“Record numbers” of migrants are coming into the United States from Nicaragua, according to Newsweek (7/29/21), which blames the increase on “arbitrary arrests and human rights abuses” by the Nicaraguan government. Former Sandinista leader Sergio Ramírez, writing for El Salvador’s El Faro (8/20/21), claims that “repression” by President Daniel Ortega’s Sandinista government is causing a “dramatic growth” in migration by Nicaraguans. Reuters (9/2/21) agrees, describing the government “crackdown” as stirring a “fast-growing exodus” from the country. The Wall Street Journal (9/22/21) has also identified the “crackdown,” quoting a 19-year-old Nicaraguan who hopes to get asylum in the US as claiming that “in Nicaragua, our fate is prison or […]
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Above photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection mounted officers attempt to contain migrants as they cross the Rio Grande from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, into Del Rio, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. AP Photo/Felix Marquez. Video footage and photographic images of US Border Patrol agents herding Haitian migrants as though they were cattle triggered widespread revulsion across the United States and internationally Monday. The footage, taken by photographers for the Associated Press, Reuters and AFP, showed the crackdown ordered by the Biden administration against more than 10,000 Haitian migrants who have gathered under a freeway underpass on the outskirts of Del Rio, […]
The United Kingdom has faced rising numbers of refugees crossing the English Channel from France this year. Internal Home Office reports made public last month revealed that the government has considered placing migrants arriving in the UK in offshore detention centers. A Labour peer issued an apology after saying that asylum seekers trying to find safe haven in the UK should be “concentrated” in camps as part of the nation’s response to the ongoing refugee crisis. Admiral Lord West, who served as Home Office minister during the last Labour government, said while speaking to Radio 4 on Sunday morning that those […]
Over 3,000 migrants have crossed illegally into Guatemala from Honduras while heading towards the United States. Some groups of migrants were able to force their way through border checkpoints, footage shows. The large congregation of migrants heading from Central American countries to the US crossed into Guatemala on Thursday, local officials said. Members of the group arrived at the border early in the morning and by midday more than 3,000 of them illegally entered the country, Guatemalan migration officials confirmed, appealing for help from their Honduran colleagues. ASÍ CRUZARON MÁS DE 300 hondureños de manera ilegal la frontera con Guatemala.09hrs frontera de […]
Earlier this month, the overcrowded Moria refugee facility was destroyed by a huge blaze, leaving nearly 13,000 migrants without shelter. The fire broke out after reports emerged that 35 residents of the camp had been diagnosed with COVID-19. Live from the Greek Island of Lesbos this Friday as hundreds of migrants arrive at a new camp in Kara Tepe, ten days after the fire destroyed the Moria facility. The Moria camp used to be the largest in Europe, exceeding almost four times its maximum capacity of 3,100 people, hosting around 13,000 migrants living in poor sanitary conditions. Follow Sputnik Feed to […]
Almost 13,000 people have been sleeping rough after a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos was destroyed in a fire. The incident has reignited the debate on how to deal with the refugee crisis, which has plagued the European Union since 2015. Markus Söder, leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) party, said Germany could take in more migrants from Greece’s burnt Moria refugee camp. Söder, who also serves as minister president of Bavaria, said the country should “substantially increase” the share of migrants it can accept without elaborating on the exact number. This week, Germany and France agreed […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009121080439474-greek-riot-police-reportedly-fire-tear-gas-at-lesbos-migrants/ A huge blaze destroyed the overcrowded Moria facility in the early hours of Wednesday, leaving nearly 13,000 migrants without shelter. According to Greek media, the fire could have been caused by arson. The fire broke out after reports emerged that 35 residents of the camp had been diagnosed with COVID-19. Police on the Greek island of Lesbos have used tear gas against migrants who threw stones during a protest to demand shelter after the local camp of Moria burned down, AFP reported on Saturday. Earlier in the day, migrants started blocking roads to protest against […]
A huge blaze destroyed the overcrowded Moria facility in the early hours of Wednesday, leaving some 12,000 migrants without shelter. The fire broke out following reports about 35 camp residents having been diagnosed with COVID-19. Live from the Greek island of Lesbos as thousands of migrants have been left homeless after a fire destroyed the Moria camp. While the reason behind the blaze is being investigated, local media suggested it could have been arson. This is not the first time the camp has been wrecked by a major conflagration, as a similar incident was reported in March. Greece has been struggling […]
You thought what happened on-screen during the first night of the Republican National Convention was crazy? It’s nothing compared to Trump behind the scenes. Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, joined Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast on this episode of The New Abnormal to share the eye-watering tales of what Trump is really like when the cameras are switched off. The national security official couldn’t get through a meeting “without him doing 20 tangents, becoming irascible, turning red in the face, demanding a diet Coke, spewing spit,” Taylor explained. “Literally out of goddamn nowhere, […]
Amid accusations of not doing enough to prevent migrants from arriving in the UK, France earlier sought additional finances from the British authorities to guard the English Channel against the spike in illegal crossings, with the Royal Navy called in for the first time this summer to help tackle the crisis. UK Home Secretary Priti Patel unleashed a diplomatic row after reportedly claiming migrants attempting the often perilous journey across the English Channel sought to escape ‘racist’ France, reported the Daily Mail. The remarks were believed to have been made in a private zoom conference call with Tory MPs, where Patel […]
