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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has deported 47 South Korean nationals wanted for various crimes in South Korea. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said that this is the first mass deportation done by the bureau. The fees for the flight of the South Korean fugitives were shouldered by the South Korean government. The mass deportation of the Koreans took place last Thursday. Immigration commissioner Morente said the Koreans were turned over […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A US appeals court allowed President Donald Trump to proceed with part of the latest version of his travel ban Monday, but it created an exemption for foreigners with American ties. The ruling by the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco bars citizens of six Muslim-majority countries who do not have a “bona fide” relationship with a person or entity already in the US. The White […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States will resume accepting refugees after a 120-day ban, but arrivals from 11 “high-risk” countries, most of them home to Muslim majorities, will still be blocked, officials announced Tuesday. The temporary ban, which President Donald Trump fought to implement since January and finally proceeded with in late June after a Supreme Court decision, allowed officials to review security procedures and set tougher screening procedures. Jennifer Higgins, associate director […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump Sunday sent Congress his immigration legislation priorities, including building a controversial border wall, speeding up deportations and dramatically increasing the number of officials involved in enforcement. The administration tied these priorities to Democrats’ desire to provide legal protection to some 800,000 immigrants known as “Dreamers” who came to the country illegally as children and were covered by an amnesty brought by former President Barack Obama that […]
by Deborah Cole and Hui Min Neo Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a fourth term in Germany’s general election on Sunday, but her victory was clouded by the hard-right AfD party winning its first seats in parliament. Merkel, who after 12 years in power held a double-digit lead for most of the campaign, scored around 33 percent of the vote with her conservative Christian Union (CDU/CSU) bloc, according to […]
by Paul Handley Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump’s contentious travel ban expires Sunday with little clarity over whether America’s door will reopen for travelers from six majority-Muslim countries. Based on the policy, US embassies or representatives in Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen should resume granting visas to their nationals planning to visit the United States for work, study, pleasure or to emigrate. But some think the […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Hundreds of refugees being held at a remote Papua New Guinea detention camp will be moved by October despite uncertainty over a resettlement deal with the United States, Australia’s immigration minister said Thursday. Canberra sends asylum-seekers who try to enter the country by boat to camps on Nauru and PNG’s Manus Island, with those found to be refugees barred from resettling in Australia. They are instead relocated to third countries, or resettled elsewhere in PNG. But the sudden withdrawal from PNG […]
NEW YOK, United States (AFP) — Coldplay hailed the contributions of immigrants to the United States as the English rockers released a video for a new song, “Miracles (Someone Special).” Without any explicit reference to President Donald Trump and his crackdown on immigration, Coldplay made clear that the history of the United States goes beyond people of European heritage. The video starts with a wall of old photos. The shot zooms in to show immigrants […]
Privately-run aid organizations rescuing migrants off Libya have slammed the idea of creating a “code of conduct” for them to follow, saying European ministers tackling the crisis are bungling their response. Italy, France and Germany held a working dinner on Sunday to prepare the ground for a six-point plan to address the biggest migrant phenomenon since World War II, to be submitted to the bloc at a meeting on Thursday in Talinn. Top of […]
by Paul Handley Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump’s order to block arrivals from six mainly Muslim countries takes partial effect Thursday after he won a Supreme Court victory over rights groups. But implementation of the order after five months of legal challenges could be chaotic, in part due to the meaning of a key term used in the court’s ruling Monday: “bona fide.” The court said that […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand’s main opposition party Monday announced plans to almost halve immigration numbers if it wins a September election, with the clampdown focused on international students. Labor Party leader Andrew Little said it was “time for a breather on immigration” in the nation, which has experienced record annual net arrivals of about 70,000 in recent years. Little said his center-left party would cut that by up to 30,000 a year, […]
by Frankie Taggart with Paul Handley in Washington Agence France Presse A United States judge on Tuesday blocked an executive order by President Donald Trump that could deny billions of dollars to so-called sanctuary cities as punishment for harboring illegal immigrants. Dealing a fresh setback to Trump’s pledged crackdown on undocumented residents, Judge William Orrick of San Francisco’s federal court issued a preliminary injunction barring any attempt to implement the January 25 executive order. “Federal […]
