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Christmas funeral for Guatemalan girl who died in U.S. custody too much for grieving mom to bear

World / Social Issues Dec 27, 2018

Christmas funeral for Guatemalan girl who died in U.S. custody too much for grieving mom to bear

A crowd of mourners said goodbye to the 7-year-old Guatemalan migrant girl who died in U.S. custody this month, laying her to rest in a Christmas Day funeral that left her mother so crushed she could not bear to attend. Friends and family on Tuesday ...

Libyan coast guard says it intercepted 15,000 migrants in 2018 but U.N. puts figure at almost double

World / Social Issues Dec 21, 2018

Libyan coast guard says it intercepted 15,000 migrants in 2018 but U.N. puts figure at almost double

Libya's coast guard has intercepted about 15,000 migrants trying to reach Italy by sea this year, a spokesman said on Thursday, while the United Nations — which gave a much higher estimate — said many were kept in inhumane conditions and subjected to abuse. The ...

Migrants brave Bosnia's bitter winter wilderness, and wolves, to cross into EU

World / Social Issues Dec 21, 2018

Migrants brave Bosnia's bitter winter wilderness, and wolves, to cross into EU

Their shoulders hunched against the bitter cold, dozens of migrants tramped towards Bosnia's border with Croatia, trying to cross illegally into the EU along a route that days earlier almost claimed the lives of a similar group. About 30 men, women and children, some dressed ...

Caravans: The new face of U.S.-bound migration, with no end in sight

World / Social Issues Dec 20, 2018

Caravans: The new face of U.S.-bound migration, with no end in sight

A 5-year-old boy rests by the roadside with his mother as thousands of fellow migrants trudge past. A woman grips her two young daughters as they flee a cloud of tear gas. A child slithers under a fence to reach U.S. soil. A man ...

U.S.-bound Hondurans who fled political violence fear for lives if sent home from Tijuana

World / Social Issues Dec 17, 2018

U.S.-bound Hondurans who fled political violence fear for lives if sent home from Tijuana

The Pineda family trudged northward for more than a month with a caravan of Central American migrants who are now stuck at the U.S. border. But they were on the run in Honduras much longer than that due to fears of political persecution. According to ...

15 migrants died in boat off Libya after 12 days without food or water, Egyptian survivor says

World Dec 5, 2018

15 migrants died in boat off Libya after 12 days without food or water, Egyptian survivor says

Fifteen migrants have died in a boat off the Libyan coast after spending 12 days at sea without food or water, an Egyptian survivor said on Tuesday. Only 10 migrants from the capsized boat survived, all of whom were suffering from severe dehydration, Othman Belbeisi, ...

U.S. government shutdown looms as Trump digs in on border wall demand

World / Politics Nov 28, 2018

U.S. government shutdown looms as Trump digs in on border wall demand

President Donald Trump's renewed demand for U.S. taxpayer funding of his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall was threatening again on Tuesday to bring on a budget standoff and a partial government shutdown, leaving Congress just 11 days to act. With time running short, Trump and Republican ...

Migrant flows slow to trickle in Libyan former smuggling hub of Sabratha amid crackdown

World / Social Issues Nov 28, 2018

Migrant flows slow to trickle in Libyan former smuggling hub of Sabratha amid crackdown

Departures of migrant-laden boats to Italy from Sabratha, formerly Libya's biggest people-smuggling hub, have slowed to a trickle thanks to a security crackdown triggered by European pressure that ejected the city's top smuggler. But the local branch of Libya's coast guard feels neglected. It says ...

Trump urges Mexico to send Central American migrants home after border melee

World / Social Issues Nov 27, 2018

Trump urges Mexico to send Central American migrants home after border melee

President Donald Trump said on Monday that Mexico should send Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States back to their home countries, a day after U.S. authorities shut the country's busiest border crossing and fired tear gas into a crowd there. Sunday's incident, ...

Mexico's incoming government denies sealing migrant 'Remain' deal with Trump camp

World / Politics Nov 26, 2018

Mexico's incoming government denies sealing migrant 'Remain' deal with Trump camp

Mexico's incoming government said no deal has been reached with the U.S. on the treatment of migrants attempting to cross into the U.S. from Mexico, pushing back on reports that such an agreement has been made — even as a busy port of entry ...

Libyan coast guard forces over 90 stranded migrants off rescue ship in Misrata port

World / Social Issues Nov 21, 2018

Libyan coast guard forces over 90 stranded migrants off rescue ship in Misrata port

Libyan authorities on Tuesday forcibly disembarked more than 90 migrants who had refused to leave a cargo ship that rescued them before docking in a port west of Tripoli, a coast guard commander said. The Panama-flagged ship rescued them and other migrants off the Libyan ...

Trump likely to give U.S. troops authority to protect immigration agents

World Nov 20, 2018

Trump likely to give U.S. troops authority to protect immigration agents

U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to give troops authority to protect immigration agents stationed along the border with Mexico if they come under threat from migrants seeking to cross into the United States, an official said Monday. Ahead of U.S. congressional elections earlier this ...

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