Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here
Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11
Chinese EV giant BYD's fourth-quarter profit leaps 73%
You're an American in another land? Prepare to talk about the why and how of Trump 2.0
Chalk talk: Star power, top teams and No. 5 seeds headline the women's March Madness Sweet 16
Purdue returns to Sweet 16 with 76-62 win over McNeese in March Madness
Americas|Political|US|World
US military aircraft with deported migrants lands in Guatemala, officials say
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January 27, 2025migrants
Americas|Political|World
US, Colombia reach deal on deportations; tariffs, sanctions put on hold
The U.S. and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war on Sunday after the White House said the South American nation had
January 26, 2025
Americas|Political|US|World
White House says Colombia agrees to take deported migrants after Trump tariff showdown
The White House is claiming victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S., hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime U.S. partner
January 26, 2025
Europe|Political|World
Italy resumes migrant transfers to Albania detention centres
Italy's navy on Sunday was taking 49 migrants it picked up in international waters to detention facilities in Albania, the interior ministry said, resuming a plan to curb sea arrivals
January 26, 2025
Crime|Europe|World
Two children die in Mediterranean shipwreck, 17 rescued, NGO says
Seventeen migrants were rescued after a shipwreck in the Mediterranean, while two children died, the German NGO Sea Punks said on Sunday.
January 26, 2025
Americas|Political|US|World
'All for nothing': Migrants at US-Mexico border speak to CNN as Trump shuts down immigration app
The US-Mexico border is effectively closed off to migrants seeking asylum in the United States after President Donald Trump retook the Oval Office. CNN's Valeria Leon spoke to multiple migrants along the border who fear their future is now in limbo.
January 22, 2025
Americas|Political|US
Trump shuts down US-Mexico border for asylum seekers, leaving migrants in limbo
Trump shuts down US-Mexico border for asylum seekers, leaving migrants in limbo
January 21, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World
Tears and shock as Trump dashes dreams of migrants in Mexico scheduled to enter US
Nidia Montenegro fled violence and poverty at home in Venezuela, survived a kidnapping as she traveled north into
January 20, 2025
Europe|Political|World
Poland wants the EU focused on security. Its border with Belarus highlights the challenges
Poland’s presidency of the European Union is firmly focused on security
January 20, 2025
Europe|Political|US|World
Pope Francis says Trump's immigration raids would be a 'disgrace'
Pope Francis on Sunday criticized President-elect Donald Trump's reported plan to sharply intensify immigration enforcement actions across the U.S. in the
January 19, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World
Migrants set fire in midnight camp raid in northern Mexico
Migrants trying to avoid arrest set fire to blankets and mattresses at a camp in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua during a raid by government
January 18, 2025
Africa|Europe|World
Dozens of migrants may have drowned in attempt to cross to Spain, NGO says
As many as 50 migrants, many of them Pakistanis, may have drowned in the latest deadly wreck involving people trying to make the crossing from West Africa to Spain's Canary Islands,
January 16, 2025
Europe|Political|World
UK's Labour government removes illegal migrants at fastest pace since 2018
Britain's Labour government said on Thursday it had removed 16,400 illegal migrants since coming to power in July, marking the highest rate of such removals since 2018.
January 09, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|World
Migrants left stranded in troubled resort as Mexico disperses them far from US border
Two weeks ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Mexico continues dissolving attention-grabbing migrant caravans and dispersing migrants throughout the country to keep them far from the U.S. border, while simultaneously limiting how many accumulate in any one place
January 07, 2025
Americas|Political|US|World
Mexico opens possibility of receiving non-Mexican deportees from Trump
Mexico opens possibility of receiving non-Mexican deportees from Trump
January 04, 2025
Americas|Political|World
Over 300,000 migrants crossed Latin America's Darien Gap in 2024, down 42%
Over 300,000 migrants crossed the Darien Gap into Panama in 2024, 42% fewer than the record number who made the perilous jungle crossing from South America a year earlier,
January 02, 2025
Africa|Europe|MidEast|World
At least 20 migrants missing as boat sinks off Italy, seven rescued
Seven migrants were rescued, but at least 20 are missing after their boat sank en route to Italy from Libya, the mayor of the Italian island of Lampedusa said on Wednesday.
