ATHENS: More than 100 migrants were rescued early Sunday off the island of Mykonos in the Aegean Sea and four are missing, the Greek coastguard said. “A large-scale rescue operation of migrants is underway from late Saturday two miles south of the island of Delos. So far 108 migrants have been rescued, while according to […]
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Washington authorizes $100 mn for Afghan migration aid
US President Joe Biden on Friday authorized the use of up to $100 million to address migration emergencies related to the situation in Afghanistan, the White House said. The statement said the money would come from the Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund “for the purpose of meeting unexpected urgent refugee and migration needs, victims […]
Fears grow for hunger-striking migrants in Belgium
Fears mounted Monday over the health of hundreds of undocumented migrant workers in Belgium after they stepped up a hunger strike aimed at getting the authorities to let them stay. Some 450 men — mainly from Morocco and Algeria — have been staging the protest at three sites in Brussels since the end of May […]
Venezuela repatriates 700 citizens from Trinidad and Tobago
President Nicolas Maduro’s government repatriated more than 700 Venezuelans who fled to nearby Trinidad and Tobago amid their homeland’s crippling economic crisis, the Foreign Ministry announced Sunday. “More than 700 Venezuelans have arrived in Venezuela from Trinidad and Tobago in the first ‘Vuelta a la Patria’ (Return to the Homeland) plan carried out by sea,” […]
Kabul urges Europe to halt forced deportations of Afghans
Afghanistan has urged European countries to halt forced deportations of Afghan migrants for the next three months, as security forces battle a wave of violence triggered by a dizzying Taliban offensive. The country is facing a crisis as the insurgents snap up territory across the countryside, stretching government forces and leading to a fresh wave […]
Turkey bus crash kills 12 people: reports
Twelve people died and 26 others were injured when a bus carrying migrants crashed in eastern Turkey on Saturday night, local media reported, quoting authorities in the prefecture of Van. Among the dead were 11 migrants and a person who helped organise their illegal transport, the authorities were quoted as saying on Sunday. The injured […]
Mexico detains 240 migrants including children
Mexican authorities said Wednesday they had detained 240 US-bound migrants from Central America, including children, and deported 89 Cubans without proper documents. Police, acting on a tipoff, found 52 women and 127 men on Tuesday from Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala hiding in a warehouse in the central city of Puebla. According to an […]
‘World’s happiest country’ seeks migrants
Repeatedly dubbed the happiest nation on the planet with world-beating living standards, Finland should be deluged by people wanting to relocate, but in fact it faces an acute workforce shortage. “It’s now widely acknowledged that we need a spectacular number of people to come to the country,” recruiter Saku Tihverainen from agency Talented Solutions told AFP. […]
Singaporean woman jailed 30 years for torturing, killing maid
A Singaporean woman who starved, assaulted and ultimately killed her domestic worker was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday, with the judge describing the case as “among the worst types of culpable homicide”. The affluent city-state is home to about 250,000 domestic workers who mostly come from poorer Asian countries, and stories of mistreatment […]
El Salvador says it was “bargaining chip” in Mexico’s migration deal with US
El Salvador’s vice president on Tuesday accused Mexico of leaving Central America out of talks with the United States over measures to stem the flow of migrants headed north, and using the region as a negotiating tool to reach a deal. Mexico struck the pact last week under pressure to avert import tariffs of 5% […]