Tag: immigrants

Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 18:40 UTC
Trump ignores his cabinet and insists the citizenship question will be included in the census

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was moving ahead with adding a contentious citizenship question to the 2020 US census in a dramatic reversal after his own administration including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced a day earlier that the plan had been dropped.
Tuesday, July 2nd 2019 - 09:03 UTC
El Salvador president admits his country's responsibility for the migration wave and the drowning of a father and toddler

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said his country bears responsibility for the recent drowning deaths of a father and his toddler daughter who had been attempting to cross into the United States, saying that security and economic hardships he inherited are driving people to make the perilous journey.
Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 21:59 UTC
“Massive humanitarian implications:” Venezuelan exodus reaches 3.4 million

The larges exodus in Latin America’s history just got larger, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said. UN agencies sounded the alarm on Friday over the humanitarian needs after the number of refugees and migrants from Venezuela reached 3.4 million people.
Wednesday, December 26th 2018 - 09:03 UTC
Busy Christmas: UK rescues illegal immigrants in the English Channel

Forty migrants, including two children, have been rescued from boats in five separate incidents on Christmas Day in the English Channel. Lifeboats and a coastguard helicopter intercepted a boat carrying 12 people and a child off the coast of Deal, Kent, at about 04:30 GMT. And a girl was one of eight who arrived in Folkestone at about 02:40 GMT.
Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 07:34 UTC
Far right party wins seats in Andalusia: first time since the death of Franco in 1975

A far-right party has won seats in a Spanish regional election for the first time since the country's military dictatorship ended in 1975. The Vox party took 12 parliamentary seats in Andalusia on Sunday, beating expectations that it would win five.
Thursday, August 30th 2018 - 09:11 UTC
Emergency in Brazil: 700/800 Venezuelans cross the border daily, claims Temer

The Brazilian government may restrict entrance of Venezuelans at the border in the remote northwestern state of Roraima, President Michel Temer said on Wednesday, after a flood of migrants has strained local services and sparked violence with residents.
Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 08:30 UTC
Exodus of Venezuelan migrants comparable to “Mediterranean refugees” events, says UN office

The exodus of migrants from Venezuela is building towards a “crisis moment” comparable to events involving refugees in the Mediterranean, the United Nations migration agency said.
Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 08:08 UTC
Most immigrants to US now come from China and India displacing Mexico

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau, indicate that China and India have replaced Mexico as the top countries sending immigrants to the United States. Although people from Latin America still dominate the population of legal and undocumented immigrants in the U.S., it is now China and India that send more immigrants to the United States, the data said.
Monday, October 31st 2011 - 19:33 UTC
Brazil is again a country of immigrants: two million expats returned in five years

Millions of foreigners have moved into Brazil attracted by the economic expansion of recent years, while the number of Brazilians leaving the country has dropped dramatically, according to official data released last week.
Saturday, June 25th 2011 - 07:35 UTC
Europe tightens borders to block the influx of immigrants

European Union leaders agreed Friday to tighten migration safeguards, including potentially reintroducing border controls between states, in a controversial response to an influx of migrants fleeing North Africa's upheaval.