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Illegal and inhumane: Biden-Harris and immigration
Dec 08, 2021 06:59It is the U.S. that has created or greatly contributed to the economic, climatic, and political instability in many of these Latin American and Caribbean countries. As in Afghanistan, the U.S. has the moral and legal obligation to respond humanely to this desperate cry for help.
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Biden rebuked for plan to implement 'even worse' version of Trump's 'remain in Mexico' policy
Dec 05, 2021 14:20After the U.S. government announced that it has reached an agreement with Mexico to restart the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" program, immigrant rights advocates criticized the Biden administration for "hiding behind a flawed court order to justify" reviving a policy that forces asylum seekers to wait in makeshift camps along the southern border pending legal review of their cases.
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Belarus blasts West over fresh sanctions, vows retaliation
Dec 03, 2021 07:04The Belarusian foreign ministry blasts the West for bringing the country under fresh sanctions after accusing Minsk of stoking a migrant crisis.
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EU agrees on more sanctions against Belarus over migrant crisis
Dec 02, 2021 08:10Diplomats of the European Union (EU) have agreed to add 28 individuals and bodies to a list of sanctions against Belarus, repeating claims that Minsk is luring migrants to the border with Poland in retaliation for existing EU sanctions.
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Belarus to halt Russian energy flow to Europe amid tensions with Poland
Dec 01, 2021 08:41Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko says his government will suspend Russian energy flows to Europe in response to Poland's closure of the border with his country amid a migrant crisis.
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Belarus urges Germany to welcome migrants stranded at Polish border
Nov 26, 2021 12:08Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has called on Germany to take in the migrants stranded on the Belarusian border with Poland.
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Furious France bars UK minister from meeting on migrants
Nov 26, 2021 09:54The French government has banned UK Home Secretary Priti Patel from a meeting over the Channel migration crisis, amid rising tensions between the neighboring countries which are also at odds over other issues such as post-Brexit fishing rights.
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Biden to reinstate another harsh Trump-era border policy next week
Nov 25, 2021 09:03US President Joe Biden’s administration moves to restart another controversial anti-migrant policy, implemented by his predecessor Donald Trump, as soon as next week.
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Over 20 migrants dead in deadliest Channel disaster
Nov 25, 2021 01:47Over 20 migrants died Wednesday crossing the Channel from France to England when their boat sank off the northern port of Calais, authorities said, the deadliest single disaster on the intensively-used route.
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Thousands of Afghans apply for humanitarian parole in US, few approved
Nov 19, 2021 08:27Out of more than 28,000 Afghans who have applied for temporary entry into the US for humanitarian reasons, only about 100 have been approved so far, according to reports.