Migrants
MEXICO CITY - In 2015, Mexico apprehended more than 35,704 children from the Northern Triangle (Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala) an increase of 55%, compared to 2014, and 270% more than in 2013. Only 56 were accepted as refugees. (Toronto Star) REPORT: Closed doors Mexico torture migrants, citizens
SAN
ANTONIO - The death toll climbed to 10 in the case of
a broiling tractor-trailer found packed with immigrants,
federal authorities said Monday as a suspect in the
smuggling case awaited a court appearance.
Federal prosecutors said they planned to bring
charges against James Mathew Bradley Jr, 60, of
Clearwater, Florida.
(AP) MORE:
Up to 200 people in trailer
STORSKOG - About 5,500 people, most of them Syrians, cycled through the Arctic Circle Storskog crossing in 2015 to take advantage of a loophole in border rules: while Russia does not allow people to cross on foot and Norway does not let in drivers carrying people without documents, bicycles are permitted at both ends. (Guardian UK)
ASSAM
- While Europe faces a massive human refugee flow India's
NE region, particularly the state of Assam, is facing
flood of asylum seekers from Pakistan and Bangladesh that
dwarfs Europe's problems.
The poverty-stricken Assam state, has absorbed 10M
refugees on its own over several decades.
(Asia Sentinel)
Plan to bring in 300,000 migrants
OTTAWA - Between 280,000 and 305,000 new permanent residents will be admitted, a range that's the highest projected level in decades. (CP) MORE: Skilled workers cut Canada slips to #6 Migrant integration policy index 2015 Canada's refugees by the numbers 25,000th Syrian refugee lands Treating all fairly
LUXEMBOURG - The EU's top court (ECJ)
said that member states don't have to admit people on
humanitarian grounds, even if they are at risk of torture
or inhumane treatment.
(Euro News)
BERLIN - Germany does not know the whereabouts
of 130,000 asylum seekers who were registered last year.
Those missing represent about 13% of about 1.1M asylum seekers
registered in Germany in 2015.
(BBC)
GENEVA - Impoverished migrant workers in Thailand are sold or lured by false promises and forced to catch and process fish that ends up in global food giant Nestle's supply chains. (AP) REPORT: Cost of a catch .pdf
GENEVA - The number of people displaced from their homes across the world due to war and persecution climbed slightly to a record 65.6M last year. (AP)
Uprooted
.pdf
Global overview 2015 .pdf
Global refugee numbers still rising
LUXEMBOURG - Non-EU migrants illegally entering an EU
state in the
Schengen zone should not face detention on those
grounds, says the
European Court of Justice.
Migrants staying illegally should instead be
returned to the country from which they came under the
so-called
Return Directive.
The ruling (.pdf) applies to migrants crossing borders
within the passport-free area and on leaving the zone.
(BBC)
Mediterranean death toll soars
Danger every step of the way .pdf
Traffickers exploiting refugees in France
Germany seeking 'safe zones' in Syria
Migrants seek new routes into Balkans
Macedonia police tear gas migrants
People smugglers on trial for toddler's death
Refugee crisis meets the Mafia
EU gives Greece deadline on borders
Trafficked workers in Irish fishing industry
Sweden says rejected would be deported
Denmark clears way to seize valuables
Denmark's plan to deter migrants
Terrorist caught on migrant boat
Slovenia erecting razor wire on border
Along a Saharan smuggling route
Italy reactivates border controls
Hungary blocks trains for 2nd day
Protests as migrants keep arriving
EU's
Juncker refugee quota plan
Pushing limits, and more on the way
300,000 have crossed the Mediterranean
International Organization for Migration
Asylum Trends 2014 .pdf
COLOGNE - Gangs attacked groups of foreigners in 4 separate incidents on Sunday in Cologne, the city where dozens of New Year's Eve assaults on women took place, German police have said, as the government warned against letting the incident lead to suspicion of all migrants. (Guardian UK)
Police chief sent into retirement
Germany to deport migrants who break law
13-year-old made up migrant rape claim
Soccer hooligans attack migrants
PARIS - After the Calais migrant camp was evacuated, many migrants who weren't resettled across France descended on Paris. Hundreds headed to a temporary camp near the Stalingrad Metro station where police estimate between 2,000 and 2,500 have called home in recent days. (The Local)
Police clear migrants living rough on streets
Channel transport returning to normal
Illegals caught at UK border doubled
Migrants enter UK via Heathrow on a visa
Not the land of milk and honey
AMBON ISLAND - A fleet of at least 30 fishing trawlers crewed by slaves is being hunted off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The trawlers are thought to be linked to a huge trafficking operation that was disrupted on the isolated Indonesian island of Benjina in March, liberating hundreds of enslaved fishermen - although a large number of boats loaded with slaves managed to escape. (Guardian UK)
Crackdown targets corrupt police
MONTREAL - Many of the thousands of Haitian nationals streaming across Canada's border from the US may be basing their decision to flee on misleading and false information posted to social media. (CBC)
Migrants may not fare better in Canada
Stadium to house migrants Olympic Stadium
Canada scrambles to find shelter
Immigration applications in limbo with influx
Migrants at ON border crossings
Safe Third Country Agreement with the US
Father declines Canadian offer
Numbers only tell part of the story
Migrants pepper sprayed at 'welcome night'
Burris hits another bump in citizenship process
'Crazy' immigration minister says
Canadian winters can be a shock
4 arrested for organizing journey
Photographs of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi
Realities of sponsoring refugees
What matters is what we do next
NAURU - The Nauru files set out as never before the assaults, sexual abuse, self-harm attempts, child abuse and living conditions endured by asylum seekers held by the Australian government, painting a picture of routine dysfunction and cruelty. (Guardian UK)
Government to close 17 detention centres
Refugee who himself on fire dies
Australian detention centre on Papua New Guinea ruled illegal
PUGLIA - An Icelandic Coast Guard ship was towing a cargo vessel to Italy with about 450 migrants who were abandoned by smugglers, leaving the vessel without a crew. (AP)
Traffickers 'made $3M' on ship
Global report on trafficking in persons 2014
Conference of the parties to the UN
Romanian human smuggling ring busted
Human traffickers going unpunished
Contributing to human smuggling
Bordering on failure .pdf
Canada-US safe third country agreement
Human smuggling
NIA cracks human trafficking group
Human smuggling ring dealt blow
Ring smuggling illegals from South Asia
22 stowaways nabbed at Port of Seattle
Alleged 'snakehead' boss on trial