January 01, 2025
Americas|Political|Travel|US|World
Migrants in Mexico anxious to enter US legally before Trump ends humanitarian programs
Hundreds of migrants waited in long lines outside an immigration office in southern Mexico on Monday, hoping to secure safe passage north and enter the U.S.
December 30, 2024
Crime|Europe|World
3 die off northern France coast in a Channel crossing attempt
At least three migrants have died while attempting to cross the English Channel to Britain from northern France, authorities said
December 29, 2024
Crime|Europe|World
Three migrants die trying to cross Channel in boat from France to UK
At least three migrants died in the Channel off northern France on Sunday as a group of around 50 people tried to set off in a small boat heading for Britain, authorities said.
December 29, 2024
Africa|World
Nearly 70 migrants died when their boat sank en route to Spain, a Malian minister says
The Malian authorities have announced that almost 70 migrants, including 25 Malians, died when their boat sank last week while they were trying to reach Europe
December 27, 2024
Crime|Europe|Political
Italian court clears Vice Premier Salvini of illegally detaining migrants on a rescue ship in 2019
A court in Sicily Friday found Italian Vice Premier Matteo Salvini not guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship iin 2019 when he was interior minister
December 20, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|MidEast|World
Greece recovers bodies of eight migrants after collision off Rhodes
Greece has recovered the bodies of eight migrants who fell into the sea after their speedboat collided with a coastguard boat pursuing it off the island of Rhodes on Friday, the
December 20, 2024
Crime|Europe|Political
Italy's Salvini faces verdict for blocking migrants at sea. Case weighs limits of stemming migration
Italy’s deputy premier, Matteo Salvini, is sounding defiant as he awaits a verdict in Sicily for preventing some 100 migrants from disembarking a rescue boat in 2019 when he was interior minister
December 19, 2024
Africa|Europe|MidEast|World
20 migrants die in a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia
Tunisian authorities recovered the bodies of 20 people who appeared to have drowned after a shipwreck off the country’s Mediterranean coastline, near a popular point of departure for migrants attempting to reach Europe by boat
December 19, 2024
Africa|MidEast|World
At least 20 migrants die after boat sinks off Tunisian coast, marking second tragedy in a week
At least 20 migrants die after boat sinks off Tunisian coast, marking second tragedy in a week
December 18, 2024
Africa|Crime|MidEast|World
At least 20 die, five rescued as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
Tunisia's coast guard has recovered the bodies of 20 migrants from Africa after the boat they were in sank off the coast, the national guard said on Wednesday, the second migrant
December 18, 2024
Crime|Europe|Political
Salvini's migrant verdict to test balance between rights and security in Italy
Matteo Salvini, Italy's deputy prime minister, faces a possible six-year prison term if a court finds him guilty on Friday of kidnapping a boat full of migrants who
December 18, 2024
Europe|Political|World
Italy's Meloni warns EU court against blocking Albania migrant relocations
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni urged the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday to dismiss objections to her government's flagship plan
December 17, 2024
Crime|Europe|World
Four killed in a shooting in northern France, suspect claims fifth victim
Two security agents and two migrants were killed in a shooting in Loon-Plage near the northern city of Dunkirk, French media reported on Saturday, citing security sources.
December 14, 2024
Crime|Europe|Health|Political|World
Europe's anti-torture watchdog slams Italy over migrant detention abuses
The Council of Europe anti-torture committee has criticized Italy’s treatment of migrants in local detention centers
December 13, 2024
Africa|MidEast|World
At least nine die, six missing as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
Tunisia's coastguard has recovered the bodies of nine migrants while six others are still missing after their boat sank off the Tunisian coast, a judicial official said on Thursday,
December 12, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|World
Europe's new migrant hotspot races to cope with surging deaths
Two years ago forensic pathologist Modesto Martinez, 68, moved to the tiny Canary Island of El Hierro with an eye to retiring.
