SAN DIEGO — The young Chinese man looked lost and exhausted when Border Patrol agents left him at a transit station. Deng Guangsen, 28, had spent the last two months traveling to San Diego from the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, through seven countries on plane, bus and foot, including traversing Panama’s dangerous Darién Gap … Read more
LONDON — The British government’s contentious policy to stem the flow of migrants faces one of its toughest challenges this week as the U.K. Supreme Court weighs whether it’s lawful to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda. The Conservative government is challenging a Court of Appeal ruling in June that said the policy intended to deter immigrants … Read more
NECOCLI, Colombia — New York City Mayor Eric Adams capped off a four-day trip to Latin America on Saturday by calling for a “right to work” for migrants in the United States. He spoke during a visit to Necocli, the northern Colombia town where thousands of migrants start the perilous trek across the roadless Darien … Read more
MEXICO CITY — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top officials from the Biden administration will visit Mexico on Wednesday to discuss shared security issues, foremost among them trafficking of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, but also arms trafficking and increasing migration. The latest round of the High-Level Security Dialogue brings together Blinken, U.S. … Read more
VALLETTA, Malta — The leaders of nine southern European Union countries met in Malta on Friday to discuss common challenges such as migration, the EU’s management of which has vexed national governments in Europe for years. The nations represented at the one-day huddle included host Malta, France, Greece, Italy, Croatia, Cyprus, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain. … Read more
BERLIN — Germany announced Wednesday it will increase police patrols along “smuggling routes” on the border with Poland and the Czech Republic in an effort to prevent more migrants from entering the country. The new measures would begin immediately, said Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. The announcement came a day after police raids in Germany found … Read more
MEXICO CITY — From a White House podium in May, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas outlined new legal pathways to the United States for Venezuelans and others, along with a “very clear” message for those come illegally. “Our borders are not open. People who cross our border unlawfully and without a legal basis to … Read more
ROME — The Italian authorities accepted new measures to crack down on migration Monday, after the southern island of Lampedusa was once more overwhelmed by a wave of arrivals setting off from Tunisia and the migration concern returned to middle stage in Europe with speak of a naval blockade. The measures accepted by the Cupboard … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment JERUSALEM — Greater than 150 Eritrean asylum seekers and dozens of police had been injured Saturday in Tel Aviv after demonstrations exterior an occasion sponsored by the Eritrean Embassy turned violent, Israeli officers stated. The melee was the most recent violence to interrupt out at a sequence of worldwide festivals supposed … Read more
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus stated Wednesday it dismantled a prison human smuggling ring liable for bringing boatloads of Syrian migrants from Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. The jap Mediterranean island nation has seen virtually day by day migrant boat arrivals in latest days. Cypriot police stated three months of investigative work resulted within the arrest of … Read more