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by Jennifer GONZALEZ COVARRUBIAS / with Henry Morales Arana in Tecun Uman, Guatemala Agence France Presse TAPACHULA, Mexico (AFP) — Thousands of Honduran migrants whose trek toward the United States has triggered tirades from US President Donald Trump forged on Sunday after crossing a river into Mexico, marching for hours. Mexican authorities had managed to block the “caravan” of migrants on a border bridge between Mexico and Guatemala, but many later crossed the river below […]
(Reuters) — Twenty-two migrants drowned and 200 more were rescued when a boat capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast on Tuesday (September 15). The boat was apparently attempting to reach the Greek island of Kos. A total of 211 immigrants were rescued from the boat while divers recovered the bodies of 22 drowned passengers, a statement from the Turkish coastguard said. The boat went down about 1.5 miles (2.5 km) off the […]
(Courtesy CCTV) — The refugee crisis that Europe is now facing might last for decades, and yet no policy so far can solve the problem, said an international strategic expert in an exclusive interview with China Central Television (CCTV) on Friday in London. Nigel Inkster, the Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the refugee crisis may last longer than many people think. “I think the answer […]
(Reuters) — The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde said on Saturday (September 5) the plight of migrants is everybody’s problem. A photograph of a three year old Syrian boy, Aylan Kurdi’s tiny body in a bright red T-shirt and dark shorts, face-down in the surf, appeared in newspapers around the world, prompting sympathy and outrage at the perceived inaction of developed nations in helping refugees. “Reality comes back to haunt you […]
