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US anti-immigrant policies are not only cruel, they also have an economic cost
Aug 23, 2020 04:40US officials are threatening to furlough some 13,400 employees as early as August 30, after initially planning the measure for August 3. The furloughs would add to what was already a huge backlog in application processing, creating a disaster for tens of thousands of immigrant applicants. As many as 126,000 people already approved for citizenship may not be naturalized in time to register for the November elections.
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Home Office asks MoD to intervene over English Channel migrants
Aug 09, 2020 04:19As migrant crossings across the English Channel continue to escalate, the Home Office has turned to the Ministry of Defense (MoD) for help to stem the tide.
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Cuban asylum seeker describes vicious pepper spray attack on hunger strikers at ICE detention facility
Jul 07, 2020 17:08More than 2,000 migrants and refugees in U.S. detention facilities have contracted Covid-19 as advocates demand their release. As of June 16, according to the Center for Migration Studies, at least 2,059 immigrants and refugees have contracted Covid-19 in U.S. detention facilities.
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UNHCR agency urges Hungary to revoke strict asylum regulations
Jun 30, 2020 08:17The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has called on Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government to repeal a tightening of the Hungarian asylum system, provisions of which it says could violate international laws.
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Trump’s immigration suspension doesn’t prevent unemployment or covid-19 spread
May 06, 2020 06:59Despite Trump’s promises, this reduction of immigration will do nothing to slow the pandemic or to protect citizens’ jobs. Its only real effect will be to excite Trump’s base, disrupt the lives of tens of thousands of families, and expose the underlying hypocrisy of U.S. immigration policy.
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Erdogan to Greece: Open your borders to migrants
Mar 08, 2020 15:40Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeals to Greece to open its borders to thousands of migrants attempting to cross the country toward other European destinations.
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Mainland Greece to temporarily house 'migrants from Turkey'
Mar 08, 2020 04:02Greece says it is to set up two makeshift camps on its mainland to house the migrants that Turkey reportedly allowed into Europe to evoke a response from the continent.
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Greek police clash with refugees at Turkish border
Mar 02, 2020 10:29Greek police have clashed with refugees attempting to break into Greece from Turkey, which has stopped holding the refugees back.
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EU border force on 'high alert' as migrants' push to enter continent
Mar 01, 2020 12:22The European Union border force Frontex has announced that it is on "high alert" across all the bloc’s borders with Turkey, and aims to provide further support to Greece as thousands of migrants seek to enter the continent through the southeastern European country.
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US judge says conditions in overcrowded border holding cells violate Constitution
Feb 20, 2020 08:20A US judge has ruled in favor of refugees, held in overcrowded border detention centers under inhumane conditions, banning authorities from holding asylum seekers for more than 48 hours in a facility in the state of Arizona.