Hundreds of rights groups urge US to stop deporting Haitians fleeing gang war
Reuters Nearly 500 immigration and human rights organisations signed a letter urging the US Government to halt deportations of Haitians and expand migration protections as a devastating gang conflict escalates on the Caribbean island nation. The Haitian Bridge Alliance, a San Diego-based non-profit, published a letter on Wednesday together with 481 migration, human rights, religious […]
India begins deporting first group of Myanmar refugees who fled 2021 coup
Guwahati, India Reuters India on Friday began deporting the first group of Myanmar refugees who sought shelter there after a military coup in 2021 and plans to send back more in the coming days, weeks after saying it would end a visa-free border policy with Myanmar. Thousands of civilians and hundreds of troops from Myanmar […]
Forced to start again: Forced out of Pakistan, Afghan waste pickers count their losses
Pakistan’s push to deport undocumented migrants has turned life upside down for thousands of Afghan garbage collectors. ZOFEEN T EBRAHIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
UN agency urges Pakistan to halt expelling Afghans during winter
Islamabad, PakistanReuters The UN refugee agency on Wednesday urged Pakistan to halt deportation of undocumented Afghan refugees during the harsh winter season, as police continued to search homes and expel Afghanis who had not already left. Islamabad last month announced it would expel over a million undocumented refugees, mostly Afghans, amid a row with Kabul […]
Ukrainian teen returns to Ukraine after being taken to Russia from occupied Mariupol
Kortelisy, Ukraine Reuters A Ukrainian teenager who was taken to Russia from the occupied city of Mariupol during the war and prevented from leaving the country earlier this year returned to Ukraine on Sunday. Bohdan Yermokhin, who turned 18 on Sunday, appealed to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy this month to help bring him back to Ukraine. […]
Pakistan starts rounding up undocumented foreigners, mostly Afghans, ahead of deadline
Peshawar, Pakistan Reuters Pakistani authorities began rounding up undocumented foreigners, most of them Afghans, on Wednesday, ahead of a midnight deadline for them to leave or face expulsion. The removal of people to temporary holding centres began a day earlier than previously announced. The interior ministry said 140,322 people had already voluntarily left after days […]
Pakistan to start expelling undocumented immigrants on Thursday – minister
Islamabad Reuters Pakistan will start rounding up and expelling undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of people from neighbouring Afghanistan, on Thursday, the caretaker government’s interior minister said. Islamabad announced the plan earlier this month, saying Afghan nationals had been behind attacks, smuggling and other crimes in its territory. Kabul dismissed the accusations and rights groups […]
First US deportation flight lands in Venezuela under new Biden crackdown
Harlingen, Texas, US Reuters The first US deportation flight to Venezuela under a new Biden administration initiative landed in Caracas on Wednesday, as part of a tougher approach to border enforcement as the US struggles with record illegal crossings. At an airport in Harlingen, Texas, on Wednesday morning, buses dropped Venezuelan men and women in […]
UN experts call on Ethiopia to stop deporting Eritreans
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters A group of United Nations investigators and experts called on Ethiopia on Thursday to halt the deportation of Eritreans, as well as the arbitrary detention of Eritrean refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. The group, who make reports on rights issues on behalf of the UN, also condemned what they called the “summary expulsion […]
UN expert condemns ‘mass deportations’ of Haitians fleeing conflict
Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters An independent expert to the United Nations condemned mass deportations of Haitians who had fled the country amid a humanitarian crisis driven by worsening violence from heavily armed gangs who control large swathes of the country. In a statement following a visit to the Caribbean nation, William O’Neill said some methods used to […]