Hungary rejects EU court ruling on asylum-seekers held at border

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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary will not accept a ruling by the European Union’s top court that four asylum-seekers stuck in a transit zone on the Hungarian-Serbian border should be released, a security aide to Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on … Read More

COVID-19 and the future of North American borders

Getty Images The United States closed its borders with Canada and Mexico to all but “essential” traffic more than a month ago, on April 7, the day our book “North American Borders in Comparative Perspective” (University of Arizona Press 2020) was published. The … Read More

Migration issue opens rift in Italy’s coalition amid COVID-19 crisis

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s coalition parties quarreled on Tuesday over a move to grant permits to irregular migrants working in farms and as carers, in a row that delayed the approval of a stimulus package for the coronavirus-hit economy. The … Read More

Refugee policy EU’s ‘biggest inadequacy,’ says Germany’s Heiko Maas

Germany’s foreign minister took aim at the EU’s approach to refugees, saying nothing has been solved since the 2015 migrant crisis. He also called again for a scheme to distribute asylum-seekers across the EU. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has … Read More

Desert or Sea: Virus Traps Migrants in Mid-Route Danger Zone

In this April 25, 2020 photo provided by IOM Niger, some of nearly 100 Nigeriens arrive in Assamaka, Niger, on foot from Algeria and now must be quarantined for two weeks at the remote Sahara border settlement, where water is … Read More

Former ICE Chief’s New Book: Illegal Immigration Is Not A Victimless Crime

‘I can’t explain it to the American people through Congress since it’s hard to do in a five- or six-minute [television] hit,’ he said. Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chief Tom Homan is out with a book, which he … Read More

Refugees face more hardship settling during lockdown, advocates say

Efforts to rebuild lives in Canada on hold as people lose jobs and access to services. Hamzeh Alnas arrived in B.C. on Jan. 15, 2020, with his partner to start a new life. Ten days later, Canada recorded it first … Read More

What Happens Next with Syrian Refugees, Europe and Coronavirus

Syrian refugees sit around a campfire in an empty market hall in the Turkish border town of Edirne near the Pazarkule-Kastanies border crossing on March 5, 2020. Mohssen Assanimoghaddam—DPA/Getty Images It feels like a lifetime ago that Turkish President Recep … Read More

‘Social distancing is impossible for refugees in Greece’. One volunteer describes conditions there

Freya Mergler says the odds are against the people in camps there. Freya Mergler IN THE MIDST of the anxiety and tragedy of the coronavirus, it’s been so heartening to see people coming together to help their fellow humans. But … Read More

Trump to ‘suspend immigration into the United States’ by executive order amid coronavirus

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. UPDATE, April 21, 2020, at 6:58 p.m. ET: President Trump has clarified that his 60-day immigration pause, at least for now, will apply only to … Read More

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