In recent days there have been more than 3,500 unaccompanied teens and children stranded in steel-and-concrete detention cells designed for adults, waiting for shelter beds to open up, the latest Department of Homeland Security figures show. The minors are spending an average of 108 hours in Border Patrol stations before […]
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French official accuses Paris police of “shocking” tactics in violent clearing of migrant camp
Paris — France’s interior minister has called some of the images posted online of police clearing an illegal migrant camp in central Paris on Monday night “shocking.” Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has promised an investigation into accusations that officers were heavy-handed, tipping over tents, chasing people down streets and hitting protesters […]
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Dia de Muertos altar tours DC, honoring migrant dead
A Día de los Muertos altar mounted on a parade float made its way through Washington, D.C., on Election Day, providing a rolling reminder of the children who’ve died trying to make it into the United States, or in custody of U.S. immigration authorities. The float will feature an altar […]
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Relatives of migrant family who drowned in Channel say they begged them not to attempt crossing
It was thought that there had been 19 people on board. However, a source close to the investigation said: “We believe the true number to be up to 22 people, meaning the death toll could be seven.” Farhad Shekari, 28, also from Sardasht, said he had also tried to talk […]
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Britain presses France to halt ‘unacceptable’ migrant crossings
A British minister on Tuesday pressed France to intensify efforts to halt the “completely unacceptable” numbers of migrants crossing the English Channel in often unseaworthy small boats. Immigration Minister Chris Philp met French officials in Paris as concern grows in London over the numbers of migrants entering British waters from […]