US President Donald Trump has backed down and abandoned his policy of separating immigrant families on the US-Mexico border, after images of children in cages sparked outrage at home and abroad. Mr Trump signed an executive order requiring that immigrant families be detained together when they are caught entering the country illegally for as long …
Hungary steps up anti-immigration stance with plans for NGO tax
The Hungarian government has stepped up its anti-immigration measures with plans to introduce a 25% tax on aid groups it says support migration. Viktor Orbán’s administration has been among the most hostile to immigration in Europe. His Fidesz party was re-elected in a landslide victory in April, promising to crack down on non-governmental organisations it says …
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Trump: US will not be a migrant camp
President Donald Trump has said he will not allow the US to become a “migrant camp”, as he stood by his administration’s immigration crackdown. “The United States will not be a migrant camp,” he said at the White House. “And it will not be a refugee-holding facility – it won’t be.” Photos over the weekend …
Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas
Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of chips and large foil sheets intended to serve as blankets. One teenager told an advocate who visited that she was helping …
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Refugee children abused and illegally returned at France-Italy border
Child refugees are being abused, detained and illegally sent back to Italy by French border guards, according to a new report from Oxfam. Some children as young as 12 were being held overnight in cells without food, water or blankets, or access to an official guardian, the report states. French police routinely stop unaccompanied children and put them on trains back to …
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Italy’s Matteo Salvini shuts ports to migrant rescue ship
A rescue vessel carrying 629 migrants is stranded in the Mediterranean after Italy’s new interior minister refused permission for it to dock. Matteo Salvini, leader of the right-wing League, said Malta should accept the Aquarius but he was rejected. Malta says the German charity SOS Méditerranée picked up the migrants in Libyan waters, which means …
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UN: 40 migrants drown on Yemen’s shores, 16 missing
The UN migration agency said on May 6, that 40 migrants have drowned and 16 others are being presumed dead as they are still missing in Yemen’s shores. “Tragedy struck migrants trying to cross from the Horn of Africa to find employment in Yemen and the Gulf, when their vessel capsized in high waves as it approached …
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Palestinian refugees remember ‘Naksa’ day
The day of “Naksa” refers to the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians as a result of the Israeli invasion of 1967. Palestinian refugees in Gaza recall the agony of being uprooted as they prepare to observe the day of “Naksa” which refers to the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians for a …
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At least 48 migrants dead after boat sinks off Tunisian coast
At least 48 migrants were killed when their boat sank off Tunisia’s coast and 67 others were rescued by the coast guard, officials said on Sunday, one of the worst migrant boat accidents in recent years. The boat went down near the southern island of Kerkenna, a tourist spot, in the night to Sunday, the …
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Germany to receive compensation payments for refugees
The EU will give Germany some €4.5 billion in compensation for having taken in hundreds of thousands of refugees since 2013, according to a media report. Each non-EU citizen accepted will bring in nearly €3,000. The European Union is set to give Germany some €4.5 billion ($5.26 billion) in the next budget period running from …
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