Why Swiss cities can’t yet take in Moria refugees

Human rights activists demonstrate outside the European Parliament in Brussels calling on EU member states to take in more refugees from Greek camps. A non-EU member, Switzerland is getting similar pressure from its cities. Keystone / Olivier Hoslet As winter … Read More

Mexico’s military to take control of ports in the war against cartels

Mexico’s president has promised to curb corruption and the influence of drug cartels by giving the military more powers. But a new plan to hand over the administration of ports to the generals is controversial. Since taking office at the … Read More

Biden has immigrants, advocates hoping for reversal of Trump’s border policies

“I want Trump out … it would make things easier,” one Honduran woman said, according to a report. Immigration advocates and even some Central Americans mulling entering the U.S. are reportedly rooting hard for a Joe Biden victory in November, encouraged by … Read More

Left-wing Berlin wants to ban words such as ‘foreigner’ and ‘asylum seeker’

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Such words as ‘foreigner’ and ‘asylum seeker’ are, according to a new handbook, discriminatory. Officials in Berlin’s left-wing government have a new handbook which states that they can no longer label people as “foreigners” or “asylum seekers”, with both of … Read More

‘Accept more refugees’ — Germany’s left places new demands on the government

For the first time since 2011, the number of people living in a country with refugee status decreased. In Germany, for the first time since 2011, the number of people living in a country with refugee status decreased year-on-year. Some … Read More

UK ponders using retired cruise ships to process asylum seekers offshore

The UK government is considering using cruise ships, possibly similar to this one docked near Athens this week, to process asylum seekrs – Petros Giannakouris/AP The UK government is considering plans to move arriving asylum seekers offshore to small islands … Read More

Migrants displaced by Lesbos fire say conditions at new camp are inhumane

Greek authorities have moved almost all of the 12,000 displaced migrants and refugees on Lesbos island into a new camp after the Moria camp where they were living was destroyed by fire. Since the fire that engulfed Moria camp on … Read More

U.S.-Mexico border crossings continue to rise, with 50,000 arrests made amid pandemic restrictions

Apprehensions of unauthorized migrants along the southern border rose for a fourth consecutive month in August, with U.S. immigration authorities making nearly 50,000 arrests and expelling the majority of those apprehended under pandemic-era restrictions. More than 43,000 of the apprehensions … Read More

Inside Look: How COVID-19 Is Deepening The Migrant Crisis In Honduras

A mother and her child photographed in Honduras on June 3, 2020, aboard a bus headed for Toncontin international airport, where they will be tested for COVID-19 and then quarantined for two weeks in nearby Tegucigalpa.  © UNICEF/UNI344621/SIERRA/AFP Lea Beaudry, … Read More

Moria migrants: Fire destroys Greek camp leaving 13,000 without shelter

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Accommodation is urgently required for some 400 unaccompanied minors  – Reuters One local resident told the BBC almost the whole camp was burning. “Now with the first light I can see that there is a few tents that make it, … Read More

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