Aug 07 Hundreds of poor migrant workers flee Kashmir under lockdown By Channi Anand, Associated Press Hit by a complete security lockdown in Kashmir, hundreds of poor migrant workers have begun fleeing the Himalayan region to return to their far-away villages in northern and eastern India. Continue reading
Jul 29 U.S. moves to limit asylum for threatened family members By Associated Press Immigrants who fear persecution because of their family ties will no longer be eligible for asylum, U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Monday. Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch 4:01 Can tariffs and threats stem migration from Central America? By PBS NewsHour Mexican officials are in Washington D.C. preparing for talks later this week after the President Trump threatened to impose 5 percent tariffs if Mexico does not stem migration from Central America. On Sunday, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick… Continue watching
Apr 03 Italy rebuffs ship with 64 migrants rescued in sea off Libya By Associated Press The people brought to safety from a rubber dinghy off the coast of Zuwarah, west of the Libyan capital of Tripoli, included 10 women, five children and a newborn baby, according to a German humanitarian group. Italy's anti-migration interior minister… Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 3:55 Migrant flow intensifies Border Patrol’s staffing crunch In January 2017, President Trump signed an executive order to hire 5,000 additional border patrol agents. Two years later, only 118 have joined the agency. USA Today reporter Alan Gomez talks with Hari Sreenivasan about how changing schedules, remote locations… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 22:24 March 9, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Saturday, March 9, following the money involved in illegal crossings and migrant smuggling on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, digging into the ocean’s past to make the future healthier, and Great Lakes’ cities are facing… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 15:34 Human smuggling industry cashes in on U.S. asylum-seekers By PBS NewsHour Migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border are a money-making enterprise for smugglers and powerful cartels. It's the subject of “Border Hustle”, an investigation and short documentary from The Texas Tribune and Time magazine. Reporter Jay Root joins Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 6:51 Italy’s government targets town known for taking in migrants By Christopher Livesay, Joan Martelli For 20 years, the small Italian town of Riace has been a beacon for several thousand immigrants from around the world. But Italy's new populist government has recently lodged charges against the town's longtime mayor for aiding illegal migration, and… Continue watching
Dec 10 Most UN nations back global migration accord, despite U.S. opposition By Amira El Masaiti, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press At the two-day conference, U.N. leaders were hoping to lure in holdouts from mostly Western nations who were not signing: Australia, Austria, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Poland and Slovakia along with the United States, which under… Continue reading
Oct 22 What we know about the latest migrant caravan traveling through Mexico By Larisa Epatko, Joshua Barajas As of Monday, the United Nations said the caravan heading north has grown to about 7,200 Central American migrants. Here is what we know. Continue reading