December 07, 2024
Europe|News|World
Nearly 100 migrants rescued from a yacht off southwestern Greece
Greek authorities say nearly 100 migrants have been evacuated from a yacht reported to be in difficulty off the southwestern coast of Greece
September 20, 2023
Americas|Economy|News|US|World
Some 5,000 migrants set out on foot from Mexico's southern border, tired of long waits for visas
About 5,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have set out on foot to reach the U.S., walking north from Mexico's southern border
October 30, 2023
Business|News
Massachusetts lawmakers fail to approve $250M in emergency shelter aid
The Massachusetts Legislature has wrapped up its formal session without a deal on a supplemental budget
November 16, 2023
Lifestyle|News|Travel|US
Logan Airport 'not an appropriate place' for migrants arriving daily, Massport CEO says
About 20 to 25 migrants are arriving daily at Boston’s Logan Airport, the head of the airport operator says, and some have been camping out temporarily in baggage claim and elsewhere before trying to find a spot in the state’s overburdened shelter system
November 17, 2023
Americas|News
The jungle between Colombia and Panama becomes a highway for migrants from around the world
The jungle between Colombia and Panama used to be impenetrable for migrants heading north from Latin America
December 17, 2023
Crime|News|US
Death of 5-year-old boy prompts criticism of Chicago shelters for migrants
A 5-year-old boy who had been living at a temporary shelter for migrants in Chicago has died
December 18, 2023
Americas|News|World
Migrants from southern Mexico's dispersed caravan pin hopes on permits
Thousands of people from a 4,000-strong migrant caravan that has been crossing southern Mexico by foot since Christmas Eve dispersed on Tuesday as they
July 02, 2024
Americas|News|US|World
A caravan of migrants from Honduras who were heading to the US dissolves in Guatemala
The Guatemalan Migration Institute reports that a caravan of some 500 migrants that departed northern Honduras in hopes of reaching the United States has dissolved after crossing the border into Guatemala
January 21, 2024
News|US
Biden administration renews demand for Texas to allow Border Patrol to access a key park
The Biden administration is renewing demands for Texas to give Border Patrol access to a riverfront park that is a popular corridor for migrants illegally entering the U.S. A letter sent Tuesday to Texas officials continues a clash between the state and the Biden administration over immigration enforcement
January 24, 2024
Americas|News|US|World
President Biden has said he'd shut the U.S.-Mexico border if given the ability. What does that mean?
President Joe Biden has made some strong claims about shutting down the U.S.-Mexico border over the past few days
January 29, 2024
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World
Mexico detains more than 5,200 migrants in single day
Mexican authorities detained more than 5,200 migrants across the country on Tuesday, officials said on Wednesday, in a major sweep as the nation is under pressure from the
December 04, 2024
Europe|Political|World
Italy's top court to take weeks to rule on Albanian migrant camps plan
Italy's supreme court heard cases related to the government's plan to divert migrants to Albania on Wednesday, but will take weeks to rule on its legitimacy,
December 04, 2024
Health|News
5-year-old migrant boy who got sick at a temporary Chicago shelter died from sepsis, autopsy shows
An autopsy shows the cause of death for a 5-year-old Venezuelan boy who died in December after becoming ill at a temporary shelter for migrants in Chicago was sepsis and a bacterial infection that causes strep throat
February 17, 2024
Economy|Education|Finance|News|US
Illinois governor's proposed $53B budget includes funds for migrants, quantum computing and schools
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is outlining a $52.7 billion state spending plan with more money for the migrant crisis, education and quantum computing
February 21, 2024
Europe|World
Albania is expected to approve a deal with Italy to process thousands of migrants' claims for asylum
Albania’s Parliament votes Thursday on a deal with Italy to hold thousands of migrants rescued at sea by the Italian authorities while their asylum applications are processed
February 22, 2024
Europe|News|World
Albanian Parliament approves controversial deal to hold migrants for Italy
Albania’s Parliament on Thursday approved a deal for the country to hold thousands of migrants rescued in international waters by Italy while their asylum applications are processed, despite protests from opposition lawmakers and human rights groups
February 22, 2024
News|US
Border Patrol releases hundreds of migrants at a bus stop after San Diego runs out of aid money
Buses dropped off hundreds of migrants at a San Diego bus stop instead of at a reception center that had been serving as a staging area because it ran out of local funding sooner than expected
