US President Donald Trump told US government agencies to prepare to “immediately repel, repatriate, and remove” undocumented immigrants as part of a wider effort to fight what he’s termed an…
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USA: Trump moves to expand ‘fast-track’ deportations
The Trump administration has expanded the process to swiftly deport undocumented immigrants who cannot prove they have lived in the US continuously for two years or more. US border agents…
USA: Cross-border tunnel used to smuggle migrants on US-Mexico border to be sealed
A hidden cross-border tunnel used to smuggle migrants and contraband between the US and Mexico will be sealed, Mexican border officials have said. Running between Ciudad Juarez in Mexico and…
USA: Trump illegal migrant raids to start on day one, US media report
Raids to detain and deport migrants living in the US without permission are set to begin on the first full day of the new Trump administration, US media report. The…
Morocco: Nearly 70 killed after boat capsizes en route to Spain
At least 69 people, including 25 Malians, died after a boat heading from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands capsized off Morocco, Malian authorities have said. The makeshift boat was…
USA: Trump’s ‘border tsar’ vows to cut funding to ‘sanctuary’ states
Donald Trump’s incoming “border tsar”, Tom Homan, has vowed to slash federal funding to states that do not cooperate with the administration’s promises of mass deportations of undocumented migrants. Several…
Italy: Deputy PM Salvini cleared in kidnap trial of migrants blocked at sea
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has been acquitted in a long-running case over his refusal to let a migrant rescue boat dock in Italy in 2019. Judges in the…
Sierra Leone: Eleven year old girl rescued in the Mediterranean after three days clinging to tyre tubes
An 11-year-old girl has been rescued after clinging to inner tubes for three days in stormy weather in the Mediterranean. Rescuers from non-governmental organisation Compass Collective said they were on…
Germany: Authorities to tighten people-smuggling law in UK deal
Germany will tighten its law to make it easier to prosecute those helping to smuggle migrants to the UK, as part of a new plan agreed between the two countries.…