migrants
Rwanda expects first 50 asylum seekers transferred from UK by end of May
World
May 21, 2022
Rwanda expects first 50 asylum seekers transferred from UK by end of May
Kigali, Rwanda – Rwanda expects the first group of 50 asylum seekers to be transferred from Britain by the end…
Cubans are arriving to the US in record numbers. Smugglers are profiting from their exodus
World
May 16, 2022
Cubans are arriving to the US in record numbers. Smugglers are profiting from their exodus
Havana, Cuba (CNN) – As Cuba confronts the worst shortages of food and medicine in decades and runaway inflation, a…
Migrants sew their mouths shut in quest for Mexico passage to U.S. border
World
February 16, 2022
Migrants sew their mouths shut in quest for Mexico passage to U.S. border
TAPACHULA, Mexico, Feb 15 (Reuters) – A dozen undocumented migrants on Mexico’s southern border sewed their mouths shut on Tuesday…
Tunisian women’s posts glamorize risky migrant crossings
Middle East
February 14, 2022
Tunisian women’s posts glamorize risky migrant crossings
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — In a photo posted in November, 18-year-old Sabee al Saidi is shown wearing bright-pink lipstick as…
‘Back to me in a coffin’ – bodies of migrants drowned in Channel reach Iraq
Middle East
December 27, 2021
‘Back to me in a coffin’ – bodies of migrants drowned in Channel reach Iraq
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq, Dec 26 (Reuters) – At least 16 bodies of Iraqi Kurdish migrants who drowned in November when their…
Shun polarisation, try dialogue to heal divided world, pope says at Christmas
World
December 25, 2021
Shun polarisation, try dialogue to heal divided world, pope says at Christmas
VATICAN CITY, Dec 25 (Reuters) – Pope Francis in his Christmas message on Saturday decried increasing polarisation in personal and…
Freezing in the Alps, migrants find warm hearts and comfort
World
December 21, 2021
Freezing in the Alps, migrants find warm hearts and comfort
MONTGENEVRE, France (AP) — From the inky night, two women loomed. Police? The wary migrants, crossing the high-altitude Alpine border…
‘I am dead here’: Lebanese join Mideast migrants to Europe
Middle East
December 11, 2021
‘I am dead here’: Lebanese join Mideast migrants to Europe
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Ziad Hilweh knew his family might die on the way. But the risk was worth it,…
With migrants in mind, Pope Francis visits divided Cyprus
World
November 30, 2021
With migrants in mind, Pope Francis visits divided Cyprus
NICOSIA, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Pope Francis visits Cyprus this week to lend his support to a conflict-riven island now…
Migrant crisis front and center in pope’s Greece-Cyprus trip
World
November 30, 2021
Migrant crisis front and center in pope’s Greece-Cyprus trip
LESBOS, Greece (AP) — When Pope Francis visited the Greek island of Lesbos in 2016, he was so moved by…