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Senegalese and Spanish navies and fishermen rescued some 60 people, International Organization for Migration says.
Migration
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Some people may still be missing after capsizing of boat attempting perilous crossing from France.
Five lawyers support each other as they navigate the fast-changing, hostile world of immigration law...
![Troops from the Special Boat Service, a navy special forces unit, boarded the Nave Andromeda near the Isle of Wight off southern England as the vessel showed signs of distress [File: Huw Gibby/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-25T165200Z_479958734_RC2SPJ9TTXYJ_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-SECURITY-SHIP.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Seven people detained after special forces storm an oil tanker in the English Channel as it showed...
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Media investigation reveals ‘senior Frontex officials know about illegal practices by Greek border guards’.
A personal look at the refugee crisis through the eyes of a journalist who fled war-torn Kosovo as a boy 30 years ago.
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Asylum seekers allege ‘extreme violence’ at the hands of Croatian authorities while en route to western Europe.
![David Xol-Cholom from Guatemala hugs his son Byron at Los Angeles International Airport as they reunite after being separated during the Trump administration's wide-scale policy on splitting immigrant families [File: AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20023314203609.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Rights groups have been searching for parents by going door to door in Mexico and Central America.
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US high court to determine legality of ‘Remain in Mexico’ and funding for Trump’s border wall in 2021.
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The collapse of Central America’s economies has pushed families deeper into poverty and reactivated regional migration.
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Abd al-Rahman al-Milad was sanctioned by the UN in June 2018 over accusations of involvement in human trafficking.
![In this file photo from January, Honduran migrants travelling in a caravan headed towards the US standing while police block the road at the border between Honduras and Guatemala in Agua Caliente, Guatemala [Fabricio Alonso/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/c39724d665724e14ad20fb53c71e37b9_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
US Senate committee report alleges DHS personnel rounded up Honduran migrants Guatemala in ‘unauthorised’ operation.
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A boat carrying 27 people, all from Africa, sank off the coast of Sfax city killing 11; officials say 7 were rescued.
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More than 3,000 migrants and refugees were expelled from the North African country in September, HRW said.