Asylum crisis: “The answer is 100% ‘No’”

Belgian asylum minister Maggie De Block (Flemish liberal) has asked the seaside resort of Koksijde once again to welcome asylum seekers in a reception centre, but for the time being the request is being met by a firm rebuttal from … Read More

Meanwhile, on the southern border …

President Trump recently announced that his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, will be taking care of the project to expand the nation’s border wall blocking illegal immigration from the South. Kushner holds biweekly meetings and “questions an array of … Read More

Few Asylum-Seekers Winning Cases Under ‘Remain In Mexico’ Program

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Migrants applying for asylum in the United States go through a processing area at a new tent courtroom at the Migration Protection Protocols Immigration Hearing Facility in Laredo, Texas, in September. –Eric Gay/AP It was never easy for migrants to … Read More

Erdogan warns Europe of new migration crisis

Bombardments by the Assad regime have led millions of Syrians to flee their home country (Photo: Reuters/Abdalrhman Ismail) Turkey cannot handle “another refugee wave” from Syria, the country’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Sunday (22 December). Talking at an … Read More

Germany: CDU rejects calls to bring thousands of refugee children from Greek camps

Two German parties are at loggerheads over how to deal with overcrowded migrant camps in Greece. The Greens are urging the government to come to the aid of 4,000 children, while the CDU said it is “not a solution.” Migrant … Read More

Pope calls for refugee camps of ‘slavery and torture’ to close

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis called for the closing of migrant detention camps in Libya on Thursday, saying they were rife with torture and slavery. Francis, who has made a defense of migrants and refugees a key part of … Read More

Brexit Britain Is Still the Promised Land for Desperate Migrants

Kurdish-speaking migrants line up for food in Dunkirk, on Dec. 19. Photographer: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Bloomberg , Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Night is falling on the small Belgian town of Gembloux and with the darkness comes another shot at completing an epic … Read More

Boris Johnson’s attack on EU citizens shows the Tories don’t think migrants belong here

The Conservatives have no desire for the UK to be a diverse country. EU citizens who witnessed the European referendum will not be surprised that Boris Johnson is again turning his fire on us. As a leading figure in Vote … Read More

Arrests for US-Mexico Border Crossings Plummet a Record 75% Over 6 Months

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Arrests of migrants for illegal southern border crossings have fallen a whopping 75% since May in a sign that President Donald Trump’s hard-line policies are paying off with one of the most dramatic drop-offs in history. “This is a direct result due … Read More

Rep. Ross Spano: We can delay a budget, but we can’t delay a crisis

Rep. Ross Spano, a Republican, represents Florida’s 15th congressional district. Rep. Spano’s op-ed originally ran online at the Washington Examiner. It has been more than two months since we entered fiscal year 2020, and not a single full-year appropriations bill … Read More

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