Tag: Migration

• Tuesday, August 4th 2026 - 23:23 UTC

  Ceuta alerts security forces over social media calls for August 15

  

  The government of Ceuta has referred to the competent authorities messages circulating on Moroccan social media that call for a fresh attempt at irregular entry into the Spanish enclave on August 15, five days after a migration crisis that left dozens dead.

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• Monday, August 3rd 2026 - 07:20 UTC

  Conflicting accounts over whether Spanish intelligence warned of mass entry into Ceuta

  

  Spanish intelligence services concluded that Morocco did not plan last Thursday's mass entry of people into Ceuta, although it allowed the crossings and drew political benefit from the international attention, according to sources cited by El País. Other reporting contradicts that account on a key point: whether the government was warned in advance.

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• Friday, July 31st 2026 - 18:29 UTC

  Italy and France tighten borders with Spain after 50,000 enter Ceuta

  

  Italy ordered the reintroduction of border checks at its ports and airports with Spain on Friday, and France announced it would increase fivefold the officers deployed at its land border from Saturday, after tens of thousands of people entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta irregularly from Morocco.

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• Thursday, July 30th 2026 - 15:11 UTC

  Falklands suspend new permanent residence applications for up to 12 months

  

  The Falkland Islands Executive Council has approved a temporary suspension of new applications for Permanent Residence Permits (PRP) for a period of up to 12 months, while a full review of the system is carried out, the Legislative Assembly said in a public statement on Thursday.

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• Wednesday, July 29th 2026 - 22:54 UTC

  US seeks Uruguay as destination for deported migrants; Montevideo stops short of confirming deal

  

  The United States government has been negotiating with Uruguay for months over the possibility that the South American country receive deported migrants, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. Uruguay's foreign ministry confirmed that talks are underway but said nothing has been settled and that the discussions are not limited to Cuban nationals.

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• Sunday, July 19th 2026 - 23:00 UTC

  ICE kills a Colombian and a Mexican in operations where they weren't the target, officials say

  

  Two Latin American migrants were shot dead by agents of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within a week, in operations in which, as federal authorities and lawmakers acknowledged, neither was the intended target. The deaths revived protests and calls for accountability over President Donald Trump's immigration policy.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2026 - 13:46 UTC

  Zero net migration would shrink UK GDP by 15% by 2060, Oxford Economics warns

  

  A long-term scenario of zero net migration would reduce the United Kingdom's economy by 15% by 2060 and limit GDP growth to an annual average of 0.9%, according to a report published on Wednesday by consultancy Oxford Economics. The study, which examines the impact of migration on British GDP and public finances, comes amid intense political polarisation over immigration controls.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2026 - 18:17 UTC

  Paraguay attracts record foreigners with low taxes and new investor residency program

  

  Foreign residency applications in Paraguay surged 85% in the first quarter of 2026, reaching 18,071 compared to 9,760 in the same period of 2025, the National Migration Directorate reported. Temporary residency requests jumped 105% to 14,995, while permanent residency applications rose 25% to 3,076.

• Monday, April 20th 2026 - 18:02 UTC

  Irregular Venezuelans in Chile want to leave but can't: no papers, no consulate, no return mechanism

  

  As President José Antonio Kast's government ramps up its campaign against irregular immigration with deportation flights and promises of mass expulsions, thousands of undocumented Venezuelans in Chile face a paradox: they want to leave but cannot do so legally. Without valid passports, without Venezuelan consular services in the country and without a formal voluntary return mechanism, they are trapped between a government that does not want them and a homeland they cannot reach.

• Friday, April 17th 2026 - 11:06 UTC

  Chile launches deportation flights under Kast with 40 migrants expelled to Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia

  

  The government of Chilean President José Antonio Kast carried out its first deportation flight of irregular migrants on Thursday, expelling 40 people on a Chilean Air Force (FACh) Boeing 737 that made stops in Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia. The 19 Colombians, the last group to disembark, arrived in Bogotá shortly after 8:00 p.m. local time. The 17 Bolivians and four Ecuadorians were dropped off previously in La Paz and Guayaquil, respectively. Each deportee traveled accompanied by an officer from Chile's Investigative Police (PDI).