Today: September 12, 2024
Today: September 12, 2024

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Americas|Crime

Mexico's president downplays cartel violence that drove nearly 600 Mexicans into Guatemala

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has thanked Guatemala for helping nearly 600 Mexicans who have crossed into Guatemala to escape drug cartel violence

Mexico's president downplays cartel violence that drove nearly 600 Mexicans into Guatemala
Africa|Europe

Volunteers help migrants reverse water trauma in Spain's Canaries

Smiling broadly, perhaps to hide their nervousness, dozens of young African migrants wearing swimming goggles took their first strokes and

Volunteers help migrants reverse water trauma in Spain's Canaries
Americas|Economy|Political

Forced to emigrate, Venezuelans living abroad hope for change — and to eventually return home

The prolonged economic and political instability in Venezuela has forced millions of Venezuelans to leave over the past decade, quashing many of their dreams and leaving many wondering if they’ll ever return to what was once South America’s most prosperous country

Forced to emigrate, Venezuelans living abroad hope for change — and to eventually return home
News|Political|World

Italy works to transfer thousands of migrants who reached a tiny island in a day

A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa is overwhelmed as authorities work to transfer to transfer thousands of newly arrived migrants to the mainland

Italy works to transfer thousands of migrants who reached a tiny island in a day
News|Political|World

What's behind the surge in migrant arrivals to Italy?

Thousand of migrants reached the Italian island of Lampedusa on more than 100 boats this week

What's behind the surge in migrant arrivals to Italy?
Environment|News|Political|World

Dozens of Syrians are among the missing in catastrophic floods in Libya, a war monitor says

A war monitoring group says that dozens of Syrians who fled war at home are among the thousands killed and missing in the deadly flooding in Libya

Dozens of Syrians are among the missing in catastrophic floods in Libya, a war monitor says
News|Political|World

More than 1,200 children have died in the past 5 months in conflict-wrecked Sudan, the UN says

The U.N.’s refugee agency says that more than 1,200 children under age 5 have died in nine camps in war-scarred Sudan in the past five months because of a deadly combination of measles and malnutrition

More than 1,200 children have died in the past 5 months in conflict-wrecked Sudan, the UN says
News|World

Pope goes to Marseille to talk migration, but will Europe listen as it scrambles to stem an influx?

Pope Francis is travelling to the French port city of Marseille to join Catholic bishops in a meeting focusing on the Mediterranean and migration

Pope goes to Marseille to talk migration, but will Europe listen as it scrambles to stem an influx?
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Afghans who recently arrived in US get temporary legal status from Biden administration

The Biden administration is giving temporary legal status to Afghan migrants who have already been living in the country for a little over a year

Afghans who recently arrived in US get temporary legal status from Biden administration
News|Political|World

Germany considering short-term migration border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic

A government official says that Germany is considering establishing short-term border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic to keep irregular migrants from entering the country

Germany considering short-term migration border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic
News|Political

The Biden administration is expected to keep cap on refugees admitted to the US at 125,000

The Biden administration is expected to keep the cap on refugees admitted to the United States at 125,000 for the next fiscal year, which begins Sunday

The Biden administration is expected to keep cap on refugees admitted to the US at 125,000
Business|News|World

Shelters for migrants are filling up across Germany as attitudes toward the newcomers harden

Officials across Germany are sounding the alarm that they are no longer able to accommodate migrants who are applying for asylum

Shelters for migrants are filling up across Germany as attitudes toward the newcomers harden
News|Political|World

Over half of Nagorno-Karabakh's population flees as the separatist government says it will dissolve

The separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh says it will dissolve itself and the unrecognized republic will cease to exist by the end of the year

Over half of Nagorno-Karabakh's population flees as the separatist government says it will dissolve
News|Political|World

Why this week's mass exodus from embattled Nagorno-Karabakh reflects decades of animosity

The exodus of more than 78,000 ethnic Armenians this week from Nagorno-Karabakh in the southern Caucasus Mountains has been a vivid and shocking tableau of fear and misery

Why this week's mass exodus from embattled Nagorno-Karabakh reflects decades of animosity
Business|News|Political|World

More than 80% of Nagorno-Karabakh's population flees as future uncertain for those who remain

Armenian officials say more than 80% of Nagorno-Karabakh's original population have fled the ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan for neighboring Armenia

More than 80% of Nagorno-Karabakh's population flees as future uncertain for those who remain
News|Political

More refugees to come from Latin America, Caribbean under Biden's new 125,000 refugee cap

As the number of migrants coming to the U.S.’s southern border is climbing, the Biden administration aims to admit more refugees from Latin America and the Caribbean over the next year

More refugees to come from Latin America, Caribbean under Biden's new 125,000 refugee cap
Business|News

Chicago is keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents

As Chicago struggles to house asylum-seekers, the city is using a shuttle bus center at O’Hare International Airport

Chicago is keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents
News|Political|World

Azerbaijan moves to reaffirm control of Nagorno-Karabakh as the Armenian exodus slows to a trickle

The last bus carrying ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh has left the region, completing a weeklong, grueling exodus in which more than 80% of its residents have fled after Azerbaijan reclaimed the area in a lightning military operation last month

Azerbaijan moves to reaffirm control of Nagorno-Karabakh as the Armenian exodus slows to a trickle
World

UN migration chief voices concern over Mediterranean deaths, pledges new solutions

The new head of the UN migration agency on Monday voiced concern that the deaths of migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean were being "normalised" and vowed to work with

UN migration chief voices concern over Mediterranean deaths, pledges new solutions
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Western countries want a UN team created to monitor rights violations and abuses in Sudan

Four Western countries have floated a proposal for the United Nations' top human rights body to appoint a team of experts to monitor and report on abuses and rights violations in war-wracked Sudan

Western countries want a UN team created to monitor rights violations and abuses in Sudan
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Amnesty International asks Pakistan to keep hosting Afghans as their expulsion may put them at risk

Amnesty International is urging Pakistan to maintain its support for Afghan refugees by enabling them to live with dignity and be free from the fear of deportation to Afghanistan where they face persecution by the Taliban

Amnesty International asks Pakistan to keep hosting Afghans as their expulsion may put them at risk
World

US resumes food aid to refugees in Ethiopia

The United States is resuming food aid to refugees in Ethiopia after assistance was paused earlier this year because donations were being diverted, a senior U.S.

US resumes food aid to refugees in Ethiopia
World

US condemns Myanmar refugee camp strike, calls it 'military attack'

The United States on Tuesday condemned what it called a reported "military attack" in Myanmar on a refugee camp that led to the killing of several civilians.

US condemns Myanmar refugee camp strike, calls it 'military attack'
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The AP Interview: EU President Michel warns about spillover of Israel-Hamas war into Europe

European Union leader Charles Michel has warned in The AP Interview that the Israel-Hamas war could create a surge in refugees heading for Europe, raising the risk of spurring on anti-migrant forces, deepening divisions and inflaming tensions between supporters of Israel and the Palestinians

The AP Interview: EU President Michel warns about spillover of Israel-Hamas war into Europe
News|Political|World

Azerbaijanis who fled a separatist region decades ago ache to return, but it could be a long wait

The sudden capitulation of ethnic Armenian forces in a separatist region of Azerbaijan raises hopes for the return of thousands of people who fled the territory decades ago

Azerbaijanis who fled a separatist region decades ago ache to return, but it could be a long wait

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