Tag: Migration

Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:39 UTC
International community concerned over xenophobia in Chile

The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) Saturday asked the Chilean Government to guarantee and protect the rights of migrant children, following violent incidents involving foreign citizens in the city port Iquique, which has been flocked by undocumented migrants.
Thursday, September 23rd 2021 - 23:14 UTC
Foreign offenders expelled from Chile as deportation of irregular migrants set to resume

Chilean migration authorities Thursday expelled 49 migrants who were found guilty of human trafficking in addition to carrying weapons illegally, the Department of Migration and International Police of Tarapacá reported.
Monday, September 20th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
UK and France coordinate efforts to stop irregular migrants crossing the Channel

The United Kingdom and France will deploy more police and invest in detection technology on the French coast to try to stop boats carrying irregular migrants from reaching British shores.
Sunday, August 8th 2021 - 13:02 UTC
Migration crisis in Ecuadorian border town: Clandestine crossings and lack of government support

By Sebastián Astorga (*) – A border town divided between two countries, where before the Covid-19 pandemic people passed through without custom controls, is now divided by fences on the two bridges that cross from Ecuador to Peru in its vicinity, cutting off almost completely the only commercial activity on which it survived and further burdening the situation of the more than ten thousand migrants who are passing through, many of them on foot.
Friday, June 18th 2021 - 09:52 UTC
Brazilians flock into Portugal for the fourth straight year

The arrival of Brazilian migrants into Portugal has reached new levels for the fourth consecutive year even despite the coronavirus pandemic restrictions.
Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 09:48 UTC
UN concerned over deportation of 56 Venezuelan migrants from Chile

The United Nations (UN) Tuesday voiced their concern about Sunday's deportation of 56 Venezuelan migrants from Chile despite legal actions taken against such a measure.
Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 08:30 UTC
Kamala Harris tackles migration on Guatemala, Mexico tour

US Vice President Kamala Harris rounded up her first official foreign mission in Mexico City by underlining the need to tackle the “root causes” of migration as crowds at the southwestern border grow by the hour.
Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:57 UTC
Amnesty International against deportation of migrants in Chile

Amnesty International's office in Chile Tuesday “repudiated” the wave of arrests and deportations of migrants after the enactment of the new immigration law promoted by the administration of President Sebastián Piñera, it was announced.
Monday, April 12th 2021 - 10:40 UTC
Chile has new immigration law after eight years in Congress

Chile's President Sebastán Piñera Sunday signed into law the new migration law which spent eight years in Congress before being passed.
Tuesday, March 9th 2021 - 09:51 UTC
Biden granting temporary protection status to Venezuelans in US, and in no rush to lift sanctions on Maduro's regime

The Joe Biden’s administration is granting temporary protected status to Venezuelans living in the United States and is also working to coordinate international pressure against president Nicolas Maduro to hold free and fair elections, senior U.S. officials said on Monday.