Migrant Crisis
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41 migrants feared dead as boat capsizes off the coast of ItalyCalls poured in for Europe to develop safe and legal pathways of migration to prevent future deaths. Thousands of migrants have already made the dangerous journey this year.WorldAug 10, 2023
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End criminalization of undocumented migrants, UN envoy urgesThe Migrant Rights Network, a migrant-led advocacy coalition based in Canada, welcomed the call by Felipe González Morales, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants.CanadaJun 30, 2023
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Hundreds of migrants have already died in 2023 crossing Mediterranean to Europe: UNThe alert comes just a day after Italy announced a state of emergency due to the "sharp rise" in migrant journeys across the Mediterranean.WorldApr 12, 2023
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‘Roxham Road! 60 dollars!’: Here’s how asylum seekers cross irregularly into CanadaIn December, a total of 4,689 migrants entered the country through Quebec's Roxham Road — more than all would-be refugees who arrived in Canada in 2021.CanadaFeb 12, 2023
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Syrian man found dead near Poland-Belarus border amid political standoffPolish police said the body of a Syrian man about 20 years old was found near the village of Wolka Terechowska.PoliticsNov 13, 2021
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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, 2021
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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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