Migration Archives

German police patrol after a knife attack that has added to a bitter debate over immigration

World

Knife attack fuels bitter German immigration debate

Vivienne Vetter is furious at what she says is an unchecked flood of refugees into her German city of Solingen, blaming it for a...

AFPAugust 26, 2024

Record numbers of New Zealanders are leaving the country, with the most popular destination being Australia

World

New Zealand population growth stalls as Kiwis flee the nest

New Zealand’s population growth has come to a near halt, official statistics showed Monday, as tens of thousands of people exit a spluttering economy...

AFPAugust 19, 2024

Colombia-based Venezuelan migrant Jose Ochoa packs his belongings as he prepares to travel to the United States via the dangerous Darien Gap

World

Their hopes dashed, Venezuelan migrants abandon plans for return

When Nicolas Maduro was declared president-elect for a third successive term, Colombian-based Venezuelan migrant Jose Ochoa started packing his bags for the long and...

AFPAugust 15, 2024

Asylum seekers try to reach a people-smuggler's boat to cross the Channel in April

World

Migrant dies on cross-Channel bid, boat continues to England

A migrant died on Sunday trying to cross the Channel from France to Britain on an overcrowded boat but authorities said dozens on the...

AFPJuly 28, 2024

World

Migrants refuse rescue as one dies on cross-Channel bid

A migrant on an overcrowded boat died on Sunday trying to cross the Channel from France to Britain but authorities said dozens on the...

AFPJuly 28, 2024

Since June 2024, more than 76 boats with more than 6,000 surviving migrants have disembarked in Mauritania

World

25 killed, dozens missing in migrant wreck off Mauritania: IOM

At least 25 migrants have died and dozens are missing after their boat capsized off Mauritania, the country’s news agency AMI said Wednesday, in...

AFPJuly 24, 2024

Migrants arrive at a reception center in Panama after crossing the Darien jungle from Colombia

World

US official says migrant deportations from Panama ‘imminent’

Deportation flights from Panama for undocumented US-bound migrants who have crossed the lawless Darien jungle from South America are expected to start imminently, a...

AFPJuly 23, 2024

Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to boost skills of UK workers

Business

UK unveils training effort to reduce reliance on migration

Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Monday to reduce the UK’s “long-term reliance on overseas workers” as he unveiled a new skills training organisation aimed...

AFPJuly 22, 2024