The U.S. will not grant temporary protected status to people from the Bahamas displaced by Hurricane Dorian, an administration official told NBC News. The status would allow Bahamians to work and live in the U.S. until it is deemed safe to return home. The same status is currently granted to over 300,000 people living in …
US Supreme Court backs Trump on asylum crackdown
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a request by President Donald Trump’s administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico border, a key element of his hard-line immigration policies. The court said the rule, which requires most immigrants who want asylum to first seek safe haven in …
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Mexico won’t be safe third country for asylum seekers: Ebrard
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Monday reiterated that Mexico would not become a safe third country for US bound asylum seekers following comments by a US official that Washington was seeking a “cooperative agreement” with Mexico. Ebrard wrote on Twitter that “Mexico is not and will not accept” a so-called safe third country designation …
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US limits amount of money that Americans can send to Cuba
The Trump administration toughened sanctions against Cuba on Friday by reducing the amount of money that Cuban-Americans can send to family members on the island. Changes announced by the Treasury Department will limit remittances to $1,000 per person per quarter when they take effect on Oct. 9. The new rules also will no longer allow …
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Serbia raps Croatia over treatment of Afghan migrants
Serbia’s refugee agency has accused Croatian border police of torturing a 16-year-old Afghan refugee and of denying him and 15 other migrants travelling with him their right to claim asylum in the European Union. Croatia’s interior ministry dismissed the accusations as “unfounded and… absolutely incomprehensible” and said they stem from Zagreb’s determination to protect its …
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The Oppression Camp in Italy
The situation the refugee camps in Italy are far from humanitarian conditions. The cameras of the visitors are broken when entering in the camp, so that they would not be able to record the inhumane conditions there. The food is disgusting, the toilets do not have doors, the beds are outdoor, the violence is common …
Germany: Over 600 attacks on refugees in first half of 2019
German police registered a total of 609 attacks on asylum-seekers and refugees during the first half of 2019, according to the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung. The newspaper cited an answer given by the German federal government in response to a question by the parliamentary group of the Left party. The crimes ranged from verbal insult and harassment to arson and dangerous …
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Migrant children separated from family show signs of PTSD
Migrant children who were separated from their parents at the US- Mexico border last year have suffered post-traumatic stress and other serious mental health problems, according to a government watchdog report, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. The chaotic reunification process only added to their ordeal. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the report …
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Italian police seize German rescue ship
Italian police on Monday seized a German migrant rescue ship that had been stranded at sea for a week with more than 100 migrants aboard, and will disembark the migrants soon, a police spokesman said. The ship’s captain had earlier set course for the port of Pozzallo, on the island of Sicily, sparking a new …
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Afghan child killed near Moria refugee camp
A five-year-old Afghan boy has died in an accident near the Moria hotspot on the Greek island of Lesvos, local media reports said Tuesday. The boy was playing inside a cardboard box in the courtyard of a building when a truck ran over him, state broadcaster ERT reported. Police have arrested the driver. It is …
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