migrants
Asylum-seekers board UK’s controversial ‘deathtrap’ housing barge
World
August 9, 2023
Asylum-seekers board UK’s controversial ‘deathtrap’ housing barge
CNN — The first asylum-seekers boarded a controversial barge moored in southern England Monday as public health experts warned of…
Mexico’s president attacks ‘inhumane’ floating barriers deployed by Texas
World
August 4, 2023
Mexico’s president attacks ‘inhumane’ floating barriers deployed by Texas
CNN — Mexico’s President Andres Manuel López Obrador has condemned Texas’s anti-migrant buoys, calling the border enforcement tactic on the…
148 people, including dozens of children, rescued from abandoned truck in Mexico
World
July 22, 2023
148 people, including dozens of children, rescued from abandoned truck in Mexico
CNN — Dozens of Central American migrants, including 23 unaccompanied children, were rescued Friday from a box truck abandoned on…
Tunisia’s president is accused of racism and dictatorship. He’s now getting a billion euros from Europe
Middle East
July 21, 2023
Tunisia’s president is accused of racism and dictatorship. He’s now getting a billion euros from Europe
CNN — The European Union signed a major deal with Tunisia on Sunday, promising the North African country as much…
Egypt hosts 9 million migrants of different nationalities: Ambassador
Egypt
July 13, 2023
Egypt hosts 9 million migrants of different nationalities: Ambassador
Egypt hosts about nine million migrants of different nationalities who enjoy all the basic rights of work, trade, transportation and…
Grief shrouds remote Pakistan mountain village after Greece migrant boat tragedy
World
June 21, 2023
Grief shrouds remote Pakistan mountain village after Greece migrant boat tragedy
Bandali, Pakistan-administered Kashmir CNN — An air of melancholy engulfs the small village of Bandali in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where hopes…
Hundreds of Pakistanis dead in Mediterranean migrant boat disaster, official says
World
June 19, 2023
Hundreds of Pakistanis dead in Mediterranean migrant boat disaster, official says
Karachi, Pakistan CNN — More than 300 Pakistani nationals have been killed in the sinking of a overcrowded fishing trawler…
Egypt mourns victims of migrant boat disaster off Greece’s coast
Egypt
June 17, 2023
Egypt mourns victims of migrant boat disaster off Greece’s coast
Egypt mourned with deep sorrow the victims of a migrant boat that sank off the coast of Greece. The boat,…
Nine arrested over capsized migrant boat, as Greek authorities criticized for failure to respond
World
June 17, 2023
Nine arrested over capsized migrant boat, as Greek authorities criticized for failure to respond
Kalamata, Greece CNN — Nine crew members have been arrested for people smuggling after a packed vessel sank in the…
‘Sudden’ shift in weight caused migrant boat to sink, Greek coast guard says, as hundreds more feared dead
World
June 15, 2023
‘Sudden’ shift in weight caused migrant boat to sink, Greek coast guard says, as hundreds more feared dead
Kalamata, Greece CNN — A boat that sank killing dozens of people was caused by a “sudden” shift in weight,…