Government initially closed a shaft to deprive undocumented miners it called ‘criminal’ of food, water and medicine. Dozens of local volunteers have stepped up to help rescue what could be thousands of feared miners trapped underground in an abandoned gold mine in the town of Stilfontein in South Africa. LocalContinue Reading
1/6 Immigration A. “Crime in Venezuela… has decreased a lot because they have taken their criminals off the streets and handed them over to [mi rival] to introduce them into our country.” B. “I know we can live up to our proud heritage as a nation of immigrants and reformContinue Reading
Former President Donald Trump hammered home an anti-immigration issue in his closing argument pitch to voters on October 27 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. But before Trump spoke, the event made headlines for a series of racist jokes by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe. He called Puerto Rico an “islandContinue Reading
The Dominican Republic says it plans to expel as many as 10,000 Haitian migrants per week, despite a longstanding call from the United Nations to end forced returns to Haiti amid a surge in gang violence there. Homero Figueroa, a Dominican presidential spokesperson, said on Wednesday that the “operation aimsContinue Reading
Kamala Harris She promised in her first campaign trip to the border with Mexico that if elected she would work with Republicans and independents to guarantee border security, as well as reform the “broken immigration system” of the United States. The vice president and presidential candidate for the Democratic partyContinue Reading
‘If we have to change the rules, let’s change them,’ says conservative Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau. France’s interior minister has signaled he will push for tighter immigration policies as the far right seeks to use a large murder to put pressure on the government. Addressing the arrest of a MoroccanContinue Reading
Islamabad, Pakistan – For 15 years, pick-up truck driver Qadeer Aslam had been transporting goods across Pakistan. Most of his trips were to Balochistan, about 400km (250 miles) west of his village near Burewala city in southern Punjab province. Over the years, Aslam, 32, was able to save enough moneyContinue Reading
