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Anniversary highlights Aboriginal deaths in Australian custody crisis
Apr 15, 2021 03:39Thirty years after sweeping reforms were recommended to end the injustice of Indigenous deaths in Australian custody, a spate of recent fatalities and soaring rates of Aboriginal incarceration have highlighted failures to act.
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Biden accused of following Trump’s border policies amid surge
Apr 15, 2021 03:16United States President Joe Biden has made a deal with Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras to increase border security in order to prevent refugees from reaching the US border.
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Migrant mayhem at US border ‘nothing short of heartbreak’: Congressman
Apr 15, 2021 03:11A US Congressman has expressed deep dismay at the situation of migrants, in particular unaccompanied children, at the US border, saying it is “nothing short of a heartbreak.”
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US Customs and border protection plans vast expansion of tech-based surveillance (3)
Apr 14, 2021 09:59US President Joe Biden might not be building a physical border wall, but he is continuing to expand an infrastructure designed to deter migrants from crossing into the U.S. Though he has distanced himself from Donald Trump’s immigration policy, the Biden administration’s plan would see the U.S. government lean into its reliance on technology at the southern border, where Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is currently expanding one of the most ambitious surveillance systems ever created.
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Refugee kids sexually assaulted in US detention facility: Texas governor
Apr 08, 2021 02:23Refugee children held at a Texas migrant detention facility have been sexually assaulted, says the Texas governor, blaming President Joe Biden for the deepening humanitarian crisis at the border with Mexico.
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As Biden restricts media access, photos show children in crowded 'border jails'
Apr 01, 2021 08:13Photos of children packed into makeshift detention centers highlight the need for press access to such centers so people can see the 'inhumanity' in U.S. immigration policy.
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Over 4,000 migrants crowded into Texas facility: Report
Apr 01, 2021 02:23The US administration has for the first time allowed some journalists to get into its main border detention facility for migrant children in Texas, a report says.
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Shocking conditions at US migrant dentition facility filmed by senator as officers stopped him
Mar 29, 2021 04:34Inhumane conditions at US President Joe Biden administration's migrant detention center has been documented by Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) as officers tried to block his camera.
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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.”