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Pope urges compassion toward migrants in Lesbos, but doesn't openly condemn Greek pushback

By Malcolm Brabant

During a multi-day trip to the Eastern Mediterranean, Pope Francis on Sunday returned to the Greek island of Lesbos, which he first visited five years ago. As special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports, the pope highlighted the plight of asylum seekers…

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U.S. official in Haiti apologizes for treatment of migrants

By Evens Sanon, Associated Press

The comments Friday from Juan Gonzalez, the U.S. National Security Council's senior director for the Western Hemisphere, came during a two-day official visit to Haiti to talk with local leaders about migration and other issues.

WATCH: DHS secretary says all migrants are gone from Texas border camp

By María Verza, Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press

DHS Secretary Mayorkas said the U.S. has allowed about 12,400 to enter the country, at least temporarily, while they make claims before an immigration judge to stay in the country.

Haitians see history of racist policies in migrant treatment

By Aaron Morrison, Astrid Galvan, Jasen Lo, Associated Press

The images — men on horseback with long reins, corralling Haitian asylum seekers trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico — provoked an outcry. But Haitian Americans, Black immigrant advocates and civil rights leaders say it's just the latest…

U.N. agencies want access to asylum-seekers stuck at EU border

By Associated Press

The governments of Poland and Lithuania introduced states of emergency that deny entry to certain border areas to anyone except border guards and security services.

'It's a mission': Volunteers treat refugees massing at the border

By Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News

A record number of migrants are making the often long and perilous journey to the border.

U.S. taps groups to pick asylum-seekers to allow into country

By Elliot Spagat, Julie Watson, Associated Press

The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed to stay in the U.S. instead of being rapidly expelled from the country.

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight

By Garance Burke, Juliet Linderman, Martha Mendoza, Associated Press

The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities.

Biden asks high court to put off border wall, asylum cases

By Associated Press

The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to put off arguments over two controversial Trump administration policies that have been challenged in court now that President Joe Biden has taken steps to unwind them.

Aid groups aim to bring health care to migrants on way to U.S.

By Julie Watson, Associated Press

A humanitarian organization led by U.S. military veterans has treated thousands of migrants over the past year at two clinics in a Mexican town across the border from Texas.