Tag: Migration

• Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Pompeo in Mexico praises improved immigration policy at the border

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday thanked his Mexican counterpart for increased immigration enforcement by the country, which he said is leading to fewer migrants entering the United States.

• 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.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  Mexican president denies having ordered troops to detain migrants trying to cross to the United States

  

  Mexico's president vowed on Tuesday to investigate the controversial detention of migrants trying to cross the US border, saying the 15,000 troops he has deployed there have no such orders.

• Monday, April 1st 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Trump cuts aid to Central American countries to stop immigration to the US

  

  United States opposition politicians and aid agencies have questioned a decision by President Donald Trump to cut off aid to three Central American states. Mr. Trump ordered the suspension of aid payments to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to push their governments to stop migration into the US.

• 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.

• Monday, December 31st 2018 - 12:23 UTC

  Venezuela: Maduro regime will be a “facto government” since 2019

  

  Academics of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) debated between December 20 and 26 on the constitutional end of Nicolás Maduro's office term between 2014-2019 and propose three clear lines against the question of the oath of office on the 10th of January. The new period (2019-2025) won't be recognized by the International Community.

• 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.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 14:59 UTC

  Study reveals that 8 million Venezuelans would migrate during 2019

  

  A study carried out by Harvard University economists Dany Bahar and Douglas Barrios reveals that at least 8.2 million Venezuelan citizens would leave during 2019 their country to escape the economic and political crisis that Venezuela is experiencing.

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 13:36 UTC

  Chile flies 175 frustrated Haitian migrants back home

  

  A Chilean Air Force (FACH) airplane took off from Santiago Wednesday with 175 Haitians onboard on their way back home in what some regarded as a “humanitarian flight” and others dubbed a “forced deportation.”

• Thursday, November 1st 2018 - 17:00 UTC

  Venezuelans arriving in Peru as of November 1 to be treated “as tourists”

  

  Venezuelan citizens arriving in Peru from now on are to be considered “tourists,” Migrations Planning Manager Francisco Ríos explained Thursday after the deadline to apply for temporary residence expired on October 31.