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EU chief urges asylum reform after 58 migrants die in southern Italy
Feb 27, 2023 10:20The European Commission has called on the EU to move forward with the reform of the bloc’s asylum rules, following the death of at least 58 migrants off the coast of Italy’s Calabria region.
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At least 73 migrants presumed dead after shipwreck off Libya
Feb 15, 2023 15:31The United Nations says dozens of migrants are believed to have died in a shipwreck off Libya, and only seven have been rescued so far.
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Texas governor blasts Biden over immigration crisis as US president visits Mexico border
Jan 09, 2023 14:13US President Joe Biden has inspected a busy port of entry along the country’s border with Mexico, his first trip to the region after taking office two years ago as the immigration crisis intensifies.
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Makeshift border wall built to stem illegal migration removed in Arizona
Jan 04, 2023 13:43Footage taken on Tuesday showed construction machinery removing a line of shipping containers placed along the US-Mexico border in Yuma, Arizona amid a federal lawsuit.
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US ramps up immigration arrests mostly at Mexican border
Jan 01, 2023 07:20Immigration arrests nearly doubled in 2022 compared to 2021 as border authorities apprehended more migrants and courts blocked efforts by US President Joe Biden to more narrowly target detentions to focus on serious criminals.
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US Supreme Court keeps controversial border policy in place
Dec 28, 2022 09:40The US government's two-year-old policy of invoking Covid-19 precautions to turn away hundreds of thousands of migrants at the Mexican border will remain in place for now, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
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Hundreds of migrants kidnapped in Mexico before crossing into the US
Dec 18, 2022 09:46Many of the hundreds of people who crossed the border into Texas this week have recounted multiple kidnappings as they made their way to the United States.
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Europe's support for Ukraine comes at expense of millions of others: Report
Dec 13, 2022 16:31Europe's largest donors of international aid have increased their focus on Ukrainian refugees at the expense of millions of others around the world who rely on them for food, health care, and education, according to a report.
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Minors from controversial migrant ship Ocean Viking flee French refugee centre
Nov 18, 2022 17:03More than two dozen unaccompanied underage migrants aboard the controversial Ocean Viking refugee rescue ship have gone missing from their reception center, authorities said on Thursday.
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France accepts refugee ship amid raging row with Italy
Nov 12, 2022 09:37A rescue ship carrying 230 refugees docked at the French port of Toulon on Friday amid escalating tensions between France and Italy over which country is responsible for them.