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A rescue boat is seen in Audresselles

World Apr 23

Hours after UK approved deportation bill, 5 migrants die attempting to cross English Channel

By Associated Press

World Mar 27

Family members hold pictures of their missing relatives during a protest in Tunis
Project documents more than 63,000 migrant deaths a decade, immense danger of fleeing home

Despite the rise of border walls and heightened surveillance worldwide, smugglers always seem to find lucrative alternatives, leading migrants and refugees on longer and more perilous routes.

By Renata Brito, Kerstin Sopke, Associated Press

Nation Mar 06

FILE PHOTO: Early summer storm clouds gather over U.S. Federal Reserve Building before evening thunderstorm in Washington
Watch 4:03
News Wrap: Fed chair says interest rates could be cut this year

In our news wrap Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says interest rates could be cut this year if inflation keeps falling, Alabama lawmakers moved to shield IVF providers, politicians in Haiti try to form a new governing coalition, a…

Nation Jan 14

Tension at the U.S.-Mexico border amid migrant surge
Texas blocked border agents attempting to save 3 migrants who drowned, U.S. officials say

The U.S. Homeland Security Department said Saturday that Texas denied federal agents access to a stretch of border when they were trying to rescue three migrants who drowned.

By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press

World Oct 06

Bus carrying migrants in Mexico crashes near Tepelmeme Villa de Morelos
Southern Mexico bus crash kills at least 16 migrants, injures dozens

Authorities say least 16 migrants from Venezuela and Haiti died early Friday in a bus crash in southern Mexico, the latest in a series of migrant deaths in Mexico amid a surge in migrants traveling toward the U.S. border.

By Associated Press

May 21

Child who died in Border Patrol custody ‘begged’ for medical help, her mother says

By Associated Press

An 8-year-old girl who died last week in Border Patrol custody was seen at least three separate times by medical personnel on the day of her death before she was taken to a hospital, U.S. immigration officials said Sunday.

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Jun 28

51 people dead from Texas heat after being left in abandoned trailer

By Elliot Spagat, Terry Wallace, Associated Press

Desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America frantically sought word of their loved ones as authorities began the grim task of identifying 51 people who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer without air conditioning.

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Jul 12

More migrant deaths recorded in heat along Arizona border

By Anita Snow, Associated Press

The bodies of an unusually large number of migrants who died in Arizona's borderlands are being recovered this summer amid record temperatures. The nonprofit group Humane Borders maps the discoveries with data from the medical examiner in Tucson.

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Dec 24

Watch 3:48
News Wrap: California becomes first state to surpass 2 million COVID infections

In our news wrap Thursday, the COVID-19 death toll topped 327,000 as California becomes the first state to surpass 2 million infections, a powerful winter storm barrels toward the East Coast, Ethiopian forces killed 42 armed men accused of massacring…

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Oct 23

Watch 2:49
News Wrap: British police discover 39 bodies in truck cargo container

In our news wrap Wednesday, British police discovered 39 bodies in a truck cargo container. Authorities say they believe it came from Belgium as part of a human-trafficking operation, and the truck driver has been arrested. Also, mass demonstrations in…

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