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Category: Immigration

  • Libyan orders arrest of airline official over transport of migrants to Nicaragua

    Libyan authorities on Monday ordered the arrest of an airline official on charges of helping to illegally transport migrants to the United States via Nicaragua. The commercial director of Ghadames Air was under investigation for “committing an activity harmful to the interests of the country,” said a statement from the Tripoli-based Attorney General’s office, which…

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  • UK new government has abandoned plans to send illegal migrants to Rwanda, says Prime Minister

    Britain’s new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, confirmed this during his first press conference in Downing Street, stating that the project was doomed to failure. “The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started. It’s never been a deterrent [to the flow of illegals crossing the Channel],” Starmer said. “I’m not prepared to continue with…

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  • Rep. Nicole Malliotakis rips NYC official who suggested Staten Island should house more migrants

    Staten Island Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) on Monday slammed Queens Borough President Donovan Richards for suggesting that her borough hasn’t taken in its fair share of migrants. Malliotakis said the Democrat only had himself to blame for his borough taking the brunt of the migrant crisis — with Queens being home to 36% of the…

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  • NIRA explains adding iris biometrics to Uganda ID

    Will enable IDs for the 1M citizens without readable fingerprints Uganda is making iris biometrics part of its new national digital ID card not just as an added layer of security but also as an alternative for people who do not have fingerprints that can be matched. This is the information disclosed recently by the…

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  • Providence to celebrate Cape Verdean Independence Day

    EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The country of Cape Verde is celebrating their Independence Day today. July 5, 1975 is when the country officially gained independence from the country of Portugal. Providence will be celebrating the annual Cape Verdean Independence Day Festival on Sunday, July 7 at Roger Williams Park. The festival goes from noon…

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  • Mali inaugurates a security center on the Guinean border

    The center, built on 5 hectares in Kourémalé, cost more than 3 billion CFA francs (nearly $5 million). Located on the Bamako-Conakry axis, Kourémalé is an essential corridor for trade and regional mobility. However, it faces security challenges. The new center will: It was built with the support of the EU Capacity Building Mission in…

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  • Bodies of 89 migrants retrieved from Atlantic

    Coastguards in Mauritania have recovered 89 bodies of migrants from a boat that capsized in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday. Nine people – including a five-year-old girl – were rescued, but dozens more are missing. Survivors say the vessel – a traditional fishing boat – set sail last week from the Senegalese-Gambian border area with…

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  • 300,000+ illegal immigrants granted ‘temporary amnesty’ by Biden admin

    President Joe Biden’s administration recently announced that roughly 309,000 illegal immigrants from Haiti will be granted “temporary amnesty” in the United States. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the temporary amnesty order in a press release on Friday. The Biden administration noted that temporary amnesty would be granted to Haitians already in the United States…

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  • U.S. offers deportation relief to further 309,000 Haitians

    The Biden administration will expand deportation relief and work permits to an estimated 309,000 Haitians in the country already, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Friday. The administration will expand access to the Temporary Protected Status program to Haitians through February 2026 due to violence and security issues in Haiti. About 264,000 Haitians…

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  • Chinese migrants crossing California border hits 4-month high

    🇺🇸🇨🇳 The number of Chinese migrants attempting to enter California recently hit a four-month high, continuing concerns of lawmakers who have urged the federal government to better address backchannels permitting more Chinese migration. Chinese migrant encounters have escalated each year under the Biden administration, increasing from 4,923 in the 2022 fiscal year to 14,603 in…

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