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UK launches sanctions to deter migrant crossings
AFP, Published on 23/07/2025
» LONDON - The United Kingdom imposed sanctions Wednesday on more than two dozen people, groups and suppliers from the Balkans, the Middle East and China accused of helping migrants cross the Channel.
New clashes outside London hotel housing migrants
AFP, Published on 21/07/2025
» LONDON - Anti-migrant protests degenerated again late Sunday outside a London hotel housing asylum seekers, as rioters threw bottles and smoke bombs at the police.
Germany presses ahead with deportations to Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» BERLIN - Germany said on Friday it had deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government looks to signal a hard line on immigration.
'A trap' - Asylum seekers arrested after attending US courts
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» NEW YORK — In gloomy corridors outside a Manhattan courtroom, masked agents target and arrest migrants attending mandatory hearings -- part of United States President Donald Trump's escalating immigration crackdown.
Macron turns to politics on second day of UK visit
AFP, Published on 09/07/2025
» WINDSOR, England - French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Britain turned to politics Wednesday as London is expected to press Paris for new measures to curb undocumented immigration.
For gay Malaysian refugee in UK 'you have to live authentically - you're saving yourself'
South China Morning Post, Published on 05/06/2025
» LONDON — "Growing up in a Muslim family, I was told that liking another person of the same sex was haram," said Warren Hallett of how Islam forbids homosexuality, considering it sinful. "My religion teacher said [gay people] were going to hell.
Dutch government falls as far-right leader Wilders quits coalition
AFP, Published on 03/06/2025
» THE HAGUE - Far-right Dutch leader Geert Wilders withdrew his party from the government on Tuesday in a row over immigration, bringing down a shaky coalition and likely ushering in snap elections.
Trump ambushes South African president with 'genocide' accusation
AFP, Published on 22/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump ambushed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday by playing him a video that he claimed proved genocide is being committed against white people, driving farmers to flee to the United States.
Immigration needs reform
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/05/2025
» Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's initiative to launch a new department to tackle immigration issues is welcome, if not long overdue.
Francis's funeral to be grand farewell to 'pope of the poor'
AFP, Published on 26/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, champion of the poor and the Church's first Latin American leader, will be honoured Saturday with a funeral attended by world leaders and tens of thousands of Catholic faithful.