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Immigration agents probed over alleged abuse of woman who gave birth at border patrol station

Border patrol agents at the Chula Vista Border Patrol Station near San Diego, California, have come under fire over the treatment of a 27-year-old Guatemalan woman when she delivered her baby.




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Arizona CBP agents find two migrants in a car trunk and send them back across the Mexico border

CBP agents detained and quickly deported two Honduran migrants who were found hiding in the trunk of a car that was stopped Sunday near Gila Bend, Arizona.




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ICE to release 693 undocumented immigrants from overcrowded detention centers

The decision comes on the heel of mounting pressure from Democrats and pro-immigrant groups who have demanded the mass liberation of more than 34,000 incarcerated.




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CBP finds 28 undocumented immigrants lying on top of each other inside a trailer in Texas

CBP agents detained 28 migrants from Ecuador, Guatemala and Mexico during the search of a tractor trailer on Monday in Texas. The driver, a U.S. citizen, was taken into custody.




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Man is charged over plot to smuggle immigrants into UK after 39 migrants were found dead in a lorry

Gazmir Nuzi, of Tottenham, London, has been charged with an immigration offence in connection with the investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants in a lorry, found in Essex.




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Man charged with manslaughter in connection with deaths of 39 migrants found in lorry in Essex 

Ronan Hughes, of Co Armagh in Northern Ireland, is due to appear at Dublin's High Court on Tuesday charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, as well as immigration offences.




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Migrant detainees cry for help during hunger strike over COVID-19 fears at an ICE detention center

The alleged incident took place at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-run Otay Mesa Detention Center in Otay Mesa, California, on April 10.




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Extradition hearing begins for man arrested in Dublin over manslaughter of Vietnamese immigrants

Ronan Hughes, 40, from Silverstream, Tyholland in Co Monaghan, was detained on Monday following the execution of a European arrest warrant in the Irish Republic.




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Lawyer who helped Melania Trump obtain US citizenship blasts president's immigration ban

Michael Wildes helped secure US citizenship for both Melania Trump and her parents Viktor and Amalija Knavs as well as a green card for Melania's sister Ines.




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Donald Trump signs executive order temporarily suspending immigration into US

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he has signed an executive order temporarily suspending all immigration into the United States amid the on-going novel coronavirus pandemic.




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Detainee smashes up Perth Immigration Detention Centre

A 25-year-old man has been charged for allegedly smashing a dining room in the Perth Immigration Detention Centre in Redcliffe in March this year.




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Immigration judge Mark Davies, who once posed naked as Mr July, announces retirement

Immigration judge Mark Davies is retiring after a 44-year career in law. The outgoing judge from Sheffield has previously drawn attention for a nude calendar and for 'prejudicial remarks' about Iranians.




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Priti Patel signals fresh crackdown on illegal migrants crossing English Channel

Priti Patel today signalled a fresh crackdown on illegal migrants crossing the English Channel as she also vowed to tackle 'vexatious' asylum claims.




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Denmark's immigration ministry declares it 'wonderful' more migrants left than entered in 2019

It was the first time since 2011 that net migration - the difference between immigration and emigration - was negative. The main groups who left last year were Somalis, Syrians and Iraqis.




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CBP officers discover 36 undocumented immigrants inside a tractor trailer in Texas

Border Patrol agents in found 36 unlawful migrants inside a truck during a road checkpoint on Interstate 35 last Thursday in Laredo, Texas.




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Immigration removal centres nearly empty after authorities release 700 detainees

More than 700 detainees have been released from immigration centres up and down the UK, according to official figures revealed today.




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Trump tweets about 'illegal immigrant who viciously robbed and killed' four people in Nevada

On Twitter, President Donald Trump mentioned the case of Wilbur Martinez-Guzman, 19, who was arrested by authorities in Nevada in connection with the killing of four people.




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Bullock says Ken Cuccinelli heading immigration policy is as bad as Putin in charge of elections

Steve Bullock, 2020 presidential candidate, on Sunday compared Ken Cuccinelli, the acting Director of the Citizenship and Immigration Services, to Russian President Vladimir Putin.




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Villagers in northern Greece force migrants on buses to turn back

Despite a police presence, nine buses carrying vulnerable migrants to hotels near Thessaloniki were forced to turn back on Wednesday as dozens of villagers blocked the road.




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Greece's overcrowded migrant camps are 'on the edge of catastrophe'

Dunja Mijatovic, Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, said at the end of a visit to Greece that 'urgent measures' are needed to address the 'desperate conditions' in which migrants live.




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Greece plans 1.7-mile 'floating fence' in sea to deter migrants

The netted barrier will be put in place within the next three months after the government has found a private contractor to build it.




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Greek locals accuse migrants of trying to 'Islamize the western world'

The coastal area of Makrygialos is one of many areas in mainland Greece where the government is locked in a tug of war with local communities over the housing of migrants.




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New refugee crisis as 30,000 migrants from countries including Syria mass on Turkish borders

An estimated 30,000 migrants gathered at checkpoints after Turkey's president claimed to have 'opened the doors' to allow as many as 4 million asylum seekers to leave the country.




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More than 76,000 migrants have left Turkey heading for the EU

Turkish interior minister, Suleyman Soylu, announced the number of crossings in a statement on Twitter. Migrants have been spotted wading through a river and arriving in Greece on boats.




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Greeks fear an influx of migrants after thousands clashed with police

More than 13,000 migrants have gathered on the Turkish side of the river which runs 125 miles along the frontier and separates them from Greece, and therefore the EU.




