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This story was a collaboration between the Investigative Project on Race and Equity and Borderless Magazine. CHICAGO — Tens of thousands of new arrivals have passed through Chicago’s migrant shelter system. Many of them might have had their data compromised because of how shelter employees and contractors handled their personal information, according to former shelter […]
Madagascar’s authorities have reported that dozens of survivors have been found after a perilous journey from Somalia to Mayotte At least 24 people have died after two boats capsized off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, Somali authorities reported on Sunday. The boats, carrying migrants from Somalia, were en route to the French […]
Dozens of Italian police officers and social workers deployed by Italy’s far-right government in migrant centres in Albania have returned home, after it emerged that the facilities, praised as a model to reduce refugee arrivals, have been empty for weeks. Just over a month after the much-publicised opening of the multimillion-euro detention centres for asylum […]
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Crossing the Shenzhen border on an early morning in mid-October, a joyful Joseph finally set foot in Hong Kong, where his two children have lived for over 10 years, with the right to work. In his mid 30s and from mainland China, Joseph has landed a job as a waiter in a New Territories restaurant […]
Rome judges on Monday rejected the detention of a second group of migrants transferred to Italian-run centres in Albania, referring the case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The detention of a first group transferred last month had also been denied by Italian judges, who questioned the way Italy designated countries as “safe” for […]
UKRAINIAN VILLAGE — A temporary shelter that’s housed hundreds of asylum seekers in Ukrainian Village over the past year will close Dec. 1. The shelter at 526 N. Western Ave. was one of more than two dozen opened by the city last year as Chicago faced a surge of migrants bused here by Texas Gov. […]
(NewsNation) — With January’s presidential inauguration nearing, Texas authorities are bracing for a potential migrant surge and an increasing number of unaccompanied children making the journey alone. In Eagle Pass, Texas, migrant encounters are rising. Over the weekend, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers encountered 116 migrants, including 11 children traveling alone — some as […]
The threat people smugglers pose to Britain is “growing” as they will try to exploit war and global crises, a top law enforcement officer has warned. Richard Chambers, director of organised and emerging crime at Interpol, said the smuggling networks are “developing fast”. And Mr Chambers admitted he couldn’t say when the number of migrants […]