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22 Illegal migrants caught crossing Myanmar border in Kanchanaburi
Published on 12/05/2025
» KANCHANABURI, Thailand — Authorities apprehended 22 undocumented migrants in Sangkhla Buri district, Kanchanaburi province, on Sunday as they attempted to enter Thailand illegally from Myanmar.
US creates new military zone on Mexico border
Published on 03/05/2025
» The US military has created a second military zone along the border with Mexico, adding an area in Texas where troops can temporarily detain migrants or trespassers after another such area was designated in New Mexico last month.
Trump escalates immigration crackdown to mark 100 days
AFP, Published on 28/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - The White House announced Monday a crackdown on "sanctuary cities" that defy Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies, as the president closes in on his first 100 days in office.
Yemen's Huthi rebel media says 68 killed in US strikes on migrant centre
AFP, Published on 28/04/2025
» SANAA - Huthi rebel-controlled media in Yemen said Monday that US strikes targeted a migrant detention centre in the movement's stronghold of Saada, killing at least 68 people.
FBI arrests Wisconsin judge for shielding undocumented migrant
AFP, Published on 26/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - Federal agents on Friday arrested a US judge for allegedly shielding an undocumented migrant, escalating a struggle between the White House and courts over President Donald Trump's hardline deportation policies.
Trump hosts 'coolest dictator' Bukele in migrant crackdown talks
AFP, Published on 14/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Monday hosted El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, the self-described "world's coolest dictator" who is now the US leader's key ally in a controversial push to deport illegal migrants to a notorious Salvadoran prison.
Migrant kids left behind
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/04/2025
» On Monday, Kallaya Tahsom, former director of Thairath Wittaya 6 School in Ang Thong province, listened to police criminal charges against her. Her alleged crimes? The former school director, also a Ministry of Education official, was accused of assisting illegal migration and neglecting her duty. In 2023, the school was founded, providing education to 126 Myanmar students who had fled their homeland's civil war, illegally entering Thailand.
US Supreme Court lifts order barring deportations under wartime law
AFP, Published on 08/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Monday lifted a lower court order barring the deportation of undocumented migrants using an obscure wartime law, in a victory for the Trump administration.
Trump official visits El Salvador mega-jail housing deportees
AFP, Published on 27/03/2025
» SAN SALVADOR - US President Donald Trump’s homeland security chief on Wednesday visited the mega-prison in El Salvador where hundreds of Venezuelan migrants have been deported under contested legal grounds.
Get migrants work permits, employers told
News, Published on 15/03/2025
» Alert on migrant work permits