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Breaking News
‘When they hit you, they mean to kill you’: Migrants describe ordeal to reach Britain
EXCLUSIVE: Migrants tell the Daily Express of their ordeal to reach Britain and how people smugglers lied to them about what their journeys would be like. Source of data and images: daily-express
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European people trafficker details exactly how migrants are smuggled into UK from Turkey
EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Express reveals the immigration crisis is much worse than is believed and smashing the current model will not halt the situation. Arresting the ringleaders will not stop the flood and many people smugglers are now bringing in drugs to bolster their huge profits. Source of data and images: daily-express
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World
E.U. Asks Greece to Investigate Video of Migrants Left at Sea
The European Commission has formally asked Greece to begin an investigation into a New York Times report based on exclusive footage showing the country’s Coast Guard abandoning migrants in the Aegean Sea last month, a top official said on Monday. “My services have sent a formal request to Greek authorities that this incident be fully and independently investigated,” the European…
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Georgia Democrat launches scathing attack on her own party for prioritizing migrants over local kids
A Georgia state representative has lashed out with a scathing attack on her fellow Democrats in a video posted to Twitter in which she accuses them of putting migrants over children living in inner-city areas. Mesha Mainor has been serving in the Georgia House of Representatives for District 56 since January 2021 and criticized those Democrats who turned against her.…
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USA
Vigilante fears as Texas Republicans push for special unit to detain migrants
A new Texas bill could soon establish a taskforce using civilians that would have the authority to “arrest, apprehend or detain persons crossing the Texas-Mexico border unlawfully”, raising concerns around state-sponsored vigilantism. House Bill 20, authored by Republican state representative Matt Schaefer, seeks to create a new “border protection unit” that would deter migrants from unlawfully entering Texas using non-deadly…
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Video Shows Greece Abandoning Migrants at Sea
The Greek government did not respond to repeated requests for comment. But campaigning on Lesbos last week ahead of general elections on Sunday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis defended his government’s “tough but fair” migration policies and boasted of a 90 percent drop in the arrival of “illegal migrants.” The government has consistently denied mistreating asylum seekers and points to the…
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Arizona border city releases 190 migrants on to streets as Yuma after Title 42 ends
Almost 300 newly arrived migrants were released by officials in Yuma, Arizona, on Friday illustrating how border cities are struggling to cope with a huge surge in arrivals during the past week. It coincided with the end of Title 42, and the lifting of a Trump-era restriction designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. On Thursday, the mayor of Yuma announced…
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Chicago community where 97% voted Biden react furiously after finding out 500 migrants are coming
Furious Chicago residents who overwhelmingly voted for President Biden during the last election have angrily spoken out against the hundreds of migrants being brought to the area that are knocking long-time residents off housing wait lists. The old South Shore High School on the city’s South Side is to act as a temporary holding space for up to 500 migrants…
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USA
The two-mile camp in Mexico where migrants are STILL waiting to get into the US
A migrant camp in the Mexican border town of Matamoros stretched two miles in length on Friday – suggesting that, despite the Biden administration’s change of border protocol on Thursday, thousands more people were intending to cross. Border Patrol agents on the U.S. side of the border said that the crossings were unusually quiet. In recent weeks, 10,000 people have…
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Chicago residents sue over plans to temporarily house migrants inside a shuttered high school
Furious residents of Chicago have filed a lawsuit against the city after it announced plans to house illegal immigrants in a disused high school in the South Side. The old South Shore High School is expected to become a temporary holding space for up to 500 migrants, but officials have not clarified for how long. The lawsuit was filed after…
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