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EU’s ‘New Pact on Migration and Asylum’ missing a true foundation
Nov 11, 2020 11:07On September 23, the European Commission launched the “New Pact on Migration and Asylum,” proposing to overhaul the European Union’s long ailing policies in this area. European Union Vice President Margaritis Schinas likened the pact to a building with three floors, comprised of: An external dimension (“centered around strengthened partnerships with countries of origin and transit”), “robust management” of external borders, and “firm but fair internal rules.”
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Reckless incompetence and intentional cruelty: House issues scathing report on Trump migrant family separation policy
Nov 01, 2020 17:37The Trump administration knew it would not be able to reunite refugee and other migrant families as it ripped children—including infants—from the arms of their parents but did so anyway, according to a congressional report released on the U.S. government's family separation policy.
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Lawyers can’t find parents of 545 kids separated by Trump’s immigration policies
Oct 26, 2020 12:43Lawyers appointed to represent the interests of migrant children and parents who were separated from one another as a result of a program established by the Trump administration, say that the whereabouts of hundreds of parents affected by that policy remain unknown.
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UN urges immediate action for safe return of stranded migrants amid pandemic
Oct 09, 2020 14:44More than 2.7 million migrants who wished to return home have been stranded abroad because of restrictions put in place to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations said on Friday.
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Iranian diplomat, UN envoy urge Syria crisis settlement through political dialog
Sep 27, 2020 03:08Senior diplomats from Iran and the United Nations have stressed the importance of finding a final solution to the Syria crisis through the promotion of political dialog.
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Thousands march in Germany urging EU to take in refugees
Sep 20, 2020 12:19Thousands of people demonstrated Sunday in Berlin and other German cities, urging the European Union to take in migrants left without shelter after a fire destroyed their biggest camp in Greece.
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Hundreds of refugees move toward new Lesbos camp
Sep 18, 2020 10:24Dragging bags and bins full of belongings, migrants moved towards a new temporary tent camp on Greece's Lesbos on Friday (September 18), more than a week after a fire razed the country's biggest migrant camp, where they had been staying.
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13 detained after fire near second Greek refugee camp
Sep 16, 2020 06:19Thirteen people have been detained on the Greek island of Samos after a fire threatened the local migrant camp, police said Wednesday, days after another blaze destroyed Europe's largest migrant camp on Lesbos.
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Jailed asylum seekers in Louisiana report unlivable conditions in wake of Hurricane Laura
Sep 04, 2020 02:55Incarcerated immigrants and their families and advocates have reported dangerous, unlivable conditions and haphazard evacuations at remote immigration jails in Louisiana, where Hurricane Laura caused widespread damage and power outages as it rampaged across the state recently.
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Spain rescues 58 migrants at sea near Canary Islands
Sep 02, 2020 11:10A Spanish coast guard boat brought 58 migrants to the port of Arguineguin in the Spanish island of Gran Canaria on Wednesday, after rescuing them from three dinghies in the Atlantic Ocean.