February 23, 2024
Crime|News|US
The trial of an Arizona border rancher charged with killing a migrant is set to open
An Arizona rancher is set to go on trial in the fatal shooting of a migrant on his property near Mexico
March 22, 2024
News|Political|US|World
Texas’ migrant arrest law is on hold for now under latest court ruling
A federal appeals court has refused to lift an order that blocks Texas from arresting and deporting migrants suspected of illegally crossing the border
March 27, 2024
Americas|News|Travel|World
Desperate young Guatemalans try to reach the US even after horrific deaths of migrating relatives
In the small town of Comitancillo in Guatemala’s mostly Indigenous highlands, two murals memorialize the nearly two dozen local migrants who died in mass tragedies en route to the United States recently
April 10, 2024
Americas|News|US|World
Chicago's response to migrant influx stirs longstanding frustrations among Black residents
Chicago is one of several big American cities grappling with a surge of migrants
April 19, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|World
Rwanda's Hope Hostel once housed young genocide survivors. Now it's ready for migrants from Britain
Rwanda says it’s ready to receive migrants from the United Kingdom after British Parliament this week approved a long-stalled bill seeking to stem the tide of people crossing the English Channel in small boats by deporting some of them to the East African country
April 24, 2024
Crime|Europe|News|World
UK police charge two men with immigration offences after Channel migrant deaths
British police have charged two men with immigration offences after five migrants, including a child, died when a small boat crossed the English Channel from France earlier this
May 12, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
Tunisian coast guard retrieves bodies of 14 migrants off Djerba coast
Tunisian coast guard recovered 14 bodies of migrants off the coast of Djerba, a judicial official told Reuters on Wednesday, raising the number of migrants died off Tunisia coasts in
April 24, 2024
Crime|Europe|News|Uncategorized|World
Migrants drown in English Channel hours after UK passes Rwanda policy
Five migrants, including a child, died in an attempt to cross the English Channel from France to Britain in an overcrowded
May 08, 2024
Africa|World
Twenty one dead, 23 missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast, UN agency official says
Twenty one migrants died and another 23 are missing after a boat carrying 77 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the second such incident in two weeks, the United Nations
April 23, 2024
Europe|News|World
French emergency services rescued 47 migrants from boat accident in which 5 died
French emergency services rescued 47 migrants from an attempt to cross the English Channel that left five people dead, including a 7-year-old girl, local official Jacques Billant
May 08, 2024
News|US|World
Biden administration will seek partial end to special court oversight of child migrants
The Biden administration plans to partially end the 27-year-old court supervision of how the federal government cares for child migrants, shortly after producing its own list of safeguards against mistreatment
May 09, 2024
News|US
The Biden administration is planning more changes to quicken asylum processing for new migrants
The Biden administration is preparing more changes to the nation’s asylum system meant to speed up processing and potential removal of migrants who continue to arrive at the southern border
May 15, 2024
News|Crime|Europe
4 people die in Croatia when a car carrying migrants hits a wall
Four people have been killed and five others seriously injured in southern Croatia when a car carrying migrants skidded off a road and slammed into a wall
May 16, 2024
Crime|Europe|News|World
Greek court drops charges over deadly shipwreck, nine men to walk free
A Greek court on Tuesday threw out charges against nine Egyptian men accused of causing a shipwreck that killed hundreds of migrants off Greece last year,
July 02, 2024
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World
Scared to stay in Mexico, afraid of Trump's policies, some migrants look to return home
Every day, Nidia Montenegro spends hours checking her cellphone, hoping to receive a long-awaited appointment with U.S. border officials to seek asylum in the United States
December 03, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|World
Baby found dead in stricken migrant boat heading for Italy
The body of a five-month-old baby was found on Tuesday when some 85 migrants heading for Italy from Tunisia were rescued from distress at sea, according to a Reuters
June 12, 2024
News|US|World
Biden’s immigration order won’t fix problems quickly – 4 things to know about what’s changing
Biden’s executive order won’t apply to undocumented minors who enter the US alone. And the order will require the help of Mexico and other countries.
