Migration News
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Mexico -
A year ago, thousands of Central American men, women and children chasing the American dream arrived in Mexico in a massive caravan that has left a lasting legacy -- just not the one people generally thought it would.
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Washington -
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador would receive assistance on law enforcement and security issues after they signed immigration agreements with Washington.
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Doha -
Qatar announced plans Wednesday to scrap key aspects of its controversial "kafala" labour rules, including the requirement for some workers to obtain employers' permission to change jobs and exit permits to leave the country.
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Ciudad Victoria -
Hundreds of Central American migrants blocked a border crossing Thursday between the Mexican city of Matamoros and Brownsville, Texas, demanding the United States let them in to apply for asylum.
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Cape Town -
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday urged South Africans to be tolerant of migrants following recent xenophobic violence, as hundreds of refugees camped outside UN offices demanding to be removed the country, fearing for their safety.
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Luxembourg -
A bid to broaden a "pilot" migrant-relocation scheme across the European Union met with a tepid response Monday, auguring badly for stalled plans to reform the bloc's crumbling asylum policy.
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Luxembourg -
EU powers France, Germany and Italy, along with smaller member Malta, will on Tuesday seek to rally the rest of the European bloc to a joint scheme they have come up with to distribute migrants saved at sea.
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Washington -
The US will block the entry of immigrants without health insurance or the ability to pay for medical bills, President Donald Trump revealed Friday.
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Los Angeles -
A federal judge in California on Friday blocked a bid by the Trump administration that would have allowed for undocumented migrant children to be detained indefinitely.
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Dubai -
Slim and with a tight-trimmed beard, Yemeni Kung Fu champion Hilal al-Haj dreamed of finding athletic glory in Europe, but a risky sea journey to get there ended in tragedy.
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Washington -
The United States plans to dramatically lower the ceiling on a decades-old refugee resettlement program to 18,000 people, officials said Thursday, blaming the influx of migrants along the country's southern border for imposing too great a burden.
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Tegucigalpa -
Honduras has signed a deal with Washington to accept migrants applying for asylum in the United States, becoming the third Central American country to do so after El Salvador and Guatemala.
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New York -
Greece's new conservative leader on Thursday called for the European Union to commit more money to support Turkey to stem the rising flow of migrants.
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New York -
Greece's new conservative prime minister met Wednesday with Turkey's leader for the first time and asked for cooperation in stemming an uptick in migrant arrivals.
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Strasbourg -
Incoming European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen faced a showdown in the European Parliament on Thursday over her decision to give her top migration official the job title of "Protecting our European Way of Life".
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Paris -
Developed countries received sharply fewer asylum applications last year, a report said Wednesday, as the world remains gripped in a migrant crisis fuelled by wars and economic hardship.
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New York -
Europe and North America have absorbed the largest share of the world's 272 million migrants, a population that has grown by 23 percent over the past decade, according to a UN report published Tuesday.
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Benin City -
Emerging from her ordeal, Gloria considers herself "privileged". Last year, the 26-year-old left Nigeria with four other women, dreaming of a better life in Europe.
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Apo -
The European Commission's incoming chief, Ursula von der Leyen, on Monday defended a controversial "Protecting our European Way of Life" title for her new migration commissioner, rejecting calls to change it.
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Rome -
Charity rescue vessel Ocean Viking was on Sunday preparing to return to rescuing shipwreck survivors off Libya after disembarking 82 migrants in Italy following a reversal of government policy in Rome.
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Mexico -
Mexico said Thursday it disagrees with President Donald Trump's decision to restrict the right of Central Americans to seek asylum in the United States, a day after the Supreme Court allowed it to go ahead.
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Apo -
Incoming European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen was under intensifying pressure Thursday to drop a controversial title referring to "Protecting our European Way of Life" for her commissioner in charge of migration.
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Hanoi -
Card games and karaoke help migrant workers pass the time on the cramped houseboats of Hanoi's Red River, swapping their privacy to eke out a living selling fruit for a few dollars a day.
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Apo -
An EU Commission proposal to brand its powerful migration portfolio as "protecting the European way of life" sparked outrage from European lawmakers Tuesday who called it a worrying use of far-right rhetoric.
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Rome -
Spanish NBA star and former Mediterranean rescue volunteer Marc Gasol called Tuesday for action to help migrants making the "almost suicidal" journey from Africa to Europe.
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Johanesburg -
Beverlyn Nyamakwenje was fast asleep in her home in the east Johannesburg township of Katlehong when she was woken by gunshots.
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Washington -
President Donald Trump said Monday that the US would have to be careful about allowing Bahamian survivors of Hurricane Dorian into the country, warning there could be "very bad people" among them.
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Mexico -
Mexico said Friday it has slashed undocumented migration to the United States by 56 percent since May, aiming to dodge the threat of tariffs under a deal the two countries are set to review next week.
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Mexico -
Mexico said Friday it has slashed undocumented migration to the United States by 56 percent since May, aiming to dodge the threat of tariffs under a deal the two countries are set to review next week.
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Madrid -
The number of migrants arriving by sea in Spain has plunged with Morocco stopping boat departures since signing lucrative agreements with Madrid and Brussels, experts say.
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Migration Image
Wildebeest, zebras and other mammals crossing the Mara River do so even with the danger of crocodiles. MBC Documentary
Various views of the Manot 1 partial calvaria. Hershkovitz et. al.
Lions, hyenas and crocodiles lie in wait along the path of the great migration. YouTube
In 2012, the Mexican government announced the acquisition through a 15-year lease of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. President Enrique Peña Nieto used the aircraft for the first time at the Air Force 101st anniversary ceremony on 10 February 2016. Presidencia de la República Mexicana
False Pass, Alaska is also the name given the Isanoyski Strait that gray whales will sometimes use on their journey to the Bering Sea. Here many fall prey to Killer whales. Shishaldin
Sandfill cranes in the Platte River valley in Nebraska, March 7, 2007. Mongo
The Red Knot, Calidris canutus, makes a yearly journey from southern Argentina to the Canadian Arctic in the spring. Audubun.org/Doug Wechsler
Map of human migration out of Africa unknown
A Tumstone at the edge of a snow patch. University of Queensland
Blacktip shark at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. Monterey Bay Aquarium
This baby zebra, born right before the herd started crossing the Mara River, didn't make it. Smithsonian Channel
The western North American population of monarch butterflies migrates to Southern California. Here we see some monarchs On a Eucalyptus branch at Sweet Springs in Baywood-Los Osos. Located near Morro Bay in San Luis Obispo County, central California. "Mike" Michael L. Baird
Migration out of Africa Spreading homo Sapiens.jpg which is in the public domain
White-rumped sandpiper chicks on northern Canada's Bylot Island. Laura McKinnon/NPR.org
Red Phalarope at a shoreline. Gerry Beyersbergen/Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Millions of hermit crabs descend on a beach on St. John Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Screen Capture
North American Indian migration into North Dakota National Park Service
The gray whale MPF / NOAA
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