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Turkish smugglers are charging migrants just £11 to help sneak them into the EU via Greece

Turkish officials are said to be allowing people smugglers to operate freely and as a result, the criminals have slashed their prices for getting migrants into the EU to as little as £11




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Battle at the border: Fire, smoke, and tear gas fill the air as Greek police fight back migrants

Migrants, most of them Middle Eastern and African men, were seen hurling back canisters of tear gas on Wednesday morning, setting fire to fences near the village of Kastanies.




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Greek police launch tear gas at migrants as Turks fire back at border crossing

More clashes erupted on Saturday between Greek police and Europe-bound migrants gathered on the Turkey side of a border crossing near the Greek village of Kastanies.




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President Erdogan refuses to stop migrants trying to cross Turkey's borders with Greece

President Erdogan said today he wouldn't stop migrants trying to cross into Greece before advising Athens to allow them to pass through, as they are aiming to go further into Europe.




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Greece to empty overcrowded migrant camps to prevent Covid-19 spread

The head of the European Parliament's civil liberties committee urges the evacuation of Greece's overcrowded migrant camps because social distancing is near impossible amid Covid-19.




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First coronavirus case in Greek migrant camps as asylum seeker tests positive

The woman tested positive after going to the Athens hospital from a camp in Ritsona, 50 miles north of the Greek capital (file photo, a woman at a different camp helps a child put on a mask).




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47 child migrants evacuated from refugee camps in Greece arrive in Germany 

The Interior Ministry said the minors landed in Hanover on a flight from Athens on Saturday.




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Coronavirus takes a toll in Sweden's immigrant community

STOCKHOLM (AP) - The flight from Italy was one of the last arrivals that day at the Stockholm airport. A Swedish couple in their 50s walked up and loaded...




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More migrants spotted at Dover as lockdown crossings...

Suspected migrants have been seen in Dover, Kent, as the UK basks in bank holiday sunshine.




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Cruz campaign corrects Heidi Cruz after she calls Ted an 'immigrant'

Sen. Ted Cruz's wife Heidi said something on the campaign trail that could bring back up those pesky 'birther' problems. 'Ted is an immigrant,' Heidi Cruz said at a campaign stop in Greenfield, Indiana.




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Omar deletes tweet after Cruz blasts her for claiming 'merit-based' immigration plan is anti-Latino

Ilhan Omar deleted a tweet claiming a merit-based immigration system would disadvantage Latino migrants after Texas Senator Ted Cruz called her out for prejudice against Hispanics.




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Nigel Farage defends travelling 100 miles to film footage about UK migrant crossings

The Brexit Party leader was filmed at Pett Level, a beach in east Sussex, claiming it was the 'favoured location' for migrants to land in the UK. A spokesman said he was there as a broadcaster.




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Unrepentant Nigel Farage breaks lockdown to watch migrants arriving at Dover

Mr Farage delivered a letter to Kent Police headquarters in Maidstone in which he said he was 'certain' the visit to his home was 'a very unwise use of officers' time and of public money'.




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Easter migrant boom as 72 refugees detained in one day as dinghies moor up on Kent beaches

Four boats carrying 72 migrants were intercepted by Border Force on the beaches of Kent and Sussex on Easter Sunday. The 12 women and 60 men said they were from Iraq, Iran and Syria.




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'Wonder drug' to help the misery of migraines

Donna Cox, 57, has been completely migraine-free for two years due to the drug Fremanezumab. It is injected into the arm, stomach or leg once every three months by doctors or even by patients at home.




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Immigration reform: Sen. Marco Rubio defends tough legislation as he claims it's NOT 'de-facto amnesty'

The Florida congressman, who has been tirelessly promoting a bipartisan deal on immigration, said that his 'Gang of Eight' bill doesn't give any handouts to those who are living in the country without a green card.




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Marco Rubio to enter presidential race at Freedom Tower, a historic Cuban immigration site

Monday's site is where the US processed Cuban exiles who fled Castro's communist regime. Rubio was accused of embellishing his parents' story to make it seem like they were among them.




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Religious right crowd erupts in boos when Trump attacks Marco Rubio as a 'clown' and says 'nobody's weaker' on immigration – but he saves the day by holding up his Bible and defending CHRISTMAS

'You have this clown, Marco Rubio. I've been so nice to him!' Trump said, as boos swallowed the room. He also hammered the truant lawmaker for his record of absences in the Senate.




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GOP debate sees Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz tustle over plans to 'legalize' illegal immigrants

Rubio, pictured, supports a mechanism to allow illegal residents to stay in the country long-term. He's said Cruz's position is 'not much different.' Cruz has likewise accused him of backing amnesty.




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From the migrant crisis to Alexander Blackman, will Western leaders ever learn?

Interventions in small Muslim states over the last twenty years, far from saving the West from the threats from dictators, have left Britain and America more at risk than ever.




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Nigerian man took a knife into immigration centre to get himself deported

Oluwaleke Yisa told an immigration officer 'I want to leave this f*****g country' during an appointment at the Home Office's Becket House, Bermondsey, on 20 August.




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Canstar Blue shoppers vote for their favourite brands of white, wholemeal and multigrain breads

Australian shoppers have voted for their favourite supermarket sliced breads of 2020 - including white, wholemeal and multigrain.




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Fraudster jailed for almost five years after illegally obtaining British passports for 11 migrants

Mohammed Asif helped 11 people get UK passports, claiming they were children of two deceased Britons of Pakistani heritage as part of a scam that charged customers up to £10,000.




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British 'jihadi rapper' was 'snuck into Spain by boat after posing as an undocumented migrant'

Spanish state broadcaster TVE said the jihadi reached the city of Almeria in a patera, the wooden boats Africans traditionally use to reach Europe from as far afield as Senegal.




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PICTURED: Thousands of Mexican migrants camp out on roads and bridges to enter United States

The total number of Mexican adults crossing the border spiked by 25 per cent from late July to late September, while migration from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador declined.