June 05, 2024
Americas|News|US|World
New reality for migrants at U.S.-Mexico border as Biden asylum ban takes effect
Jessica Leon, an asylum-seeker from Ecuador, scaled a border wall on Tuesday with her 3-year-old daughter, setting foot on U.S. soil in San Diego, California,
June 22, 2024
News|Uncategorized|US|World
Migrants are rattled and unsure as deportations begin under new rule halting asylum
A sense of uncertainty prevails among migrants after President Joe Biden invoked powers to suspend asylum for people who cross the border illegally
June 06, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
A year after Greece migrant boat tragedy, answers and justice still out of reach
Egyptian electrician Mahmoud Shalabi was the only person from his hometown to survive when a fishing trawler crammed
June 25, 2024
Americas|Crime|News|US|World
Canada police say they broke up group that smuggled people into US
Canadian authorities have broken up a large-scale human smuggling ring that they say moved hundreds of migrants illegally into the eastern United States over a year
June 24, 2024
Economy|Lifestyle|News|US
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door
A cluster of tarp-covered tents in a grassy lot south of Seattle highlights the strain facing many communities are facing
June 07, 2024
Crime|News|US
Seven charged in smuggling migrants in sweltering secret compartment with little water
Authorities say seven people have been arrested after smuggling 26 migrants near San Antonio, Texas, in a secret compartment of a trailer with little water and in sweltering heat
June 07, 2024
Americas|News|US|World
Mexico's tactic to cut immigration to the US: wear out migrants
Mexican authorities are using a simple but harsh tactic to deal with migrants trying to get to the U.S. They're wearing them out until they give up
June 11, 2024
News|World
At least 49 migrants dead, 140 missing off Yemen coast, IOM says
At least 49 migrants died and 140 others were missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, the U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday.
June 27, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
Migrant expulsions from Tunisia to Libya fuel extortion, abuse -UN briefing
Tunisian border guards have rounded up migrants and passed them to counterparts in Libya where they have faced forced labour, extortion, torture and killing,
June 27, 2024
News|US|Videos
Pro-Trump influencers fire up fears of migrant 'invasion' ahead of U.S. election
One late afternoon in mid-May, a half dozen Hispanic day laborers were paid $20 each to parade in front of the White House on camera,
June 28, 2024
Americas|News|US|World
Some Mexican shelters see crowding south of the border as Biden's asylum ban takes hold
Some shelters south of the U.S. border are caring for many more migrants now that the Biden administration stopped considering most asylum requests
June 14, 2024
Americas|News|US
On US-Mexico bridge, two sides of Biden border crackdown
A group of migrants walked into Mexico on Saturday against pedestrian traffic on the international bridge between El Paso and
July 02, 2024
Europe|News|World
Italy recovers 14 more bodies after migrant shipwreck
Italy's coast guard recovered 14 more bodies on Friday from a migrant shipwreck off the southern Calabria region which caused at least 34 casualties, a statement said.
