migrants
Mediterranean gets new NGO migrant rescue ship
Middle East
July 21, 2019
Mediterranean gets new NGO migrant rescue ship
The charity SOS Mediterranee announced Sunday it would deploy a new vessel to “conduct search and rescue activities” off the coast…
US to send asylum seekers back to dangerous part of Mexico
World
July 20, 2019
US to send asylum seekers back to dangerous part of Mexico
HOUSTON (AP) — The US government on Friday expanded its requirement that asylum seekers wait outside the country to a…
Fifteen migrants killed in southeastern Turkey bus crash
Middle East
July 18, 2019
Fifteen migrants killed in southeastern Turkey bus crash
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Fifteen illegal migrants were killed and more than 20 injured in a minibus crash in southeast Turkey…
World powers call for an end to deadly Libya fighting
Middle East
July 17, 2019
World powers call for an end to deadly Libya fighting
France, Britain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and Italy on Tuesday called for an immediate end of hostilities in…
As migrants wait in fear, no sign of large-scale US raids
World
July 15, 2019
As migrants wait in fear, no sign of large-scale US raids
Thousands of undocumented immigrants waited in uncertainty on Sunday, fearful of the nationwide raids promised by President Donald Trump, but…
New migrants brought to Libya center hit by deadly air strike
Middle East
July 14, 2019
New migrants brought to Libya center hit by deadly air strike
CAIRO (Reuters) – More migrants have been moved to a detention center in Libya’s capital where an air strike killed…
As US agents prepare to arrest ‘thousands,’ migrants live in fear
World
July 14, 2019
As US agents prepare to arrest ‘thousands,’ migrants live in fear
Thousands of undocumented immigrants were waiting in fear and uncertainty ahead of nationwide raids Sunday that President Donald Trump said…
US VP Pence visits overcrowded migrant camp, deplores ‘crisis’
World
July 13, 2019
US VP Pence visits overcrowded migrant camp, deplores ‘crisis’
US Vice President Mike Pence visited an overcrowded migrant camp in Texas on Friday, coming face to face with detainees…
At least 100 migrants walk free from shelled detention center in Tripoli
Middle East
July 10, 2019
At least 100 migrants walk free from shelled detention center in Tripoli
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan officials allowed at least 100 migrants to walk free on Tuesday from a detention center in…
UN’s Bachelet ‘appalled’ at US treatment of migrants and refugees
World
July 8, 2019
UN’s Bachelet ‘appalled’ at US treatment of migrants and refugees
GENEVA (Reuters) – UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is “appalled” at the conditions in which the United States is…