Tag: Migrants crisis

• Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 07:46 UTC

  Duque says Colombia willing to sort out together with Panama the crisis of migrants trying to reach the US or Canada

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque has called on Panama's authorities to find a negotiated solution to the crisis of migrants stranded at the border on their way to the United States.

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 09:38 UTC

  Mexican deportation of foreigners increased 33% in June; “great job”, says Trump

  

  Mexico deported 33% more foreigners month-on-month in June, officials announced on Thursday, after the country agreed to take “unprecedented” steps to reduce migration in order to avoid US President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 13:03 UTC

  Peru receives 395,000 applications from Venezuelan citizens to stay, work and study

  

  Around 395,000 Venezuelans have applied for a Temporary Stay Permit (PTP) in Peru, National Migration Superintendent Roxana del Aguila announced Monday.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2018 - 06:06 UTC

  Italy rejects Brussels plan to pay Euro 6.000 for each migrant saved at sea

  

  “We don't want money, we want dignity”, was the reply of Italian Minister of Interior Matteo Salvini to the European Commission proposal for EU member states be paid 6,000 Euro to accept and deal with each migrant saved at sea in the Mediterranean as they attempt to reach the European Union.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2018 - 07:15 UTC

  Spain receives hundreds of rescued migrants but warns they will be dealt “according to our laws”

  

  Hundreds of migrants were rescued by Spanish authorities in the Strait of Gibraltar in recent days, with authorities in Tarifa having to equip a municipal gym to accommodate them once on land. With reception centres increasingly under strain, Tarifa’s municipal authorities, working alongside the Guardia Civil, the police, the Red Cross and the Spanish maritime rescue service, have again stepped up to give the migrants shelter and ensure their basic needs are met.

• Monday, June 11th 2018 - 19:33 UTC

  Spain accepts rescue boat with stranded migrants in the Mediterranean

  

  Spain will welcome a ship with 629 migrants aboard after Italy and Malta refused to let the vessel dock in their ports. The migrants were saved by the French charity SOS Mediterranee on Saturday and were stranded in the Mediterranean Sea when Matteo Salvini, the new Italian interior minister, reportedly refused to allow the vessel to dock at Italian ports.