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Second refugee rescue vessel docks in Italy, defying far-right minister
Jul 07, 2019 06:44A charity rescue vessel on Saturday brought 41 shipwrecked migrants into port in Lampedusa, the second boat to defy far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's bid to close Italian ports to them.
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UN envoy slams EU blindness to plight of migrants in Libya after strikes on detention center
Jul 04, 2019 14:58The UN has lambasted the EU's “blindness” on the plight of refugees in Libya, urging a rethink of returning Europe-bound migrants intercepted at the Mediterranean to the North African country.
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Trump to migrants: Don’t come to US if you don’t like our detention centers
Jul 04, 2019 03:54US President Donald Trump has hit back at critics of the way his administration is treating illegal immigrants, telling migrants that they should not choose traveling to America if they are unhappy with the conditions that await them at detention centers.
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Amnesty slams US government for targeting migrant rights advocates at Mexico border
Jul 03, 2019 03:45A leading human rights organization says the administration of US President Donald Trump is waging a campaign against activists, journalists and lawyers who support the rights of migrants and asylum seekers and record abuses of immigrants along the US-Mexico border.
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Salvadoran man, 43, dies in US border custody
Jun 30, 2019 06:45A migrant man has died after collapsing at a US border station amid the worsening crisis along the US-Mexico border, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says.
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US Congress approves $4.6bn in emergency border funding
Jun 28, 2019 02:42US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has bowed to pressure from Republicans as Congress approved $4.6 billion in emergency aid to address the migrant crisis along the US-Mexico border, sending the bill to President Donald Trump for his signature.
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Artists' view on migration (4)
Jun 21, 2019 19:10Perhaps you've seen a picture of a wall painting in Aleppo, which has become very popular in cyberspace and attracted a lot of attention. The painting means to say, "Homeland is not hotel to leave it when the service is not good. We'll stay here." Sure, this was the belief of many Syrians who stayed and defended their country, but we may find a trace of this belief in the hearts of those who do not think of migration in spite of their country's dire conditions.
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Artists' view on migration (3)
Jun 21, 2019 19:03The films on migrants deal with the lives of people who have to leave their countries to find a better life in the destination they are heading. It is a desperate and compulsory departure that can have positive or negative consequences for migrants and the country they go to.
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Artists' view on migration (2)
Jun 21, 2019 18:47American politicians and people like to call themselves "the nation of migrants" as every person's family in one way or another seeks freedom or a better life. But the current situation in the US cannot be understood without knowing who had invaded and usurped the land and who was expelled, and that, with so much brutality.
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Artists' view on migration (1)
Jun 18, 2019 04:18Although the phenomenon of migration has persisted through the 20th century and laws had been ratified for refugees after WWII, it had not been paid due attention in the cinema.