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News Articles: migrants

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference in London on Monday regarding a treaty between Britain and Rwanda to transfer asylum-seekers to the African country.

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U.K. Parliament approves a plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda

The British government has pushed the plan as a way to deter asylum-seekers from taking boats to Britain. But the U.N. human rights office has warned aviation authorities not to take part.

April 23, 2024
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  • Fatima Al-Kassab
Venezuelan migrants gather at the Vineyard Haven ferry terminal in Marthas Vineyard. The group was transported to Joint Base Cape Cod in Buzzards Bay.

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  • Law

A federal judge says migrants can sue the company that flew them to Martha's Vineyard

Migrants can sue an air transport company that they say misled them when it flew them from Texas to Martha's Vineyard. A judge dismissed claims against Florida officials, including Gov. Ron DeSantis.

April 01, 2024
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  • Greg Allen
A wooden migrant boat lies grounded on a reef alongside mangroves, at Harry Harris Park in Tavernier, Fla., last year. The U.S. Coast Guard says that since October, has it intercepted and returned about <a href="https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3704408/coast-guard-repatriates-65-migrants-to-haiti/" data-key="28">130 migrants to Haiti</a>.

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  • National

DeSantis is prepping for a wave of Haitian migrants. Advocates say he's grandstanding

Florida's governor is deploying troops and law enforcement officers to intercept any migrants coming by boat from Haiti. Some Haitian-American leaders say it's more about politics than being prepared.

March 21, 2024
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  • Greg Allen
A wooden boat was spotted at night in international waters north of Libya by Doctors Without Borders' rescue team aboard the MV Geo Barents.

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  • World

A rescue ship saved them from the sea. Now these migrants find a tough road in Europe

Thousands of migrants have drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa to Europe. The dangerous journey does not deter many more from the risky crossing.

February 12, 2024
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  • Ruth Sherlock
Migrants walk towards a Border Patrol agent in the town of Jacumba. Those crossing the border are often being instructed by cartels to turn themselves over to agents, in order to receive asylum.

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  • National

A California community sees a dip in immigration. Where have all the people gone?

The town of Jacumba, on the California-Mexico border, has experienced a massive influx of migrants. Unofficial detention camps have popped up throughout the community. Then one day, something changed.

January 27, 2024
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  • Jasmine Garsd
Migrants cross the Rio Grande river to reach the United States from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023.

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  • National

In talks with the U.S., Mexico's priority appears to be opening border crossings

Both sides in the talks face pressure to reach an agreement after past steps like limiting direct travel into Mexico or deporting some migrants failed to stop the influx.

December 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Migrants huddling for warmth at an unofficial detention camp in Jacumba, Calif. A record number of people have arrived at the southern U.S. border in the past year.

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An unprecedented year in immigration, and in anti-immigration rhetoric

2023 saw a record number of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. The issue is front and center in the Republican presidential campaigns.

December 22, 2023
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  • Jasmine Garsd
This is a locator map for Libya with its capital, Tripoli.

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  • Africa

More than 60 people drowned when a migrant vessel capsized off Libya, U.N. says

The shipwreck, which took place overnight between Thursday and Friday, was the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea along a key but dangerous route for migrants seeking a better life in Europe.

December 17, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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  • National

Migrants are showing up at the U.S. southern border in historic numbers. Here's why

The migrant surge at the southern border hit a record of over 2.4 million. Republicans say it's a failure of Biden's policies. The U.N. says, globally, there's never been so many displaced people.

November 13, 2023
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  • Jasmine Garsd
Afghan families ride on a truck heading to a border crossing in Torkham, Pakistan, Tuesday, before the expiration of a Pakistani deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation. Pakistan's crackdown has worried thousands of Afghans in the country awaiting relocation to the United States under a special refugee program since fleeing the Taliban takeover.

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  • World

In a new expulsion campaign, Pakistan is forcing many Afghans out of the country

Pakistan has drawn criticism for warning those living in the country illegally to leave or be arrested and deported after Oct. 31. The U.N. says over 2 million undocumented Afghans live in Pakistan.

October 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Ángel Marín, his wife Carolina and their 4-year-old son, Matías, left Venezuela to try to start a life in the U.S.

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  • World

Why one family is joining a historic wave of Venezuelans migrating to the U.S.

Millions of Venezuelans have migrated to escape authoritarian rule and their country's worst economic crisis. For the first time, they're the largest group detained for entering the U.S. irregularly.

October 31, 2023
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  • John Otis
The Inn of Chicago houses migrants from Venezuela. It used to be the Hotel St. Clair when Scott Simon and his father lived there.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: We're related through place and spirit

NPR's Scott Simon visited the Inn of Chicago this week, where migrants are now being housed. The building is the same one his father died in 55 years ago.

October 28, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
(Left) Daríana Perdigón, originally from Venezuela, and her newborn Dariangelys and (Right) Magdala Ciceron with her child Amaya, pose for portraits in the maternity care unit at the Roosevelt Hotel's medical clinic.

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  • National

Migrant mothers arriving in New York find support, hope — and lots of challenges

Over 100,000 migrants have sought shelter in New York City in the last year or so. Some are pregnant women fleeing violence and poverty. NPR followed the daily lives of three women.

October 11, 2023
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  • Jasmine Garsd
People believed to be migrants walk in Dungeness, a headland on the coast of England, on Aug. 16.

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  • News

U.K. Supreme Court to weigh legality of plan to deport migrants to Rwanda

To discourage migrants, the U.K. wants to deport to Rwanda some who arrive by boat without a visa. Human rights groups have sued, and the Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Oct. 9.

October 07, 2023
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  • Lauren Frayer
Immigrants from Venezuela crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S. last month in Eagle Pass, Texas.

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  • National

U.S. will resume deportation flights to Venezuela even as thousands flee that country

The Biden administration says flights will resume immediately, its latest attempt to discourage Venezuelan migrants from making the dangerous journey to the U.S.-Mexico border.

October 05, 2023
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  • Joel Rose
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