Latvia – Amnesty International alleges that Latvia “brutally” pushed migrants back to Belarus and even tortured some. A new report from a human rights group says people trying to cross the border from Belarus into…
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Greece – The UN Refugee Agency said it was “deeply saddened” by the discovery of nearly 100 naked men on the border between Greece and Turkey. The two countries blame each other for the plight…
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Canada – Canada’s Supreme Court will hear for the first time a Canada-U.S. asylum treaty case that will consider whether the country can consider its southern neighbor “safe” for those seeking refugee status. The outcome…
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US – A ship carrying more than two dozen migrants sank off the coast of Florida, a US government official said, as crews searched for 20 people who remain missing when Hurricane Yan hit the…
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EU – Except for a brief period in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 250km border separating the two countries has largely been a sham since both countries entered the Schengen area in 2007.…
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Italy – “Migrants are to be welcomed, accompanied, promoted and integrated,” Pope Francis told the assembled faithful. “Let us renew our commitment to building the future in accordance with God’s plan: a future in which…
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UK – More than 1,100 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats in one day for the second time this month. The Department of Defense confirmed that 21 boats carrying 1,150 people were intercepted…
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US – Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said at a news conference Monday night that 48 migrants were “lured under false pretenses” off the streets of San Antonio, housed in a hotel, and taken by…
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Spain – The rescue vessel Open Arms Uno said it had lifted 372 people trying to cross the central Mediterranean to the European mainland in unseaworthy boats. They also rescued the body of a man…
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US – Two buses full of people, mostly from Venezuela, were recently parked near the residence of Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, DC. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who approved the move, called for tougher…
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