A middle-aged Swedish woman charged with child rape has argued that her victim, an alleged “unaccompanied minor”, had lied to the government about his true age when he arrived in Sweden. A 40-year-old woman who lives in Sala Municipality, central
The leader of Kent County Council, Roger Gough, said that the number of migrants claiming to be unaccompanied minors crossing the English Channel has reached “unsustainable” levels, adding that the county is being “overwhelmed” as illegal boat migration soars.
Employees of the Dutch Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) have claimed they work in fear of “underage” migrants they say use refugee reception homes as a base while they commit crimes.
Police have arrested four unaccompanied minor migrants in Bordeaux in connection with the burglaries or attempted burglaries of 28 pharmacies in the city and surrounding area.
The French department of Côte-d’Or has revealed that of the over 500 migrants claiming to be minors who arrived at the department in 2019, just 20 per cent of them were actually underage. The department, which contains the city of Dijon,
A 16-year-old illegal Moroccan migrant who was arrested at Orly airport in the cockpit of an aeroplane by police as he was on LSD and claiming he wanted to fly the plane to Morocco now faces trial.
A 5-year-old in a remote Alaskan village carried a toddler a half-mile to a neighbor’s house after they were left home alone in sub-zero temperatures, police said.
The Belgian capital of Brussels has seen the arrival of dozens of underage migrant street children in recent months, many addicted to glue-sniffing and alcohol.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials announced that the apprehension of migrants who illegally cross the border between ports of entry fell in August by 30 percent. This number is down by 62 percent from the May peak of 132,870, but up by 35 percent over August 2018’s 37,524.
Figures released by the Assembly of French Departments (ADF) have revealed that underage migrants cost French taxpayers two billion euros per year.
Of the top ten worst offenders in Barcelona over the summer, an Algerian illegal migrant topped the list with 14 arrests over a period of just 11 weeks. Police say the 18-year-old Algerian was arrested eight separate times for theft
The family of a 13-year-old girl claims that Alaska Airlines lost their daughter during a layover in San Francisco last week even after paying an unaccompanied minor fee for her travels.
New Orleans Sector Border Patrol agents arrested 15 migrants for using fraudulent documents at a government meeting in Louisiana last week. The 15 included one unaccompanied minor.
Acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan told senators on Tuesday that more than 300,000 migrant children were taken into custody by Border Patrol agents this fiscal year. This represents nearly 40 percent of all migrants apprehended so far this year.
President Donald Trump specifically called out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday, branding her simply “Cortez.”
Department of Homeland Security officials are investigating an allegation of sexual assault against an underage migrant girl in a Yuma Sector processing center. NBC News also alleges acts of retaliation against migrants by Border Patrol agents following complaints about food and crowded conditions.
A new report claims just ten per cent of Moroccan “minor” migrants who have come to Sweden in recent years were actually minors, the rest adults.
Border Patrol agents in the remote Yuma Sector apprehended more than 50,000 migrants who illegally crossed the border so far this fiscal year. This is nearly double the number of migrants apprehended in Fiscal Years 2017-2018 combined.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 900 mostly Central American migrants over the weekend. The migrants continue to cross in large groups over outdated border barrier sections.
Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Matthew T. Albence told Breitbart News that agents are finding false family claims in three out of 10 migrant families interviewed at the border. The interviews are part of a new ICE program directed at detecting and prosecuting false family claims made by Central American migrants to gain entry into the U.S.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents saved an unaccompanied minor from drowning in the Rio Grande River as she attempted to illegally cross last week.
A 17-year-old girl from Honduras apprehended by Border Patrol agents claims she was sexually assaulted multiple times during her two-month journey through Mexico.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the United States being “flooded” with migrants coming across the U.S. southern border is indeed a “crisis.”
A New York Times’ article on the migrant caravans shows President Donald Trump’s border security reforms are successfully curbing the northward flow of migrants.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported they apprehended 330 migrants who illegally crossed into the United States “one minute passed midnight” on Monday at Antelope Wells, a remote southwestern New Mexico port of entry.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents found a two-year-old girl near Campo, California, without a parent. A 17-year-old unaccompanied male claims the mother asked him to carry the girl when she became tired.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 200 Central American migrants in a single day after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico. The three groups of migrants consisted of large groups of family units and unaccompanied minors.
President Donald Trump’s new border rules include a clause that could sharply curb the cartels’ trafficking of children and youths into the United States.
A second pupil has been pulled from Stoke High School following allegations that an asylum seeking pupil there who claims to be 15 was actually aged 30.
The arrests of migrants by Border Patrol agents between ports of entry along the U.S. border with Mexico jumped 30 percent in Fiscal Year 2018. Agents apprehended nearly 400,000 migrants, including more than 150,000 minors and family units.
Immigration shelters in Texas are being overwhelmed by the massive numbers of unaccompanied minors who crossed the border from Mexico in recent months. The influx of migrant children placed more than 5,000 minors into shelters, according to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHS).
The chief Border Patrol official responsible for securing the busiest sector for illegal crossings says Congress must act to close loopholes that criminals are exploiting to bring families and unaccompanied minors into South Texas.
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector apprehended more than 2,000 migrants during a three-day period at a tiny area known for illegal border crossing. The groups consisted mainly of migrant families and unaccompanied children from Central America.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested nearly 200 migrants, including families and unaccompanied minors, during a 33-hour period after they illegally crossed from Mexico. The sector has witnessed an increase of more than 100 percent of migrants attempting to make the dangerous trek across the Arizona desert.
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector continue to encounter large groups of migrants coming across the open border between Mexico and the U.S. The groups frequently consist of unaccompanied minors and family units.
Border Patrol agents in South Texas arrested three unaccompanied minors being used by Mexican cartels to smuggle marijuana across the Rio Grande River. The actions are indicative of the types of abuses put upon Central American juveniles who are being put through the human smuggling process.
Neighbors and former workers of a Texas migrant detention facility for minors say numerous detainees escaped. The contractor who operates the site confirmed the allegations to a Houston-based news outlet.
The founder and CEO of a 30-year-old Texas non-profit group tasked with housing illegal immigrant children is being challenged by media outlets for allegedly taking a $1.5 million salary in 2016 (latest report available). The group’s revenue increased more than ten-fold since 2008 as the numbers of unaccompanied minors and separated families increased over the year.
Ivanka Trump donated $50,000 to a Texas church to help children separated from their parents at the border, according to the pastor. The president’s daughter made the donation after the Dallas-area Baptist Church announced it is working to find a solution to the “terrible immigration crisis.”
An underage pregnant girl and a 1-year-old child were among a group of 36 minor and 21 adult migrants rescued in the 108-degree heat of the Arizona desert after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico. Many in the group required medical attention for exposure to the heat and dehydration.
