The Associated Press reports that 17,000 Brazilian migrants entered the United States through the city of El Paso during Fiscal Year 2019. Approximately 18,000 crossed into the U.S. along the entire southwest border with Mexico — a 600 percent increase over the previous high during FY2016.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol officials report a recent increase in the number of migrants from Africa being apprehended after illegally crossing from Mexico.
Sofia (AFP) — Bulgaria on Saturday said it would summon France’s ambassador to Sofia on Monday over “insulting” comments about immigration by French President Emmanuel Macron sparked outrage.
Police arrested some 107 migrants for their role in the riots that overran a migrant holding centre on the island nation of Malta. A group of migrants set fire to five cars and a number of rooms in the Hal
Migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos has called on European Union member states to take migrants directly from countries in Africa, citing current talks with Rwanda.
A migrant from Cameroon faces deportation from Switzerland after failing integrate, despite being in the country for ten years.
A region of the multicultural Midlands city of Birmingham has seen the highest rate of newly-reported cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK.
The number of cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) has risen substantially in the last 20 years, according to a new report released by the French National Public Health Agency.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector apprehended more than 1,100 migrants from multiple countries in Africa since May 30. The migrants present unique problems for Border Patrol agents who must care for their health and safety.
Hundreds of migrants and others associated with the so-called “Black Vests” group stormed the Pantheon in Paris demanding the French state grant them residency papers and free housing.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended two “large groups” of mostly Haitian, South American, and African migrants. On two days this week, the Del Rio Station agents apprehended a total of 310 migrants.
A failed asylum seeker from western Africa has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault but the prosecutor has said the alleged crimes are not serious enough to call for his deportation.
San Antonio officials scrambled this week to find French-speaking volunteers to help with hundreds of Congolese migrants arriving in the Alamo City.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 500 migrants from the continent of Africa since May 30. The numbers jumped after large numbers of African migrants adopted a strategy of crossing in large numbers. On Wednesday, a group of 34 African migrants crossed the border illegally near Eagle Pass, Texas.
Border Patrol agents in the Del Rio Sector encountered their second large group of African migrants illegally crossing the border near Eagle Pass, Texas, on Saturday. This group of 37 African migrant families, followed quickly behind a group of 116 African migrants who crossed on Friday.
Hundreds of African migrants gathered on the Mexican side of the bridge that separates Laredo, Texas, from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, on Monday.
Police have arrested two Nigerian migrant women in the Italian city of Genoa after a newborn boy died as a result of an attempted home circumcision. The mother and grandmother of the newborn attempted to circumcise him inside an apartment
A 38-year-old illegal African migrant, who was set to be deported and has operated under 13 different identities, is facing trial for the murder of a French couple that occurred in December 2015.
The European Parliament has demanded bloc-wide action including “reparations” to fight “structural racism” which manifests in people of African descent in Europe getting lower school grades and increased police scrutiny, according to Brussels.
Eurocrats including the Commission president are working hand-in-hand with George Soros to flood the bloc with migrants, Hungary is warning citizens in a new poster campaign ahead of EU elections in May.
Named as the centre-left’s candidate for EU Commission President, Frans Timmermans announced he would crush conservative governments in Europe, insisting that the continent melding with Africa is “a matter of destiny”.
All of the countries of the North African region have rejected a proposal from the European Union to build migrant reception facilities in their countries.
With Spain now the main entry point for illegal immigration from Africa, the Mayor of Madrid has hailed the influx as “extraordinarily positive” for Europe, describing newcomers as “heroes who follow their dreams”.
A newspaper in Burkina Faso has hailed the French national squad an “African team” due to the high proportion of diverse players.
The Libya correspondent for the French newspaper Le Monde has claimed the country could have as many as 700,000 to one million asylum seekers with many waiting to come to Europe.
Academics at University College London (UCL) have said there is little basis to justify terms like ‘climate refugee’ after finding that the majority of conflict in Africa and forced migration has been as a result of rapid population growth.
Police in Montpellier has taken down a network of migrants from the Ivory Coast who used forged documents to claim that they were underage when they were actually adults.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Tuesday expressed “disappointment” at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to scrap an agreement on resettling thousands of African migrants following tough domestic criticism, and urged him to “reconsider” it.
TEL AVIV – Israel will postpone deporting illegal African migrants until after Passover a high court demand for a policy brief on the matter.
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said Israel’s 120 mile fence along the Egyptian border is preventing a “flood” of illegal African migrants from coming into the country, which is “worse” than terrorists in the Sinai peninsula.
Three men have been arrested in the heavily migrant-populated Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois for attacking a man by biting at his face and then eating the pieces of flesh they had bitten off.
Thousands of migrants are attempting to traverse the Alps to get out of Italy to their preferred destinations of Germany and other Northern European countries.
TEL AVIV – The majority of Israelis support their government’s campaign to deport illegal African migrants to an unnamed third country, a new poll released Wednesday found.
TEL AVIV – Israel is in talks with the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) to relocate a percentage of African migrants to third countries deemed “safe” by the UN, with some of them to remain in Israel permanently.
Africa specialist Stephen Smith has warned that the next migrant crisis is on the horizon as Africa’s population continues to boom and that Western aid, particularly education, may contribute to Africans seeking a better life in Europe.
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday slammed the backlash against the government’s announcement that Israel will deport illegal African migrants as “slander” and a “campaign of lies.” The Interior Ministry on Sunday began issuing thousands of deportation notices to single Eritrean and
TEL AVIV – Israel on Sunday began issuing thousands of deportation notices to single Eritrean and Sudanese men, telling them they had 60 days to leave the country to an unnamed African country with a“stable government” otherwise they faced forced removal or imprisonment.
Swiss medical researchers have announced the discovery of a new strain of tuberculosis that is highly resistant to drugs, found in asylum seekers arrived in Europe from Africa.
TEL AVIV – Israel on Wednesday said illegal African migrants would be paid to leave the country to the tune of thousands of dollars per head, or else face the prospect of jail.
The Knesset on Monday voted to extend tough restrictions on illegal migrants and shutter the Holot detention facilities in southern Israel in three months’ time, underlining the government’s commitment to planned mass deportations of African migrants to Rwanda and Uganda.