Migrants wishing to reach the US try more risky routes after Mexico implements stricter border checks on pressure from the Washington.
The sailboat Alex, carrying 41 migrants, declined a Maltese offer to go to Malta, as the Mediterranea NGO operating it said such a long journey would have been dangerous for the people aboard.
A senior Mexican official says that three weeks ago, about 4,200 migrants were arriving at the US border daily. That number has now dropped to about 2,600.
The country deployed 1,000 immigration agents in the north and south of Mexico amid heightened pressure from the US to reduce the surge of mostly Central American migrants through its territory
Meanwhile, Mexico's Congress grills Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, demands more details on what exactly he agreed to in the last-minute deal brokered a week ago to dodge Trump's threat to impose tariffs on Mexican goods.
US President Trump proposes overhauling immigration system to favour young, educated, English-speaking applicants instead of people with family ties to Americans, a plan that faces an uphill battle in Congress.
A former fisherman in Tunisia's coastal town of Zarzis has been burying migrants who die in the Mediterranean while searching for a better life in Europe. A one-man mission to give rest to the hundreds of people forgotten at sea.
The victim couldn’t cope with constant bullying at school and her family seeks justice at a time when hate crimes against Muslims are on the rise worldwide.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Colombian President Ivan Duque have visited a migrant shelter hosting Venezuelans in the border town of Cucuta.
Sanctuary cities are local jurisdictions that refrain from cooperating with federal immigration authorities and detain undocumented immigrants for possible deportation.
Security forces held 3,099 irregular migrants across Turkey as the country has been main route for refugees trying to cross to Europe, especially since beginning of war in Syria.
Some refugees in Belgium rely on charity-run hostels to survive as the country plans to reduce illegal migration.
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