Migrant Crisis
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‘This is a human heartbreak’: Biden scrambling amid migrant surge at U.S.-Mexico borderThere were 18,945 family members and 9,297 unaccompanied children encountered in February — an increase of 168% and 63%, respectively, from the month before.WorldMar 20
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Thousands of migrants seek to enter Greece despite sealed borderMany of those hoping to enter Greece were trying their luck by wading or rowing across the Evros River that runs along most of the length of the Turkish frontier.WorldMar 3, 2020
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Canada calls for worldwide help for Venezuela to ‘return to democracy’Canada is hosting the gathering of foreign ministers today from the coalition of Western Hemisphere countries who are trying to solve the Venezuela crisis.WorldFeb 20, 2020
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Venezuelan elections key to ending political crisis, Colombian envoy to Canada saysFrederico Hoyos, Colombia's ambassador to Canada, is calling on the Lima Group to make a renewed push for a new presidential election in Venezuela, one that he says would likely end in the defeat of the country's dictator president, Nicolas Maduro.WorldFeb 19, 2020
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At least 138 killed after being deported from U.S. to El Salvador, report saysThe majority of the deaths, which were documented in a report by Human Rights Watch, occurred less than a year after the deportees returned to El Salvador; some where within days.WorldFeb 5, 2020
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Greece to build floating border barrier in bid to stop migrantsA resurgence in the number of migrants and refugees arriving by sea to Lesbos and other eastern Greek islands has caused severe overcrowding at refugee camps.WorldJan 29, 2020
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Cuban man dies in custody at Louisiana ICE jail: officialsU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Wednesday that 43-year-old Roylan Hernandez Diaz was found unresponsive Tuesday afternoon inside his cell at the Richwood Correctional Center.WorldOct 16, 2019
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U.S. Homeland Security secretary defends conditions at migrant detention centresHe said everyone in the chain of command is worried about the situation of children detained at the border. He said that on June 1, his department had 2,500 children in custody, including 1,200 who had been there for more than three days.WorldJul 7, 2019
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71M migrants forcibly displaced in 2018, and many still searching for asylum: UNAs their choices narrow on land and at sea, migrants are often seen as a political headache in the countries they hope to reach and ignored in the countries they flee.WorldJul 6, 2019
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Why tensions are heating up in the U.S. migrant crisis, once againAmid ongoing criticism of the Trump administration, migrants are coming to the U.S. in record numbers.WorldJul 2, 2019
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