Chicago will sue the Trump administration on Monday over threats to withhold public safety grant money from so-called sanctuary cities, escalating a pushback against a federal immigration crackdown, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Sunday. Continue reading
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Human Rights Watch: French police use excessive force on Calais migrants
CALAIS, FRANCE (JULY 26, 2017) (REUTERS) – Human Rights Watch pressed France on Wednesday (July 26) to end what it described as recurrent police violence against migrants in the northern town of Calais, where hundreds have returned despite the demolition of a sprawling camp once known as “the Jungle”. Continue reading
Thousands of migrant workers leave Thailand after labour crackdown
MYAWADDY, MYANMAR (JUNE 30, 2017) (TPBS) – Thousands of irregular migrant workers from Myanmar and Cambodia are leaving Thailand each day, Thailand’s immigration police said on Friday (June 30), after a decree aimed at managing foreign workers took effect earlier this month.
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U.S. judge blocks Trump sanctuary city order
A U.S. judge in San Francisco blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities.
After a series of immigration raids in the U.S., Mexican day laborers in New York learn about their rights
After a U.S. federal immigration agents arrest hundreds of undocumented immigrants, the Consul General of Mexico to New York educates day laborers about what to do in case of an immigration raid.
The end of ‘The Jungle’
(NVO) – French workers begin demolishing the Calais migrant “Jungle”, with officials hoping that its thousands of residents evacuate peacefully. Gavino Garay reports.
They’re tearing down the Jungle..the migrant camp in Calais that’s become a symbol of the EU’s failure to deal with Europe’s migration crisis.
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Migrants leave rocks on Italian-French border
Migrants who had taken to the rocks on the Italian-French border after their camp was dismantled by police have now left the area and many are now sheltering from bad weather at a nearby transit centre.
EU migrant crisis leaves asylum policies in tatters
(NVO) – Men, women, small children- they walk along the train tracks from Serbia into Hungary while it’s still dark hoping to evade authorities.
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“We didn’t come here to steal from you” says African migrant in Italy
African migrants living in an Italian asylum centre speak about their experiences and hopes since travelling to Europe.
Aerial footage of migrant rescue released
Italy’s Finance Police release aerial video showing migrants being rescued from a packed boat adrift at sea.