US Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol agents wearing masks for protection against COVID-19 check pedestrians IDs on April 1, 2020, on the Paso del Norte International Bridge between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. – Both Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas, are on stay-at-home orders, but many people who live on…
(Reuters) – Asylum applications in Europe fell to the lowest level in April for over a decade as borders closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, European Union figures show, compounding the challenges of people fleeing conflict and persecution. The number of asylum applications declined to 8,730 during April, an 86% drop from 61,421…
Fifteen federal courts that handle immigration cases have been shut down by the Justice Department due to protests and violence in major U.S. cities. The DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review announced immigration courts in Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, Philadelphia, and Portland would be closed Tuesday due to “civil unrest” following daytime protests and overnight violence…
A construction worker’s gloved hand is seen through a portion of the 30-foot tall bollard fence on the U.S.-Mexico border. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP) PHOENIX — A North Dakota construction company favored by President Donald Trump has received the largest contract to date to build a section of his signature wall along the…
Two detention officers are suing the Otay Mesa Detention Center, the U.S. government is lobbying to reopen Mexican factories and more in our biweekly roundup of border news. Health care workers with Family Health Centers of San Diego stand ready to help out patients at a coronavirus testing center in Chula Vista. / Photo by…
File photo Cyprus is launching a multilingual SMS campaign to head off more migrant arrivals by dispelling the mistaken belief it is a gateway to the rest of the EU, interior minister Nicos Nouris told the Cyprus Mail on Monday. The message will be seen by all who enter the roaming area of Cyprus, he…
Migrant boys play with a ball outside a hotel in Kranidi town about 170 kilometers (106 miles) southwest of Athens, Tuesday, April 21, 2020 – AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis Thousands of asylum seekers in Greece face the prospect of being left homeless after their right to stay in temporary accommodation expired on Monday (June 1). It comes…
Laborers have not just stopped traveling in search of work. Many have also headed back to their home countries. Migrants at a bridge on the Mexico-United States border wait to reschedule their immigration hearings.Credit…Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters MEXICO CITY — A migrant shelter in southern Mexico called La 72 has for years been a popular way…
TUNIS (Reuters) – Libya’s coastguard has stopped nearly 400 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean in five boats in the past two days, the United Nations migration agency said on Monday. That brings to more than 1,000 the number of people who have attempted the crossing this month despite the closure of Libya’s international borders…
Greece has a right to extend a fence at the border with Turkey in the northeastern region of Evros to avoid a repeat of the tensions last March when thousands of migrants attempted to scale the fence and enter into EU soil. Migrants gathered at the border after Turkey announced it would no longer adhere…