Immigration Archives

Former US president Donald Trump ramped up attacks on rival Kamala Harris during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, claiming she is unleashing a 'flood' of migrants into the state's cities and towns

World

Trump slams early voting, even while urging Pennsylvanians to do so

Donald Trump dismissed early voting Monday as “stupid” but nevertheless encouraged voters in Pennsylvania to cast ballots as soon as possible, as he vowed...

AFPSeptember 24, 2024

Several recent rounds of restrictions have aimed at taming record immigration levels that pushed Canada's population past 41 million earlier this year

World

Canada to further cut international student, foreign worker permits

Canada announced Wednesday it was slashing international student permits next year, and tightening foreign worker rules to further bring down the number of temporary...

AFPSeptember 18, 2024

Wilders himself told AFP in May that getting such an opt-out could take years

World

Dutch government seeks opt-out from EU asylum rules

The Netherlands announced Wednesday that it had requested from Brussels an opt-out from the European Union’s rules on asylum, days after the coalition government...

AFPSeptember 18, 2024

The Princes' Day speech is a key moment in Dutch society

World

Dutch king vows ‘stricter’ asylum policy in key speech

The Netherlands will enforce a “faster, stricter, and more modest” asylum policy, King Willem-Alexander said Tuesday, as immigration “puts pressure on our facilities and...

AFPSeptember 17, 2024

Eight migrants died on Sunday after their overcrowded boat capsized in the Channel

World

UK PM Starmer praises Italy’s Meloni for reducing illegal migration

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer praised his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Monday for her efforts in reducing illegal migration, saying his “government of...

AFPSeptember 16, 2024

World

Where in the world? European relocation destinations revealed

For 10 percent the reason was job opportunities. 6 percent were influenced by friends and family, and 3 percent were influenced by television shows...

Dr. Tim SandleSeptember 15, 2024

Former US president Donald Trump has pushed a debunked conspiracy theory that Haitian migrants are eating pets in an Ohio town

World

Haiti condemns bogus claim about US pet-eating migrants pushed by Trump

Haiti’s government on Wednesday condemned “discriminatory remarks” made by US presidential candidate Donald Trump and other Republicans, who spouted debunked claims that Haitian migrants...

AFPSeptember 11, 2024

J.D. Vance accepted the Republican vice president nomination in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024

Tech & Science

US Republicans fuel migrant fears with bogus cat-eating tale

Top US Republicans peddled false claims denigrating immigrants Monday, saying Haitian arrivals are stealing and eating pets — a conspiracy theory, debunked by authorities,...

AFPSeptember 9, 2024