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NYC to end debit card program for migrant families
New York City will end a pilot program that gave prepaid debit cards to migrant families to help them buy food. New York City launched the program earlier this year. It allowed migrant families to ...Politics - The Hill - November 8 -
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 -
Trump's win puts migrants on edge
Trump's promises of mass deportation and tougher border policies appealed to many American voters. But his election has also caused fear and uncertainty among migrants desperate to enter the U.S.Top stories - CBS News - November 10 -
Three dead after migrant boat sinks in Channel
Forty-five people have been rescued with a search operation ongoing, maritime authorities said.Top stories - BBC News - October 23 -
Man, 26, dies at UK migrant removal centre
Security firm Serco said a 26-year-old man died at the West Sussex detention facility on Sunday.Top stories - BBC News - October 29 -
A Minnesota Town Transformed by Migrants Fights Political Rancor
Immigration is a divisive issue in this election, but diversity is reviving this particular community.Business - Inc. - October 31 -
How migrant children are using soccer to connect
Immigration is ranked as one of the top issues for voters in the 2024 presidential election. Since spring 2022, New York City has taken in more than 200,000 asylum seekers, primarily families with ...Top stories - CBS News - November 2 -
Migrants stranded on Diego Garcia offered move to UK
Around 60 Tamils struck on the secretive military island are to be brought to the UK.Top stories - BBC News - November 4 -
Migrants anxiously monitoring U.S. election outcome
Immigration is one of the leading issues in the 2024 presidential race. The outcome of the election could dramatically change U.S. border policy, and impact thousands of migrants hoping to enter ...Top stories - CBS News - November 4 -
Fifty-one migrants rescued from Channel
The boat’s engine failed off the coast of northern France overnight on Monday into Tuesday.Top stories - BBC News - November 6 -
Meloni launches renewed effort to detain migrants in Albania
Arrival of asylum seekers from Egypt and Bangladesh will test Italian government’s deal with TiranaBusiness - Financial Times - November 8 -
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Turkish man accused of being major supplier of Channel smuggling boats arrested
The man was held in Amsterdam after an operation by the National Crime Agency and Dutch and Belgian police.Top stories - BBC News - November 14 -
The Middlemen Linking Migrants in the U.S. to Your Shopping Cart
The incoming Trump administration promises an immigration crackdown. But for years, the on-demand economy has been fueled by unscrupulous staffing agencies exploiting migrant workers.Business - The New York Times - Yesterday -
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 -
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 -
Automation comes to farming, raising concerns among migrant workers
"We don't want to be replaced by machines," said one advocate for immigrant farmworkers.Top stories - CBS News - October 28 -
EU considers stepping up engagement with Syria for migrant returns
Also in this newsletter: Why Italy’s anti-migrant government wants to hire Indian nursesWorld - Financial Times - October 31 -
Brazilian police raid criminal group suspected of smuggling migrants to the US
Brazil’s Federal Police have conducted raids in six states targeting a criminal group suspected of smuggling migrants to the United StatesWorld - ABC News - October 31 -
Migrants anxiously monitor U.S. election, fearing Trump win
While Vice President Kamala Harris has promised to keep current limits on asylum, former President Donald Trump has vowed to seal the southern border altogether.Top stories - CBS News - November 5 -
Migrant workers exposed to deadly 45C temperatures in Gulf – report
Research and undercover interviews reveal reality of extreme heat exacerbated by abusive working conditions. . Migrant workers across the Gulf are risking their lives by being forced to work up to ...World - The Guardian - November 5 -
Australian High Court overturns law that forced migrants to wear tracking bracelets
Australia’s highest court has ruled that migrants can’t be forced by law to wear electronic tracking bracelets or to comply with curfewsWorld - ABC News - November 6 -
4 dead in Greece after migrant smuggler allegedly forced passengers overboard
Greece’s coast guard says the bodies of four people have been recovered from the sea just off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of RhodesWorld - ABC News - November 6 -
Biden admin is planning for a possible migrant surge before Trump takes office
The Biden administration is making contingency plans for a possible spike in immigration ahead of a Trump presidency, according to two U.S. officials.Top stories - NBC News - November 6 -
New York City Will Stop Giving Debit Cards to Migrants
Mayor Eric Adams is ending a contentious pilot program that gave 2,600 migrant families debit cards to purchase food.Top stories - The New York Times - November 8 -
What migrants and border officials are saying about Trump's border plans
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to conduct mass deportations of undocumented migrants as part of his immigration overhaul. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez ...Top stories - CBS News - November 7 -
How would Trump’s promise of mass deportations of migrants work?
The mass deportation of undocumented immigrants would face legal and practical challenges - and cost billions.Top stories - BBC News - November 8 -
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Canada braced for migrants as Trump reiterates mass deportation vow
Police say plans in place to deal with rise in border crossings as US president-elect pledges to remove 11m people. Trump says deportation plan has ‘no price tag’ Canada is bracing for a surge ...World - The Guardian - November 8 -
Migrants crossing the Darien heard of Donald Trump’s victory — and picked up the pace
Jesús Chávez, a 34-year-old pastry chef from Venezuela, arrived to a village at Panama’s edge of the Darien jungleWorld - ABC News - November 9 -
Trump’s Election Has Migrants Rethinking Plans to Head to the U.S.
The incoming president has promised the largest deportation effort in U.S. history. Now migrants are weighing a new Trump administration in deciding whether to trek to the United States.World - The New York Times - November 9 -
Italian court rejects Meloni’s migrant camps in Albania for a second time
Judge also asks EU’s top court to weigh in on the legality of the overall programmeWorld - Financial Times - November 11
