One was cited for possessing marijuana for personal use, and they were all returned to their home country within hours. Fourteen Mexican soldiers were detained at the border in El Paso early Saturday after accidentally crossing into the United States, Customs and Border Protection said. One soldier was cited for …
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Mexico urges Haitians at US-Mexico border to give up and head south
Mexican officials are urging Haitians on the Texas border trying to reach the United States to give up and return to Mexico’s frontier with Guatemala to request asylum, even as discontent grows over the treatment meted out to the beleaguered migrants. Up to 14,000 mostly Haitians were camped just north …
Read More »Under fire, Biden administration suspends horse patrols
Under fire from human rights groups and some progressive Democrats, the administration of US President Joe Biden has temporarily suspended the use of horse patrols in Del Rio, Texas. “We have ceased the use of the horse patrol in Del Rio temporarily,” a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official told …
Read More »CNN poll: America turns irate, glum
Americans are fuming and pessimistic at this time, that’s for sure. A new CNN poll finds that 74% of U.S. adults now say they are “very or somewhat angry” about the way things are going in the U.S. today — that includes 88% of Republicans, 70% of independents, and even …
Read More »Pope urges Hungary to be more open to needy outsiders
Pope Francis said on Sunday that Hungary could preserve its Christian roots while opening up to the needy, an apparent response to nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s stand that Muslim immigration could destroy its heritage. Francis was in Hungary for an unusually short stay that underlined differences with the anti-immigrant …
Read More »Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo expected to announce presidential run
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo will announce a bid to become France’s first woman president on Sunday, joining a growing list of challengers to incumbent Emmanuel Macron, several MPs from her Socialist party told AFP. Hidalgo’s intention to seek France’s highest office has been an open secret for months. On Tuesday, …
Read More »New migrant caravan sets off for US from southern Mexico (Videos)
A migrant caravan of around 400 people, including many children, set off from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula for the United States on Saturday, just a couple of days after security and migration officials dispersed another large group. Mostly comprising Central Americans and Haitians, the caravan left at around …
Read More »Poland declares state of emergency on Belarus border amid migrant surge
Poland declared a state of emergency in two regions bordering Belarus on Thursday following a surge of illegal migration that Warsaw has blamed on its neighbour. Poland and the European Union have accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of encouraging hundreds of migrants to cross into Polish territory to put pressure …
Read More »You can be German even if your name is not ‘Klaus’ or ‘Erika’: Angela Merkel
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday migrants who settle in Germany are German even if they have foreign-sounding names, making a subtle dig at a widespread habit among white Germans of asking Turks born on German soil where they come from. “Integration cannot be a seven-generation endeavor that never ends …
Read More »Democrats urge Biden to fight restart of Trump immigration policy
Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocates pressed President Joe Biden on Wednesday to take new steps to end an immigration policy begun by his predecessor Donald Trump after the top U.S. court ordered that the “remain in Mexico” program be reinstated. The policy put in place by Trump, a Republican, forced …
Read More »Child refugees mark anniversary of Myanmar’s crackdown on Rohingya
Hundreds of children have staged a protest rally at refugee camps in Bangladesh to commemorate the fourth anniversary of Myanmar’s crackdown on the Rohingya Muslims that forced thousands to flee across the border into the neighboring country. Community leader Mohammad Osman said between 3,000 and 4,000 children participated in the …
Read More »Washington’s smear campaign against China severely harms Asian Americans in US: Beijing
The Chinese government says Washington’s acts to smear and suppress China have harshly harmed the Asian Americans and intensified the racial discrimination in the US. The US Justice Department started the China Initiative three years ago under former President Donald Trump to counter what it termed China’s “national security threats” and …
Read More »Poland to build fence, double troop numbers on Belarus border
Poland will build a fence along its border with Belarus and double the number of troops there, the defense minister said on Monday, to halt a flow of migrants the European Union says is being driven by Minsk in retaliation for EU sanctions. Poland and fellow EU states Lithuania and …
Read More »Erdogan says Turkey cannot bear Afghan refugee burden for EU
Turkey cannot bail out the EU by taking in Afghans who worked for Western countries in Afghanistan as the Taliban take power there, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. “We have received a request to welcome local employees of a European Union mission in Afghanistan,” a government statement quoted …
Read More »Greece Builds 25-mile Fence to Fend Off Afghan Refugees
Greece has erected a 25-mile (40 KM) fence and installed a new surveillance system on its border with Turkey as fears mount a surge in Afghan refugees trying to reach Europe. Greece has faced recurring refugee crises since 2015 when more than a million mainly Syrian refugees swarmed through its …
Read More »Lebanon complains to UN over Israeli strikes against Syria from its airspace
Lebanon has lodged a complaint with the United Nations after Israeli regime warplanes violated the West Asian country’s airspace to carry out separate airstrikes against positions near the Syrian capital city of Damascus and the western city of Homs. Caretaker Lebanese Defense Minister Zeina Akar, in a statement, condemned the …
Read More »52 people feared dead as boat capsizes near Canary Islands
Only one woman survived after an inflatable dinghy from Africa sank on its way to the Spanish archipelago. More than 50 people are feared dead after a boat capsized in the Atlantic Ocean about 220 kilometres (135 miles) off Spain’s Canary Islands. Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service said a 30-year-old woman …
Read More »Lebanon complains to UN over Israeli strikes against Syria from its airspace
Lebanon has lodged a complaint with the United Nations after Israeli warplanes violated the country’s airspace to carry out separate airstrikes against positions near the Syrian capital city of Damascus and the western city of Homs. Caretaker Lebanese Defense Minister Zeina Akar, in a statement, condemned the Israeli violation of …
Read More »Erdogan says Turkey not ‘Europe’s migrant storage’ as EU shuts doors
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on European governments to take responsibility for refugees coming from Afghanistan, insisting that his country has no intention of becoming “Europe’s migrant storage unit” after the Taliban’s takeover triggered a new wave of refugee outflow. Erdogan further emphasized following a cabinet meeting that Turkey …
Read More »At least two killed as Afghanistan marks independence day: Updates
At least two people were killed in Asadabad city when the Taliban opened fire following a stabbing attempt. At least two people have been killed after the Taliban opened fire at a crowd celebrating independence day in Asadabad, witnesses said. In Jalalabad, Taliban fighters fired at people waving the Afghan …
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