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Bill Gates criticises Budget cut to overseas aid
Hidden in the Budget was a decision not to renew a Tory-era £2.5bn top-up to the UK's overseas aid budget.Top stories - BBC News - October 31 -
FEMA grants NC's request for aid extension into January
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) granted a request from the state of North Carolina that will extend its deadline to apply for federal hurricane relief into January. FEMA announced ...Politics - The Hill - October 31 -
People Are Hooked on Costco Hearing Aids, and This Is Why
Devoted customers come for the free hearing aid cleanings and leave with full carts.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - 6 days ago -
The U.S. election is a make-or-break moment for aid to Ukraine
Ukrainian officials are likely watching U.S. polls with more than a touch of nervousness this week, as the vote remains too close to call.Business - CNBC - 3 days ago -
Starmer picks Blair aide Powell as security adviser
Jonathan Powell will replace Sir Tim Barrow, who has held the role since September 2022.Top stories - BBC News - 12 hours ago -
People Are Hooked on Costco Hearing Aids, and This Is Why
Devoted customers come for the free hearing aid cleanings and leave with full carts.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - 6 days ago -
Italy Sends Boat to Albania With Migrants Who Were Bound for Italian Shores
The plan was heralded by the Italian government as an innovative model to manage and deter immigration, and criticized by human rights groups.World - The New York Times - October 15 -
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Albania says only Italy is allowed to operate migrant asylum centers in the country
Albania’s prime minister says his government turned down many requests from other European Union countries to take in thousands of asylum-seekers but made an exception for ItalyWorld - ABC News - October 15 -
4 people die in a migrant boat accident off a Greek island
Greek authorities say four people, including two children, have died off the island of Kos in an accident involving a migrant smuggling boat crossing from nearby TurkeyWorld - ABC News - October 15 -
Migrant took own life after 'multiple failings' at UK detention centre
The coroner examining the death of Frank Ospina said he had been let down by the state "in numerous ways".Top stories - BBC News - October 16 -
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Poland's president criticizes the planned suspension of the right to asylum as a 'fatal mistake'
Poland’s president has condemned the government’s contentious plan to suspend the right to asylum for irregular migrants, calling it a “fatal mistake.”World - ABC News - October 16 -
Migrants selling fruit and candy in New York's subway are plagued by fear and uncertainty
A migrant woman from Ecuador told NBC News she has to bring her daughter with her to sell fruit on the subway because she has nowhere else to leave her.Top stories - NBC News - October 17 -
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2 still missing from migrant boat that sank south of Greece
Greece's Coast Guard says that rescuers are still searching the Mediterranean Sea near Greece’s southernmost island for two people reported missing when a boat carrying 100 migrants sankWorld - ABC News - October 17 -
A Deadly Detour: Texas policy, heat fuel rise in migrant deaths
Operation Lone Star and extreme heat have transformed a small patch of desert in the suburbs of El Paso into one of the most dangerous stretches of the southern border--with the number of migrant ...Top stories - NBC News - October 17 -
A deadly detour: Migrant deaths spike outside El Paso
First responders and others in New Mexico attribute the rise in the heat-related deaths largely to Texas' Operation Lone Star, which hardened the border in the city's urban core.Politics - NBC News - October 18 -
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GOP pushes false claims about migrant voting: What are the facts?
Top Republicans are laying the groundwork to claim the 2024 election isn’t secure and fair because of noncitizen voting, a theory that has lived in conservative circles since President Biden’s 2020 ...Politics - The Hill - October 18 -
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A court in Italy rejects the outsourced detention of the first migrants sent to Albania
A court in Italy has ruled against the right-wing government’s move to detain 12 migrants at newly opened centers in AlbaniaWorld - ABC News - October 18 -
Italian Judges Strike Down Request to Hold Migrants in Albania
The ruling was a major blow to the conservative government’s plan to have asylum claims heard in Albania instead of Italy.World - The New York Times - October 19 -
Italy faces big setback over migrant camps in Albania
A court in Rome rules that the first 12 migrants sent to Albania should be brought back to Italy.Top stories - BBC News - October 18 -
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The ‘north Cyprus trap’: migrant students lured with false promises
Government in the south condemns people-smuggling into EU from Turkish-occupied zoneWorld - Financial Times - October 20 -
A group of 2,000 migrants in southern Mexico depart for the US weeks before election
A group of about 2,000 migrants has left Mexico’s southern border hoping to reach the country’s north and ultimately the United StatesWorld - ABC News - October 20 -
Chicago to begin shutting down separate migrant shelter system
The city of Chicago will overhaul its migrant response strategy, including by closing its “landing zone” and migrant-only shelters, as it responds to a decline in the number of people arriving to ...Top stories - NBC News - October 22 -
French maritime authorities report 2 migrant deaths in English Channel
French rescue vessels and a passenger ferry have pulled the bodies of three migrants from the English ChannelWorld - ABC News - October 23 -
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EU stays on the sidelines over migrant deal between Italy and Albania
A top European Union official has refused to be drawn on an opinion of an agreement between Italy and Albania to process some migrants in centers set up in the tiny Western Balkan country, saying ...World - ABC News - October 23 -
Trudeau to slash Canada’s migrant numbers in bid to shore up his government
High living and housing costs prompted public backlash to progressive immigration schemesBusiness - Financial Times - October 24 -
Migrant families worry over possible family separations if Trump wins
With the U.S. just days away from an election that could see former President Trump back in office, some undocumented migrants fear family separations.Top stories - CBS News - October 27 -
Smuggler reveals forgery operation used to bring Vietnamese migrants to UK
The UK asylum seeker tells the BBC he cannot justify breaking the law "but it’s a very lucrative business".Top stories - BBC News - October 28 -
How New York City’s Migrant Crisis Became a Potent Campaign Issue
Across New York State, Republican and Democratic candidates are using the city’s migrant crisis to attract voters fearful of its effects on their districts.Top stories - The New York Times - October 28
