Migrants Archives

June 5, 2024 11:24 AM

Biden imposes sweeping asylum ban at US-Mexico border

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday instituted a broad asylum ban on migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a major enforcement move in the run-up to November elections that will decide control of the White House. Migrants caught...

October 12, 2023 5:16 PM

Poland, Czech Republic extend border controls with Slovakia to restrict illegal migrants

Poland and the Czech Republic will extend temporary controls on their borders with Slovakia into November as countries seek to restrict the flow of illegal migrants. Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski was quoted as saying by news agency PAP o...

September 28, 2023 9:29 PM

EU talks migration as Italy, Germany worry over increased arrivals

The European Union's interior ministers meet in Brussels on Thursday (September 28) to discuss how to handle migrants arriving by sea as Italy and Germany worry over increased immigration, with Berlin launching border controls inside Europe's zone of...

September 22, 2023 12:45 PM

Thousands of migrants dropped off at California transit center after crossing U.S-Mexico border

Thousands of migrants have crossed into the United States in recent days, from California to Texas, with many more still arriving by bus and cargo trains to Mexican border towns on the heels of record migration flows further south. More than 3,000 m...

September 20, 2023 4:04 PM

Italy’s Meloni demands UN help over ‘barbarity’ of migration

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on September 19 said she will call for international help over her country's migration crisis, describing it as an issue akin to the barbarity of slavery. Meloni is due to speak to the UN General Assembly on the...