Jul 08 UN rights chief ‘appalled’ by conditions in U.S. for migrants By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Monday that children should never be held in immigration detention facilities or separated from their families. Continue reading
Jul 06 From Libya to Texas, tragedies illustrate plight of migrants By Lori Hinnant, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press As 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. Most live in limbo, but recent tragedies have focused… Continue reading
Jul 04 Boat with 86 migrants capsizes off the coast of Tunisia By Maggie Michael, Associated Press The shipwreck late Wednesday off the Tunisian city of Zarzis came a day after a deadly airstrike on a Libyan detention center that killed at least 44 migrants. Continue reading
Jul 02 Government photos show detained migrants pleading for help By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press The report by U.S. government auditors -- who visited facilities in South Texas where migrant adults and children are processed and detained -- offered new cause for alarm. It quotes one senior government manager as calling the situation "a ticking… Continue reading
Jul 02 Rep. Castro shares video of migrants held at border facility By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro said in an interview that he had no second thoughts about taking and sharing the images after officials had asked the lawmakers on a facility tour to leave their cellphones behind. Continue reading
Jul 01 Conditions dire for asylum seekers stuck in Mexico, human rights group says By Colleen Long, Associated Press Several asylum seekers interviewed by Human Rights Watch were attacked, kidnapped or sexually assaulted in Mexico while waiting for court hearings. When some go to the U.S. for their hearings, they lose their shelter in Mexico and have no place… Continue reading
Jul 01 Trump signs $4.6 billion migrant aid bill By Associated Press The bill bolsters care for tens of thousands of arrivals taken into custody monthly. Continue reading
Jul 01 Drowned migrant father and daughter buried in El Salvador By Marcos Aleman, Associated Press About 200 relatives and friends followed a hearse bearing the bodies of Óscar Martínez and his 23-month-old daughter Valeria inside La Bermeja municipal cemetery in southern San Salvador. Continue reading
Jun 29 Migrant aid ship captain arrested; Italy police boat rammed By Annalisa Camilli, Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press The German captain of a humanitarian rescue ship with 40 asylum-seekers aboard rammed an Italian border police motorboat as she docked at a tiny Mediterranean island Saturday in defiance of Italy's anti-migrant interior minister and was immediately arrested as jeering… Continue reading
Jun 26 Trump blames Democrats for deaths of migrants, and Dems fire back By Jill Colvin, Deb Riechmann, Will Weissert, Associated Press President Trump said the deaths could have been prevented and castigated Democrats for failing to pass legislation he claimed would stop people from trying to make the dangerous trek. Continue reading