Joe Biden official tells Honduran migrant caravan to stop heading to the U.S.

A Joe Biden official has told the Honduran migrant caravan heading to the United States to stop their journey because ‘things at the border won’t change overnight’.    Guatemalan security forces on Sunday used sticks and tear gas to beat back the group just days before the advent of a new U.S. administration, which urged travelers to … Read more

Honduran migrant caravan 1,000 strong demands that Biden match his rhetoric about refugees

A caravan of Honduran migrants is approaching the U.S. border ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration, creating the first major test of Biden’s plan to reverse many of Donald Trump’s immigration policies. The group of migrants was originally anywhere between 2,000 and 4,000 strong, although their numbers have dwindled as the march towards the United States … Read more

Honduran migrant caravan 1,000 strong demands that Biden match his rhetoric about refugees

A caravan of Honduran migrants is approaching the U.S. border ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration, creating the first major test of Biden’s plan to reverse many of Donald Trump’s immigration policies. The group of migrants was originally anywhere between 2,000 and 4,000 strong, although their numbers have dwindled as the march towards the United States … Read more

Up to 40 asylum seekers living at UK’s first migrant camp at Kent Army barracks go on hunger strike

Up to 40 asylum seekers living at Britain’s first migrant camp in Kent today went on hunger strike and are sleeping outdoors in protest at conditions inside. Many migrants gathered outside the barbed wire-topped fence at Napier Barracks in Folkestone at around 1pm chanting ‘freedom!’ and waving banners.  There have been reports of suicide attempts within … Read more

US border agents rescue a Mexican migrant, 25, after he was found hanging from wall in California 

US border agents rescue a Mexican migrant, 25, after he was found hanging from wall that juts out into the ocean in California Mexican man, 25, got stuck while scaling border wall in California on Tuesday   Patrollers found him suspended on section which extends into Pacific Ocean  Mexican authorities helped free him and US Customs … Read more

US border agents rescue a Mexican migrant, 25, after he was found hanging from wall in California 

US border agents rescue a Mexican migrant, 25, after he was found hanging from wall that juts out into the ocean in California Mexican man, 25, got stuck while scaling border wall in California on Tuesday   Patrollers found him suspended on section which extends into Pacific Ocean  Mexican authorities helped free him and US Customs … Read more

Ethiopian migrant is ‘hammered to death by farm worker in Italy’

Ethiopian woman who became a symbol of integration in Italy is ‘hammered to death and raped by a Ghanaian worker at her Alpine goat farm Agitu Ideo Gudeta built a thriving cheese business in Italy after fleeing Ethiopia She was seen as a success story at a time of political controversy over migration  Her Ghanaian … Read more

UK and France sign agreement to curb migrant crossings

Britain and France have signed an historic agreement to tackle the number of migrants crossing the English Channel each year. Home Secretary Priti Patel and her French counterpart Gerald Darmanin said they wanted to make the route unviable after more than 8,000 migrants crossed this year.   They agreed to double the number of French police … Read more

Lorry driver accused of 39 migrant deaths says he did not know he was part of people smuggling ring

A lorry driver accused of being a member of a people-smuggling ring linked to the deaths of 39 migrants has told jurors he only agreed to move cigarettes ‘for a bit of extra cash’. Christopher Kennedy, 24, of Keady, County Armagh, allegedly picked up two trailer-loads of people from Purfleet in Essex, transported from Zeebrugge in … Read more

French police forcibly clear huge Paris migrant camp where more than 2,000 people lived in tents

French police forcibly clear huge Paris migrant camp where more than 2,000 people lived shoulder-to-shoulder in tents under motorway overpass Migrants, most them men from Middle East and Africa, set fire to their camp under the A1 in Saint-Denis Riot police were dispatched to prepare the migrants ahead of removal by 70 buses this morning … Read more