More than 100 Major U.S. Companies Commit to Hire and Train More Refugees

With federal government resources only designed to last for six months, refugees who arrive in the United States are expected to quickly achieve self-sufficiency. That requires settling into a foreign community, establishing English language skills, and also finding a job. … Read More

Migrant, Refugee Deaths Increasing on Dangerous Mediterranean Sea Crossing

The U.N. refugee agency says fatalities are rising along the Mediterranean Sea crossing to Europe, even as fewer migrants and refugees are making the dangerous journey. Migration reached a peak in 2015, when more than a million refugees and migrants … Read More

4,000 illegal immigrants crossed border over Memorial Day weekend in Rio Grande Valley sector alone

‘There’s no effort to actually secure the border,’ former border patrol chief says. The border crisis took no time off this Memorial Day weekend as thousands of migrants continued to pour over the southern border. More than 4,000 migrants illegally … Read More

Republicans demand Mayorkas utilize border security equipment, technologies to mitigate illegal migrant surge

Republicans say technologies could help stem the wave of migration and drug trafficking. EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are demanding that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immediately deploy already-procured security equipment and technologies at the southern border in order to mitigate … Read More

Migrant caravan sets out for the U.S. border from southern Mexico

For months, migrants and asylum-seekers have complained that Mexico’s strategy of containing them in the southernmost reaches of the country has made their lives miserable. Many carry significant debts for their migration and there are few opportunities for work in … Read More

Europe: Mediterranean countries expect over 150,000 migrant arrivals this year

Tens of thousands of migrants are expected to travel to southern Europe this year as poverty, violence and rocketing food inflation pushes many to flee their homes. Mediterranean countries on major migrant routes into Europe expect over 150,000 arrivals this … Read More

Refugees at U.S. Border Protest Title 42 Expulsions

Asylum seekers trapped in the Mexican border city of Tijuana led a protest Monday denouncing the Biden administration’s use of Title 42 — a Trump-era public health order that’s been used to bar entry to over 2 million people arriving … Read More

Greece says it won’t allow illegal entry of migrants by land or sea

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ATHENS, May 24 (Reuters) – Greece warned on Tuesday that it would not allow the illegal entry of migrants by land or by sea, after a sharp increase in attempted entries through its Aegean islands and land border with Turkey … Read More

Federal judge blocks Biden admin from ending Title 42 border expulsions

There were more than 234,000 migrant encounters in April, A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending the Title 42 public health order on May 23 — stopping the administration from a move that had seen … Read More

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