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Migrants mount court challenge to UK-Rwanda deportation plan

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

Several asylum-seekers and refugee groups have begun a court challenge to the British government's plan to send hundreds of migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda.

3,000 migrants begin protest walk through Mexico after detention center fire

By Edgar H. Clemente, Associated Press

Around 3,000 migrants set out Sunday on what they call a mass protest procession through southern Mexico to demand the end of detention centers like the one that caught fire last month, killing 40 migrants.

Biden says he’s expanding health care access for Dreamers

By Zeke Miller, Amanda Seitz, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

President Joe Biden says his administration is expanding eligibility for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges to hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

Mexican immigration agency chief to be charged in fire that killed 40 migrants

By Fabiola Sanchez, Sonia Pérez D., María Verza, Associated Press

Mexico's top immigration official will face criminal charges in a fire that killed 40 migrants last month.

Mexico investigates 8 employees for misconduct over deadly fire at migrant facility

By Fabiola Sanchez, Morgan Lee, Associated Press

Mexican authorities say eight employees or officials are being investigated for possible misconduct at a migrant detention center where a fire killed 39 detained men.

39 dead in fire at Mexico immigration detention center

By María Verza, Associated Press

Migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico, starting a fire that left 39 dead, the president said Tuesday following one of the the deadliest incidents ever at an immigration lockup in the country.

Evidence of crimes against humanity in Libya, experts say

By Jamey Keaten, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

The investigators commissioned by the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council also faulted the European Union for sending support to Libyan forces that they say contributed to crimes against migrants and Libyans.

How Biden and Trudeau’s border deal affects asylum-seekers entering Canada

By Amna Nawaz, Saher Khan

President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have announced a northern border deal to address the growing number of migrants crossing from the U.S. into Canada. The deal allows Canada to turn away asylum-seekers at unofficial entry points…

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Activists accuses Italy of slow response that led to migrant deaths at sea

By Colleen Barry, Associated Press

MILAN (AP) — An activist network that supports rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea is accusing Italy of failing to offer timely assistance to a smugglers’ boat in distress, resulting in a deadly shipwreck that left at least 30 migrants…

8 found dead after migrant smuggling boat capsizes off San Diego coast

By Elliot Spagat, Gregory Bull, Associated Press

Eight people were killed when two migrant smuggling boats approached a San Diego beach amid heavy fog and one capsized in the surf, authorities said Sunday, calling it one of the deadliest human smuggling operations ever in the U.S.