June 21, 2024
Americas|Crime|News|World
19 bodies found in abandoned truck in the violence-heavy Mexican state of Chiapas
19 bodies found in abandoned truck in the violence-heavy Mexican state of Chiapas
July 02, 2024
Europe|News|World
Seven migrants found dead, 19 rescued off Turkish coast, minister says
At least seven migrants were found dead on an island off the western Turkish coastal town of Cesme on Tuesday, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, adding that search and rescue
July 09, 2024
Africa|Europe|World
Number of migrants reaching Spain's Canary Islands breaks all-time record
The number of migrants reaching Spain's Canary Islands on precarious vessels from West Africa has hit an all-time annual record with 41,425 arrivals between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30 of
December 02, 2024
Crime|Europe|News|World
Armed bandits interrupt a rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean off Libya, an aid group says
An aid group that rescues migrants in the Mediterranean says one of its missions has been interrupted by armed bandits
July 10, 2024
Americas|News|World
Panama installs barbed wire to block migrants traveling through the Darién Gap
Panama installs barbed wire to block migrants traveling through the Darién Gap
July 11, 2024
Health|News|US
Measles cases found at New York City migrant shelter
Measles cases found at New York City migrant shelter
July 14, 2024
Americas|News|US|World
A group of 2,000 migrants advance through southern Mexico in hopes of reaching the US
A group of 2,000 migrants from dozens of countries have set out on foot from Tapachula, a city in southern Mexico, as they attempt to reach the U.S.
July 23, 2024
Africa|News|World
15 people dead, more than 195 missing after boat carrying migrants capsizes off Mauritania
15 people dead, more than 195 missing after boat carrying migrants capsizes off Mauritania
July 24, 2024
Americas|News|World
10 migrants killed in floods crossing Darién Gap in Panama
10 migrants killed in floods crossing Darién Gap in Panama
July 24, 2024
Crime|Europe|Political|World
Greece failed to identify sex trafficking victims in migrant centre, UN expert alleges
A U.N. human rights expert voiced alarm on Monday at Greece's failure to identify and help victims of sex trafficking, saying the government may have missed hundreds
December 02, 2024
Food|News|Travel|World
How two Syrians in Rome are using hummus to aid war refugees and help migrants integrate
A pair of Syrians have created a community that provides support to migrants and vulnerable people in Rome, by sharing the flavors of a homeland torn by civil war
July 30, 2024
Americas|Crime
Costa Rica with US help nabs 21 suspects linked to human trafficking
An extensive police operation in Costa Rica on Tuesday resulted in the arrests of 21 people suspected of links to an international human-trafficking network operating between
August 06, 2024
Crime|News|Opinion|US
Denver police officers fired over "disturbing" messages that "joked" about shooting migrants
Denver police officers fired over "disturbing" messages that "joked" about shooting migrants
August 08, 2024
Americas|Crime|News|World
Guatemalan police arrest 7 accused of trafficking the 53 migrants who asphyxiated in Texas in 2022
Guatemalan police have arrested seven Guatemalans accused of having smuggled 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America who died of asphyxiation in 2022 in Texas after being abandoned in a tractor trailer in the scorching summer heat
August 21, 2024
Europe|News|World
At least eight migrants drown in river between Serbia and Bosnia
At least eight migrants drowned and more were missing when their boat capsized early on Thursday while attempting to cross the Drina river from Serbia to Bosnia and Herzegovina,
August 22, 2024
Europe|News|World
Death toll rises to 11 after boat capsized between Bosnia and Serbia, media say
The death toll has risen to at least 11 after a boat carrying migrants capsized while trying to cross the Drina river from Serbia to Bosnia and Herzegovina, local media reported
August 23, 2024
Americas|Asia|News|World
Asian migrants trapped for weeks in Brazilian airport limbo
Hundreds of migrants from India, Nepal and Vietnam have been stuck in Sao Paulo's international airport for weeks in alarming conditions,
August 23, 2024
Africa|World
Hundreds of migrants swim into Spain's Ceuta enclave from Morocco
Hundreds of migrants took advantage of a thick mist to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco on Sunday and early on Monday, local police said.
August 26, 2024
Europe|News|Opinion|World
Pope Francis says refusing aid to migrants a 'grave sin'
Pope Francis on Wednesday strongly decried the treatment of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea to enter Europe, saying it was a "grave sin" not to offer
August 28, 2024