Tag: migrants

At Least 57 Migrants Drown in Shipwreck Off Tunisia

TUNIS—At least 57 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunis as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy and 33 were rescued, humanitarian organisation Tunisian Red Crescent said on Tuesday. In recent weeks, drowning incidents have occurred off the Tunisian coast, with an increase in the frequency of trips to Europe from…


Spain, Morocco Square Off After 6,000 Migrants Arrive by Sea

MADRID—Spain faced a humanitarian and diplomatic crisis Tuesday after thousands of Moroccans took advantage of relaxed border controls in their nation to swim or paddle in inflatable boats onto European soil. By Tuesday morning, around 6,000 people had crossed the border into the Spanish city of Ceuta since the first arrivals began early Monday, the…


Spain, Morocco Square Off After 7,000 Migrants Arrive by Sea

MADRID—Spain deployed its military to the Moroccan border on Tuesday as thousands of migrants jumped fences or swam onto European soil for the second day in a row after Rabat loosened border controls amid a deepening diplomatic spat. Overwhelmed soldiers separated the adults from the young and carried children in their arms while Red Cross…


Judge Dismisses Migrant Case Against Italy’s Matteo Salvini

MILAN—A judge in Sicily has dismissed a case against right-wing leader Matteo Salvini for keeping rescued migrants on board a coast guard ship in 2019, saying no crime had been committed. Salvini had faced a possible indictment in the Sicilian port of Catania on charges of kidnapping for not allowing the migrants to disembark for…


At Least 17 Migrants Drown in Shipwreck Off Tunis

TUNIS—At least 17 African migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunis as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Thursday. The Tunisian coastguard had rescued two Nigerian women in waters off the southern town of Zarzis, Red Crescent official Mongi Slim also told Reuters. The ship…


Austria Snubs EU Plea to Accept Lampedusa Illegal Immigrants

Austria on Tuesday rejected a plea for other European Union countries to accept illegal immigrants from Italy, following a surge in arrivals on Lampedusa that seems likely to expose deep-seated divisions across the bloc over migration. More than 2,000 mostly African illegal immigrants have reached the tiny island off Italy’s southern coast by boat since…


5 Charged In Alleged Houston Human Smuggling Operation

Five people have been charged days after Houston police discovered 97 migrants in a suburban house in what appears to be an alleged human smuggling case.


Over 800 Migrants Rescued at Sea Head to Italy

ROME—Two Italian ports faced an influx of hundreds of migrants on Saturday, as a charity ship sailed toward a Sicilian port with 236 people rescued in the Mediterranean from traffickers’ boats, while Italian coast guard and border police brought 532 others to a tiny island. The maritime rescue group SOS Mediterranee said a ship it…


EXCLUSIVE: Illegal Migrants Explain Why They’re Coming to the US as They Cross Private Land

Illegal migrants said they’re coming to the U.S. because of President Joe Biden, natural disasters and violence in their home countries. A landowner where migrants frequently cross on their way to a processing facility said they tell him they’re here because Biden invited them. Some of the migrants said they did not want to leave…


Video: Facts Matter (March 26): City Program Excludes White Families, Gives Low-Income Families of Color $500 Per Month

The city of Oakland is trying a new universal basic income program. The catch is that to qualify, you cannot be white. Meanwhile, the governor of Arkansas signed a new bill into law that will ban biological males from participating in women’s sports. A new report reveals that the Biden administration’s plan to house migrants…