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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 - 6 days ago -
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 - 3 days ago -
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 - 3 days ago -
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 - 3 days ago -
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 - 3 days ago -
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Italy sends the first ship with migrants to Albania as rights groups warn of a dangerous precedent
Italy is transferring the first group of migrants to Albania as part of a contentious plan to process thousands of asylum-seekers outside its bordersWorld - ABC News - October 14 -
Von der Leyen to ask EU leaders to explore using ‘return hubs’ for migrants
European Commission president cites Italy-Albania deal as possible model for reducing irregular arrivals to Europe. The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for an ...World - The Guardian - October 15 -
First Italian navy ship with 16 intercepted migrants docks at an Albanian port to process their asylum request
First Italian navy ship with 16 intercepted migrants docks at an Albanian port to process their asylum requestWorld - ABC News - October 16 -
Italian ship transfers 16 intercepted migrants to Albania in a first under their new migration plan
An Italian navy ship docked at the Albanian port of Shengjin to bring the first group of 16 migrants intercepted in international watersWorld - ABC News - October 16 -
One person dies and 2 are missing after a boat with 100 migrants sinks near Greece
The coast guard in Greece says at least one man has died and another two are missing after a wooden boat carrying 100 migrants sank south of the small southern Greek island of GavdosWorld - ABC News - October 16 -
The Taliban say they are investigating reports of Afghan casualties on the Iran border
The Taliban say they are investigating reports of Afghan casualties on the Iran borderWorld - ABC News - October 17 -
Baby dies, 65 people rescued as migrant boat sinks during Channel crossing attempt
French maritime authorities say a baby died and 65 people had to be rescued when a migrant boat sank while attempting to cross the English Channel toward BritainWorld - ABC News - October 18
