A six-year-old girl from India died of heat stroke in an Arizona desert after her mother left her with other migrants to go in search of water, a medical examiner and U.S. Border Patrol said on Friday. The girl, Gurupreet Kaur, soon to celebrate her seventh birthday, was found by U.S. Border Patrol west of …
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According to a new rule published in the Federal Register, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border. The rule, expected to go into effect Tuesday, also applies to children who have crossed the border alone. The rule applies to anyone arriving at the U.S.-Mexico …
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday said authorities are investigating an alleged sexual assault that took place in a border protection center in Arizona after a complaint from a detained underage migrant. According to NBC News that has obtained an internal report, the 15-years-old girl from Central American country Honduras said a CBP …
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Svein Ludvigsen was sentenced to five years in jail for having sexually abused three young asylum seekers when he was a regional governor. Between 2011 and 2017, Ludvigsen reportedly demanded sex in exchange for granting a stay permit and threatened expulsion if the asylum seeker refused. Norway is in shock over the conviction of former …
A migrant centre on the Italian island of Sicily which had been one of the largest of its kind in Europe has been officially shut down. Interior Minister Matteo Salvini attended the closure of the Mineo centre, which at its peak housed more than 4,000 people. The leader of the populist, right-wing League party, has …
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Advocated for by the Social Liberal party, refugees may no longer risk having their residency revoked by the government if they have been employed for two years or more. The ‘paradigm change’ bill passed earlier this year made it more likely that all people granted asylum will eventually be sent back to their source countries if …
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Migrant rescue boats have defied Italy and Malta’s attempts to block Italian ports to rescue ships to save dozens of migrants who in search of a better future by trying to reach European shores. Migrant rescue ship Alan Kurdi, operated by the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Sea-Eye, headed to Malta yesterday with 65 migrants on board, …
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“All 54 survivors have been rescued and are now aboard,” Mediterranea, which is made up of left-wing activists, tweeted. “Among them 11 women [three pregnant] and 4 children… “Happy to have rescued 54 lives from the hell of Libya. Now we need a safe port.” Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini who has tried to close …
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Pediatricians shared disturbing images drawn by migrant children who were recently separated from their parents while in US Customs and Border Protection custody. The drawings show people behind bars and in cages. The pictures were drawn last week by three children, ages 10 and 11, at Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas, after …
MEXICO CITY, July 2 (Xinhua) — The Mexican government on Tuesday began to implement a program for Central American migrants to voluntarily return to their countries. The Mexican National Institute of Migration (INM) announced in a statement that the first group of migrants returning home departed Tuesday morning by bus from Ciudad Juarez in the …
