Italy says rescue boat with 82 migrants aboard can dock at southern island
In a possible sign Italy's hard line against such vessels might be easing somewhat under the new government, a charity rescue ship with 82 migrants aboard said Saturday it has received permission to sail to a tiny southern Italian island. Ocean Viking's crew said Italian ...
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini caves in on minors aboard migrant ship for two weeks
Matteo Salvini, Italy's hard-line interior minister, appeared to buckle under pressure to ease the standoff over a migrant rescue ship with 134 people aboard, saying he will allow minors to disembark after being at sea for two weeks. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte wrote a three-page ...
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 ...
For many migrants, the 'American Dream' is becoming a Mexican one
Honduran Rolando Rodrigo arrived last week in the Mexican city of Tapachula with his family, just one stop on the long route to the United States and the dream of a new life free from the poverty and gang violence that wracks their homeland. But ...
Mexican officials said Monday they have uncovered an industrial-scale migrant smuggling ring using tractor-trailer rigs disguised as freight deliveries for major companies. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said authorities found a tractor-trailer disguised with the logo of a major grocery store chain. But instead of ...
The spread of HIV as a serious aspect of Latin America's migration crisis — whether through Venezuelans forced to emigrate to obtain medicine or Central American migrants unaware they carry the virus — will be a focus of the world AIDS conference opening Sunday ...
SOS Mediterranee relaunches migrant rescue missions off Libya
Humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee said Sunday it has relaunched rescue efforts off Libya seven months after it abandoned operations using its ship Aquarius and despite a refusal by European ports to accept the migrants. The Norwegian-flagged Ocean Viking will "conduct search and rescue activities in ...
'Go back' tweets capture core of Trump political agenda
Go back where you came from. U.S. President Donald Trump's tweet on Sunday did more than take a shot at four Democratic lawmakers of color. In just a few words, Trump summed up the backbone of his agenda — one aimed at reducing the number ...
Italian judge says German migrant rescue boat skipper is free to go
An Italian judge said Tuesday that Sea-Watch 3 captain Carola Rackete was free to go, three days after her arrest for docking with 40 migrants aboard her rescue ship in defiance of an Italian ban. German Rackete was arrested after hitting a police speed boat ...
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, ...
Mexico denies Trump's claim of secret concessions in migrant deal
Three days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal with Mexico to stem the flow of migrants at the southern border, the two countries appear unable to agree on exactly what's in it. Stung by criticism that the agreement mostly ramps up border protection ...
Fifty-two African migrants forced their way into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla from Morocco Sunday by climbing over a towering border fence, Spanish authorities said. About 100 migrants tried to storm the barbed wire fence at dawn but Spanish and Moroccan security force prevented ...
