Pandemic-related travel restrictions may have put a dent on international migration figures in 2021, but the number of people forced to leave their homes, due to conflict and persecution, rose to record highs. By November, more than 84 million people … Read More
Russia has called for a “thorough international investigation” into allegations of abuses by Poland of migrants and refugees who have been trying to cross its border from Belarus. The Russian demand comes in response to claims made by a Polish … Read More
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been authorized to start cleaning up construction sites and close small gaps in the southern border wall nearly a year after President Joe Biden took office and ordered the building to stop PHOENIX — … Read More
There has been noted a “significant” increase in the number of people who sought asylum in Ireland, returning to pre-pandemic levels in the recent months, the Minister for Equality Roderic O’Gorman has pointed out. According to him, while the number … Read More
The Department of Justice has broken off negotiations to pay monetary damages to families who were forcibly separated at the border during the Trump administration. The negotiations, which began in the early months of the Biden administration, were aimed at … Read More
In a treacherous and potentially lethal tactic, more than 11,000 migrants have been discovered this year trying to get to Britain from France by hiding in the back of trucks. Thousands of people have crossed over into Britain in recent … Read More
Over 160 migrants drowned in two different shipwrecks off the Libyan coast this past week as more people try crossing to Europe, a United Nations migration official said Tuesday. International Organization for Migration (IOM) spokeswoman Safa Msehli said the new … Read More
While the deaths of at least 27 migrants in the English Channel have shocked both Britain and France, shipwrecks of that scale are not uncommon in European waters. UN officials estimate that as many as 1,600 people have died or … Read More
Migrants fleeing countries that refuse to take them back are driving new backlogs in the U.S. immigration system — and White House and Homeland Security officials worry this poses a growing obstacle to balancing humanitarian and national security concerns. Driving … Read More
(The Center Square) – The Yuma County Sheriff’s office is distributing video of crowds of immigrants that approached the U.S. border wall over the weekend, with some migrants saying they aimed to enter before President Joe Biden reinstates a Trump-era … Read More