agency reported Tuesday, based on its analysis of government data.
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A year in, Biden hasn’t fulfilled promise to repair refugee resettlement program
Dec 30, 2021 17:14On June 20, 2020, World Refugee Day, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden made his most sweeping statement to date on how his administration would differ from his predecessor’s on the rights of migrants.
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Italy finally lets 500+ refugees disembark from rescue ship after two weeks
Dec 29, 2021 14:18Italy has eventually allowed more than 500 refugees to disembark from a rescue ship after almost two weeks at sea, while a German rescue ship with 440 people on board is still waiting for permission to dock.
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Taliban leaders call for international aid as refugee exodus looms
Dec 19, 2021 06:02Taliban leaders have once more appealed to the international community to extend aid to Afghanistan amid a worsening economic crisis that could spark a refugee exodus.
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US appeals court rules against Biden administration's bid to terminate 'remain in Mexico' policy
Dec 14, 2021 09:42A US appeals court has ruled against a renewed effort by President Joe Biden’s administration to terminate the Trump-era "remain in Mexico" policy, which forced tens of thousands of migrants to stay in Mexico while their asylum requests were processed by US courts.
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Draconian UK law puts vulnerable asylum seekers at risk
Dec 13, 2021 12:27The most draconian immigration bill in the UK’s history would see vulnerable Afghans and other asylum seekers being criminalized and imprisoned for up to four years; pushed back at sea; sent abroad for offshore asylum processing, and afforded lesser rights as refugees simply for exercising their basic right to seek asylum in the UK.
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ICRC, Iran’s Red Crescent announce joint effort to vaccinate Afghan migrants
Dec 13, 2021 06:00The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) have announced joint measures to vaccinate Afghan migrants living in Iran against the new coronavirus infection as the country boosts efforts made to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Biden is upholding Trump's hateful vision for the border
Dec 09, 2021 13:05The Biden administration officially ended “Remain in Mexico” in June, but is now reinstating it under a court order. In one key area, Biden’s rebooted “Remain in Mexico” is even more cruel, expanding the number of people who can be placed into the program, including Haitians and other Caribbean nations with majority Afro-descendant populations like Jamaica.