Tag: migrants
Just 408 non-Albanian small boat migrants returned home since 2020
The Bibby Stockholm asylum barge off Dorset cost £22m, the Home Office has also disclosed.
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Growing Numbers of Chinese Migrants Cross U.S. Southern Border
More than 24,000 Chinese citizens have been apprehended crossing into the United States from Mexico in the past year. That is more than in the precedi [...]
More Migrants on Terrorism Watch List Crossed U.S. Border
The numbers are a minuscule percentage of the total arrested after crossing the border, officials said.
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A New Answer for Migrants in Central America: Bus Them North
Costa Rica and Panama are busing people through their countries to ease the concentration of people along their borders, which Biden officials fear wi [...]
What New York Voters Care About: Migrants and the High Cost of Living
With no statewide races on the ballot, attention was on competitive City Council races, especially in South Brooklyn and parts of the Bronx.
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Haley Says She Would ‘Send Back’ Migrants Already Here, Pledges to ‘Close’ Border
Tough promises on immigration from Nikki Haley and her rivals for the Republican nomination face logistical and legal barriers.
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Wethersfield base could be used for three years for migrants
The BBC understands the Home Office plans to house asylum seekers for longer at a former RAF base.
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Ex-PM Truss wanted stranded migrants brought to UK
An email reveals Liz Truss wanted a group of stranded asylum seekers to be brought to the UK for their safety.
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Texas Lawmakers Vote to Let Local Police Arrest Migrants
The proposal, which has now cleared both houses of the Legislature, poses a direct challenge to the federal government’s authority over policing the b [...]
Bibby Stockholm: Migrants return to barge amid protest at port gates
The Bibby Stockholm was evacuated in August after Legionella bacteria was found in the water supply.
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Afghans in UK visa limbo as Pakistan vows to expel migrants
Afghans who worked with the UK are living in fear in Pakistan as it cracks down on migrants without visas.
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Influx of Migrants Exposes Democrats’ Division on Immigration
Democratic voters far from the border say they want leaders to do more to address the growing number of migrants in their cities, but they don’t agree [...]
Highest number of migrants cross Channel in 2023
Home Office data shows 872 migrants and 15 boats made the crossing on Saturday.
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Why Biden Can’t Expedite Work Permits for Migrants
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York has blamed the White House for failing to respond to her call to expedite work permits for the influx of migrants arrivi [...]
Bibby Stockholm migrants describe 'shock and fear' in letter
Asylum seekers who have left the migrant barge write an open letter to the government.
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