Migrants
46 migrants found dead in tractor-trailer in Texas
The grim discovery was one of the worst disasters involving migrants in the United States in recent years -- and came five years after a similar deadly incident...
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Morocco activists seek probe after 18 migrants die in surge to enter Spain
The latest deadly drama on the doors of the European Union took place at dawn on Friday when around 2 000 migrants approached the Moroccan border with the tiny territory.
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UK slams European court ruling on Rwanda as 'politically motivated'
"You've got to look at the motivation," said Britain's interior minister Priti Patel.
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In Britain, LGBTQ migrants fear being sent to Rwanda
Under a controversial law passed in April, the UK plans to send asylum-seekers deemed to have arrived illegally on British soil to Rwanda, an East African country 6,000 kilometres from London, starting in mid-June.
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Higher wall, COVID policy make US border more deadly
To the already imposing obstacles for people trying to enter the United States on its southern border, the COVID crisis added another: a quick-fix health rule called Title 42 that allows authorities to remove anyone simply because they might be carrying the disease.
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Operation Dudula vows to ‘entrench anti-illegal migrant’ ideology across SA
The group launched its North West branch in Rustenburg on Wednesday just weeks after KwaZulu-Natal.
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Hosting Britain's migrants: The view from Rwanda
President Paul Kagame has sought to position Rwanda as a Western ally and firefighter for conflicts across Africa, sending thousands of troops to battle Islamic State-linked jihadists in Mozambique last year.
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SAPS sting operation in Diepsloot nabs 27 undocumented migrants
These arrests take the number of people handcuffed in the area this week to over 50, while police continue to investigate the latest mob violence attack in which one man was killed.
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DBN cops arrest suspected undocumented migrants in surprise late-night raids
The eThekwini Municipality, along with the South African Police Service, raided buildings in the Durban city centre on 30 March 2022. At least five people were arrested for not having valid migration documentation.
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Two migrants drown off Morocco coast, more than 200 arrested
The bodies of the two migrants washed up "after a boat capsized", MAP reported, without giving further details.
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ActionSA’s Mashaba: SA’s immigration laws not as rigid as they should be
This follows an anti-xenophobia march by the newly-established Kopanang Africa on Saturday.
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'A tragedy': Over 20 migrants died in Channel disaster
The French interior ministry said in a statement that French patrol vessels found corpses and people unconscious in the water after a fisherman sounded the alarm about the accident.
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More than 1,000 migrants cross Channel to UK in two days
Rising numbers of Channel crossings by migrants in small boats have contributed to growing tensions between the UK and France following Britain's departure from the EU at the start of this year.
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Morocco navy rescues more than 400 Europe-bound migrants
Migrant arrivals on the Spanish archipelago have surged since late 2019 when increased patrols in the Mediterranean dramatically reduced crossings there.
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Hundreds of migrants find safe port in Italy
Tens of thousands of people seek to cross the central Mediterranean each year, normally setting off from Libya and aiming for the Italian coast, but it is a deadly journey.
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Record 55 million people internally displaced worldwide
This came despite strict restrictions on movement imposed around the globe in efforts to halt the spread of COVID-19, which observers had expected to push down displacement numbers last year.
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Thousand migrants land on Italy's Lampedusa
The arrivals sparked calls from far-right politicians for urgent action, amid fresh tensions between Italian authorities and the rescue boats who operate in the central Mediterranean.
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Kamala Harris to visit Mexico, Guatemala to discuss migrants
Speaking with reporters in Washington, Harris did not say if she planned to visit the border herself, where she said President Joe Biden has asked homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to tackle the migrant surge.
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FACT CHECK: Are there really 15 mln ‘undocumented foreigners’ in South Africa?
Africa Check takes a closer look at this recent claim by South African politician and businessperson Herman Mashaba.