Britain and France are constructing barriers to prevent migrants from crossing the English Channel while in America Trump is creating barriers to keep people from voting. Alexander Mercouris, editor-in-chief of The Duran; and Dr. Kenneth Surin, professor emeritus of literature and professor of religion and critical theory at Duke University dsicuss what is behind the increase of migrants crossing the English Channel. Britain and France have agreed this week to increase their efforts to stop migrants from crossing the English Channel in small boats, according to a UK government minister who took part in talks in Paris on Tuesday. Immigration minister […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/08/1080105620_0:0:3500:1968_1200x675_80_0_0_a58fa677219ae13e8be7064ec4226fd8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008081080105600-france-will-ask-uk-to-pay-30-mln-to-police-the-english-channel-amid-migrants-influx—report/ Britain earlier vowed to take tougher action on illegal migration together with France, as some 7,500 migrants in total could cross the Channel by Christmas. France will request the United Kingdom to pay £30 million ($39.12 million) to guard the English Channel in order to reduce the influx of migrants illegally coming to Britain with the help of smugglers, the Sunday Telegraph reported on Saturday. The Home Office said that a record number of 235 migrants were intercepted on their way from France on Thursday while trying to reach the English coasts. Chancellor Rishi Sunak said […]
The Trump administration’s efforts to deport undocumented immigrants en masse just got more expensive. And the agency charged with loading people onto planes and flying them back to their home countries is blaming the coronavirus pandemic for the price hike. In April, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, increased its payments under a contract awarded in 2017 to Classic Air Charter, a company that subcontracts chartered deportation flights out of the country, primarily to Mexico and Central and South America, but also, more recently to other regions. ICE attributed the price hike to the novel […]
Surprise!A British family was shocked to find two Africans in their car rack instead of their luggage during a trip to France. The family found two African migrant stowaways in their roof rack. The two Africans climbed out when the rack was opened. The family’s luggage was missing. You can hear the mother ask, “Where’s our stuff?” But the dazed Africans just slink away. The Local reported: TRENDING: President Trump Suggests Delaying Election Until Americans Can Vote in Person Two British tourists have filed a police complaint after discovering that two young African migrants had hidden in the storage box of […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy Versione originale in Italiano «There are about a thousand Syrians who fled via Zuwara and Sabratha towards Europe last week, using boats provided by a European country in support of the coast guard under al-Sarraj government, but they are now being exploited in illegal immigration». The Libyan National Army spokesman, Major General Ahmed al-Mismari, has revealed «Turkey’s involvement in smuggling Syrian mercenaries from Libya towards Europe, specifically Italy». What he does not specify is that most of the extremist Islamic factions enlisted by Ankara are not only made up of anti-Assad rebels but […]
Police forces dismantled a makeshift shelter camp in the northern French port of Calais on Friday, removing hundreds of migrants. The dismantling was one of the biggest operations of its kind in several months. Since the easing of the coronavirus lockdown and the reopening of borders within the EU, migrants have begun to flock to Calais again, hoping to reach Britain via the Channel Tunnel. On Friday, some 519 people living in the camp were taken by bus to various reception centers. Another 20 people deemed to have irregular immigration status were arrested and taken to detention centers, Reuters cited local […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a lower court’s decision to block the Trump administration from denying asylum to anyone who passes through Mexico or another country without first seeking it there. “The panel affirmed the District Court’s grant of a preliminary injunction against enforcement, in the four states on the United States-Mexico border, of a Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security joint interim final rule… which – with limited exceptions – categorically denies asylum to aliens arriving at the border with Mexico unless they have first applied for, and have […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107973/75/1079737575_0:138:2048:1290_1200x675_80_0_0_df152a3f47903bf3a35667dbce4abd4c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202006281079737604-scottish-police-names-glasgow-knife-attacker-shot-by-officers/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Police have named the attacker shot by officers during a stabbing incident in the Scottish city of Glasgow as Badreddin Abadlla Adam. “The man who died after being shot by armed officers during the incident in West George Street, Glasgow, on Friday, 25 June, can now be named as Badreddin Abadlla Adam, 28, from Sudan. The identity is based on information the deceased provided to the Home Office earlier this year”, the Police Scotland said in a statement, posted on Twitter. It added that the investigation into the incident was underway. […]
The Hungarian government is “very concerned” that the coronavirus pandemic will trigger more waves of migrants trying to reach Europe from poorer nations, where the disease will have a greater impact, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday. EU leaders are obligated to help citizens who lost jobs due to the pandemic, by stemming “labor-oriented migration” that is “definitely against the interests” of Europe, Szijjarto said. According to the minister, the EU’s migration policies must be scrapped because they “can be understood as an invitation for those who consider coming to Europe illegally.” The EU must wage a strong battle against […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107956/41/1079564173_0:281:3072:2009_1200x675_80_0_0_3cf9014d07316be6c5ef2745681fa761.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202006091079562323-indias-apex-court-orders-withdrawal-of-cases-against-thousands-of-migrants-for-violating-lockdown/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Months after the lockdown led to the mass exodus of migrant labourers from several states in India, the apex court took suo motu cognisance of their misery. The court pulled up the Indian government for “lapses and inadequacies” in the measures taken for the migrants’ welfare. The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday ordered the withdrawal of all police complaints against migrant workers who were booked for violating lockdown norms while attempting to go back to their hometowns from their work places. The court has also asked the federal government to […]
US 01:17 GMT 20.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107935/95/1079359521_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_074661841de5f458bd41d86fe76712eb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005201079359551-us-extends-policy-to-immediately-reject-migrants-at-southern-border-indefinitely–dhs/ EL PASO (Sputnik) – The United States has extended a policy indefinitely that permits US immigration enforcement to immediately return immigrants back to Mexico after being apprehended on the southern border, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. “Today, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended Title 42 public health restrictions at the borders until he determines the serious danger from COVID-19 has ceased,” the statement said on Tuesday. Last week, US media reported that as of 21 March only two immigrants […]