Immigration Archives

Survivors of the sinking sit inside a warehouse at the port of Kalamata in Greece

World

Pakistani migrant’s final call home foretold Greek tragedy

Before 21-year-old Pakistani Muhammad Akash boarded a rickety fishing trawler in Libya on a journey he hoped would take him to a brighter future...

AFPJune 18, 2023

Between 400 to 750 people were believed to be aboard the boat that sank of Greece's coast

World

Pakistan arrests 10 trafficking suspects after Greek boat tragedy

Pakistan authorities arrested 10 alleged human traffickers on Sunday, days after hundreds of migrants were feared drowned off the Greek coast. Every year, thousands...

AFPJune 18, 2023

Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers greet asylum seekers as they arrive at the Roxham Road border crossing in Champlain, New York, on March 25, 2023

World

Canada court upholds pact on returning asylum seekers to US

Canada's Supreme Court upheld an immigration rule that allows authorities to bar asylum seekers from entering the country from the U.S.

AFPJune 16, 2023

Homelessness remains a problem in the City of Light

Sports

Homeless to be moved out of Paris ahead of 2024 Olympics

The French government plans to move homeless people out of Paris ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in the capital, sparking criticism from some...

AFPMay 24, 2023

Recep Tayyip Erdogan won about 65 percent of votes in Germany, which has the largest Turkish community abroad with its 1.5 million voters

World

Erdogan backers bullish in his German stronghold

"I voted for Erdogan because he deserves to be re-elected," says Esra Kose, 45.

AFPMay 23, 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is widely expected to seek the 2024 Republican presidential nomination

World

Florida law puts a brake on hiring of undocumented workers

Benjamin Perez cleans houses in Miami for a living. Like tens of thousands of others in the Florida workforce, he toils without legal papers....

AFPMay 21, 2023

'You have to fight for the right to exist for yourself,' Kwagala said

World

Ugandan LGBT activist fears reprisal over anti-gay law

A Ugandan LGBT activist said on Friday they planned to return to their home country next week despite fears of reprisal after the approval of...

AFPMay 19, 2023

Migrants wait for a bus to take them to a processing center after they turned themselves over to US Border Patrol agents after crossing over from Mexico in Fronton, Texas

World

Drop in illegal US entries continues after migrant policy shift

Attempted illegal crossings of the southern US border have plunged since new policies to deal with undocumented migrants came into place last week, a...

AFPMay 17, 2023