October 3, 2023
EAGLE PASS, Texas — They waded across the Rio Grande holding hands to form a human chain as frustrated Texas National Guard members shouted warnings in Spanish from behind stacked-up coils of razor wire. “Go back! You’re breaking the law!” Hundreds of people cross the Rio Grande from Piedras Negras, Mexico, into Eagle Pass, Texas. (Robert
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“The Mediterranean has become a graveyard for children and their future,” UNICEF warned on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Three times more migrants have died or disappeared this summer while trying to cross the Mediterranean, warned UNICEF on Friday. The findings come amidst fraught diplomatic negotiations on migration issues in Europe, alongside highly controversial policies to tackle the
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Updated: 28/09/2023 – 15:21 Dozens of migrants jumped the border fence between Mexico and the United States in the city of Tijuana on Wednesday while work was being carried out on the structure, with dramatic images of young children crossing the wall. Dozens of migrants jumped the border fence between Mexico and the United States
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The centre will house people who can’t claim refugee status as they’ve arrived from countries not considered to be dangerous. ADVERTISEMENT Italy has set up its first centre for asylum seekers deemed to have come from so-called safe countries. The Italian government hopes the facility in the Sicilian port city of Pozallo will accelerate the
READ MOREMexico moved to disperse a major build-up of migrants on its southern border with Guatemala by transporting thousands into nearby towns and setting up a camp to relieve pressure on local authorities, the government said on Tuesday. The National Migration Institute (INM) said it deployed 189 buses and 73 vans to move over 8,000 migrants
READ MOREThe migrants are more than an economic drain on society. These unaccompanied men with questionable morals are more prone to commit crimes. Forget being politically correct because these are the facts. They come from different nations where there is a different set of morals and social conduct. In France, migrants committed nearly 70% of violent
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Sky News host Caleb Bond says New York City’s plans to extend its contract with local hotels to house illegal migrants is a “ridiculous situation”. This contract with hotels will cost taxpayers $1 billion over the course of three years which is almost five times more than the original projected cost. NYC Mayor Eric Adams
READ MOREBeleaguered by a continuing influx of asylum seekers, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is further tightening shelter rules by limiting adult migrants to just 30 days in city-run facilities — to help ease pressures on the city’s already struggling shelter system and perhaps dissuade more migrants from coming. The move was immediately criticized by
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The pope’s forceful interventions come as the migration debate has been stoked by mass arrivals. Pope Francis on Saturday urged European governments to welcome migrants instead of viewing them as invaders, striding into in a hugely sensitive political debate again inflamed by mass arrivals on the second day of his visit to France’s Mediterranean port
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Over 60,000 people gathered in Marseille’s velodrome stadium in France, to listen to the pontiff give mass. Many faithful came from across French regions to see the pope, who last visited the country almost a decade ago. ADVERTISEMENT The pope’s visit to the city in southern France, which drew an estimated 150,000 well-wishers Saturday, comes
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