Illegal Migrants
Do not just show up at the border: US President Biden tells migrants
The Biden administration on Thursday said it would immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the US-Mexico border illegally, a major expansion of an existing effort to stop Venezuelans attempting to enter the US. Instead, the administration will accept 30,000 people per month from the four nations for two years and offer the ability to legally work, as long as they come legally, have eligible sponsors and pass vetting and background checks. These four affected nations are among those for whom migrant border crossings have risen most sharply, with no easy way to quickly return migrants to their home countries. Do not, do not just show up at the border," Biden said Thursday. Stay where you are and apply legally from there. It was Biden's boldest move yet to confront spiralling arrivals at the US border with Mexico, a major change to immigration rules that will stand even if the US Supreme Court ends a Trump-era public health law that allows American ..
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Helter-skelter shelter: Why are Rohingya refugees in the news again?
No sooner did the union minister Hardeep Puri hail giving Rohingyas a permanent shelter than the MHA denied any such order
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Share MHA memo on deportation of illegal Bangladeshi migrants: HC to Centre
The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the Centre to share in a sealed cover its office memorandum pertaining to the deportation of illegal migrants from Bangladesh.
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US: More than 4,000 migrants, children, crowded into Texas facility
The Biden administration for the first time allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility, revealing a overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 migrants were crammed into pods
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100 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast over past week: IOM
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 100 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast over the past week.
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A third of 300,000 children under migration-related detention in US alone
"Migration-related detention for children can never be considered... in the best interest of the child. There are always alternatives available," Nowak told reporters in Geneva.
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Mexico authorities deport 311 'illegal' Indian migrants, including woman
Mexico had agreed to boost up security on the border and expand its policy of taking back migrants.
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SC pulls up Assam govt for not being sincere in deporting illegal migrants
A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna questioned Assam govt whether the foreigners tribunals and the law-enforcing authorities are functioning properly
Number of illegal immigrants in US falls to 10.7 mn, lowest since 2004
Between 2007 and 2016, the number of Mexicans in the United States illegally plummeted by 1.5 million
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Illegal border crossings from Mexico jumped 16% in October: US
The US Department of Homeland Security said it detained 46,195 people in Oct, up from 39,501 in Sept and 37,048 in Aug
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