Tag: migrants

French Police Dismantle Migrant Camp Housing Hundreds in Calais

PARIS, France—French police dismantled a makeshift migrant camp in the northern port of Calais on Friday, removing hundreds of people in one of the biggest operations of its kind in recent months. Since the easing of the coronavirus lockdown and the reopening of the borders within the European Union, migrants have begun to flock to…


Biden Admin Is Still Using a Trump-Era Order to Expel Migrants Despite Ending ‘Remain in Mexico’

The Biden administration continues rapidly expelling most migrants under a Trump-era public health order despite ending the former administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program, officials announced Tuesday. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas formally ended the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) requiring people to wait in Mexico as their cases proceeded through immigration courts….


The Migrants’ Journey: Gathered From Around the World, They Escape Darien Gap by Canoe (VIDEO)

War Correspondent Michael Yon is traveling the journey of the migrants from South America to the United States, detailing their travails and travels, as well as remarkable encounters he has along the way. The Epoch Times presents excerpts from his ongoing account. May 27, 2021 Bajo Chiquito, PANAMA—Only the survivors make it to the dugout canoes. Those…


Thousands of Migrants Biden Said Would Be Allowed to Enter the US Turned Back to Mexico

Thousands of migrants ordered to remain in Mexico as their asylum cases were processed were returned to the country indefinitely despite the Biden administration admitting most of the remaining cases into the U.S., the Associated Press reported Wednesday. President Joe Biden ended former President Donald Trump’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) requiring migrants to “Remain in…


The Migrants’ Journey: Rape and Murder on the Way to Panama

War Correspondent Michael Yon is traveling the journey of the migrants from South America to the United States, detailing their travails and travels, as well as remarkable encounters he has along the way. The Epoch Times presents excerpts from his ongoing account. Darien Gap, Panama April 21, 2021 Here in Darien Gap, Panama, I have…


Three Men Appear in Court Accused of Smuggling Migrants to UK Aboard a Yacht

Three men have appeared in court accused of attempting to bring migrants illegally into the UK aboard a yacht. The three suspects, who appeared at Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court, have been charged in connection with the incident between March 17 and 19, 2020. Jean-Pierre Labelle, 44, of Ashey Road, Isle of Wight, is charged…


Greece to EU: Don’t Let Countries Use Migrants as Leverage

ATHENS, Greece—Greece’s prime minister says Europe should be “very, very strict” when dealing with countries that he said are seeking to use migrants and refugees as a means of pressuring the European Union. Speaking Friday during a meeting in Athens with the head of the European border agency Frontex, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on…


Morocco Blames Spain for Spat, Says Weather Caused Migrant Crisis

RABAT—Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita on Thursday blamed Spain for the diplomatic spat between the two countries and said mass migrant crossings from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta this week were due to the weather and tired border guards. Morocco had appeared to loosen its border controls with Ceuta on Monday as thousands…


Spain: Stream of Migrants Stops as Morocco Beefs up Security

CEUTA, Spain—Authorities in Ceuta, the Spanish enclave at the center of a humanitarian crisis and a diplomatic dispute between Morocco and Spain, said Thursday that no migrants crossed overnight into the city after security forces in the neighboring north African kingdom tightened the shared border. Security forces clashed well into the night with dozens of…


Spain Speeds up Ceuta Expulsions After Migrant Tide From Morocco Ebbs

CEUTA, Spain—Spanish authorities carried out mass expulsions of migrants on Wednesday from its North African enclave of Ceuta after thousands crossed from Morocco, as the tide of humanity swimming around the border fence turned into a trickle. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said as many as 4,800 of the more than 8,000 who entered Ceuta during…