Immigration
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 06:27
Honduras President Juan Hernandez wants the United States to invest billions of dollars to help curb the flow of illegal migrants from Central America, and said it will take much longer to stem the crisis without Washington's help.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 21:43
The government of Trinidad and Tobago says it plans to crack down on the estimated 110,000 migrants living on the islands illegally.
Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 06:38
This summer saw a substantial increase in media coverage of migrants fleeing from Central America to the United States, especially the thousands of unaccompanied minors seeking refuge from extreme violence in the Northern Triangle region, which includes Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 07:46
Between five and ten migrant children have been killed since February after the United States deported them back to Honduras, a morgue director told the Los Angeles Times. Lawmakers have yet to come up with best practices to deal with the waves of unaccompanied children apprehended by Border Patrol agents, but some politicians refute claims that children are fleeing violence and are opting instead to fund legislation that would fast-track their deportations.
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 11:37
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Central America in crisis and the exodus of unaccompanied minors, after receiving testimony from Thomas A. Shannon, Counselor of the Department of State; Bruce Swartz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Counselor for International Affairs, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and Sonia Nazario, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), Cynthia J. Arnson, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Stephen Johnson, International Republican Institute
Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 07:44
Empleados de la Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería operaban en contubernio con una red de tráfico de menores e indocumentados que tramitaba pasaportes y otros documentos para que los infantes pudieran salir por las aduanas del país a Estados Unidos.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 08:00
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this week introduced a new Visa policy targeting Rwandans, which regional officials say affects more than 36,000 travelers from both Countries who cross the border daily.
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 07:46
European powers imposed the nation-state on Africa through colonialism. But even after African independencies, mainstream discourses and government policies have amplified the idea that sedentariness and the state are the only acceptable mode of modernity. Migration is portrayed as a menace to the societies where the migrants wish to settle.
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 07:26
The Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization in Liberia has ordered a full scale investigation into what it describes as serious breaches to its administrative procedures and protocols in the wake of a recent leaked application form purported to belong to Mr. Robert Sirleaf.
Friday, June 27, 2014 - 11:48
Congressman King on foreign affairs, immigration and influx of children crossing the US southern border.