FIFA president under fire after saying biennial World Cup could prevent migrant deaths
Infantino said increased revenues from a biennial World Cup could create opportunities for Africans who otherwise may find "death in the sea" crossing the Mediterranean.
Confronting the Kremlin’s new hybrid war in Europe
Russia's recent aggressive moves have multiple objectives. But the Kremlin’s greatest desire is to divide and weaken the European Union.
Southeast Asia’s migrant labor dilemma
High-income countries are trying to lure foreign workers from emerging Asian economies as part of their national recovery plans, creating new challenges for global labor migration.
How fake news on Facebook helped fuel a border crisis in Europe
Social media worsened a migrant crisis and helped smugglers profit off desperate people trying to reach Europe.
The domestic and migrant workers left behind by Singapore’s travel lanes
Left behind by this exodus after the start of quarantine-free travel are more than half a million domestic and migrant workers, many of whom haven’t seen their families in years.
On Albania border patrol, EU's Frontex helps tackle migrant flow
Patrolling dirt paths on sun-baked hills bordering Greece, a European police team is helping Albania intercept more of the migrants trying to reach European Union states to the north. The EU border and coast guard police Frontex deployed 50 officers with night vision cameras and ...
U.S. cities brace for immigration raids and say they will not participate
U.S. cities expecting to be hit by a wave of immigration raids intended to deport recently arrived families who are in the United States illegally said on Friday they would not cooperate with federal authorities. In a call with reporters earlier this week, Mark Morgan, ...
The U.S. attorney general on Tuesday struck down a decision that had allowed some asylum-seekers to ask for bond in front of an immigration judge, an action that expands indefinite detention for some migrants who must wait months or years for their cases to ...
More than 100,000 migrants encountered at U.S. southern border in March: data
U.S. officers arrested or denied entry to over 103,000 people along the border with Mexico in March, a 35 percent increase over the prior month and more than twice as many as the same period last year, according to data released by U.S. Customs ...
Aid effort brings little relief for migrants trapped in Libya limbo
A bigger presence of relief agencies, U.N. workers and diplomats in Libya has done little to ease the plight of migrants abused in detention centers and blocked from crossing the Mediterranean, migrants and aid workers say. Migrant boat crossings from Libya dropped steeply from mid-2017 ...
Ecuador to demand Venezuelan migrants' criminal records after pregnant woman's murder
Ecuador will ask Venezuelan migrants to present their criminal records upon entering, the country's vice president said on Monday, following the murder of a pregnant Ecuadorean woman by a Venezuelan man that triggered protests and acts of violence. The Saturday killing in the northern city ...
Britain deploys extra patrol boats as English Channel migrant crossings rise, 12 turn up on beach
Britain is recalling two patrol boats from overseas deployments to help deal with an increase in the number of migrants trying to reach the country from France, interior minister Sajid Javid said on Monday. Javid said there had been an increase in the number of ...
