Tag: migrants

NTD News Today (Dec. 23): FBI Remains Silent on Social Media Payments; Border Patrol Seeks Contractors for Construction of Barrier

The FBI is staying silent on which other social media companies the federal agency gave money to following confirmation of the agency’s $3.5 million payment to Twitter. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said that it’s accepting bids from contractors to construct barriers along the Southern border. Meanwhile, hundreds of migrants at the border are weathering…


Close to 100 Illegal Immigrants Arrive in Denver Triggering Emergency Services

The City and County of Denver has activated an emergency shelter after nearly 100 illegal migrants showed up on busses overnight on Monday. Officials say they were completely unprepared for the arrival of the illegal migrants and had to set up cots in a recreation center to accommodate them. The city has been working with…


French Authorities Rescue 61 Migrants Including Children in Channel

BOULOGNE, France—French authorities rescued 61 migrants including small children in the English Channel on Tuesday in one of the largest emergency operations in recent months as calm seas drew a rush of migrants in small boats toward the coast of Britain. Rescue workers in the port of Boulogne, where the migrants were brought ashore, said…


US Coast Guard Rescues 18 ‘Presumed Migrants’ Stranded at Sea Without Food or Water for 5 Days

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 18 presumed migrants, including children, that had been stranded at sea without food or water for five days after their boat broke down, officials said on Nov. 24. They were rescued in international waters near the U.S.-Mexico border. “At 4 p.m. @USCG responded to a report of 18, presumed migrants, in a…


Greece: Migrant Boat Had Sailed From Libya With 483 People

ATHENS, Greece—Greek authorities say a dilapidated fishing boat crammed with migrants that was towed to port after losing steering in rough seas south of Crete was carrying a total of 483 people who had sailed from Libya. The coast guard said Thursday that those on board were Syrians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Palestinians, and Sudanese and included…


Labour’s Starmer Offers Business Leaders ‘Pragmatic’ Approach to Migration

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has promised a “new partnership” with business and said his government would take a “pragmatic” approach to economic migration. But in a speech to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference on Tuesday he urged companies to wean themselves off low-paid, cheap overseas labour. Starmer—who was elected leader of…


Greece Rescues Hundreds of Migrants Adrift on Fishing Boat

ATHENS—Greece rescued hundreds of migrants on Tuesday after the fishing boat they were traveling on issued a distress signal off the island of Crete, the coast guard said. A spokesperson for the coast guard cited survivors as saying about 400 to 500 people were on board. Two cargo ships, one navy frigate, and one tanker…


Suella Braverman Says She Will Fix UK’s ‘Hopelessly Lax Asylum System’

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman said in Parliament that there is an “invasion on our southern coast” and that she was serious about “ending the scourge of illegal migration.” On Monday, Braverman told MPs at the House of Commons that around 40,000 people arrived on the south coast of England in 2022, more than double…


98 Migrants Rescued From Boat Off Florida Coast Lacked Food

BOCA RATON, Fla.—Almost 100 people, mostly from Haiti, who were rescued from an overcrowded boat off the Florida coast had no food or water for two days, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A Coast Guard helicopter spotted the 96 Haitians, as well as a passenger each from Uganda and the Bahamas, about 20 miles…


Texas Authorities Rescue 84 Illegal Aliens in Tractor Trailer in Hidalgo County

Approximately 84 illegal aliens were rescued from the back of a tractor-trailer by Texas authorities on Oct. 6 in what officials believe may have been a human smuggling incident. Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra shared the results of the rescue operation on Twitter, stating that a concerned citizen had contacted police to report a tractor-trailer arriving at a…