Pelicans on migration superhighway stir trouble at Israeli fisheries
Mishmar Hasharon, Israel Reuters Thousands of pelicans on their exhausting journey south this autumn are on the hunt for food, and authorities in Israel have set up pelican-friendly reservoirs to protect commercial fisheries. Preferring an overland route to riskier skies above the sea, hundreds of millions of birds pass through Israel each migration season – […]
“My dad’s village no longer exists”, campaigners call for COP26 action on refugees
Reuters “My dad, he was born in a village that doesn’t exist anymore,” UNHCR goodwill ambassador Emtithal Mahmoud said on Monday in an appeal to world leaders to do more to support people who have been forced to flee their homes because of climate change. At the start of the second, and final, week of […]
“They yell ugly things”: Migrants in Chile’s north fearful after fiery protests
Santiago, Chile Reuters Venezuelan migrants in Iquique in northern Chile have been shaken by a series of angry protests by locals against settler camps which have popped up in city squares and even beaches, a reflection of simmering tensions over migration in the region. On the weekend thousands of local Chileans marched with anti-immigration slogans […]
Migrant arrivals to Spain’s Canary Islands double from last year
Gran Canaria/Barcelona Spain Reuters Spain’s sea rescue service on Wednesday rescued around 100 migrants trying to reach the Canary Islands in rickety boats from north or west Africa amid a surge in arrivals that have more than doubled so far this year from 2020 levels. The migrants were rescued off three boats and all appeared to […]
Panama, Colombia reach deal to manage migration over shared border
Panama City, PanamaReuters Panama and Colombia agreed on Wednesday to receive up to 650 migrants each day, amid a humanitarian crisis at their shared border, where thousands of migrants are stranded in northern Colombia, waiting to continue north toward the United States. Thousands of migrants – most of them Haitian but also from Cuba and […]
USAID to grant $US115 million in aid to El Salvador to stem migration
San SalvadorReuters The United States will grant $US115 million in cooperation aid to El Salvador to slow migration from the Central American country, Samantha Power, administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, said on Monday. “We can work with local partners in Central America to expand opportunities for youth and help them get […]
Essay: ‘Bride kidnapping’ haunts rural Kyrgyzstan, causing young women to flee their homeland
In an article first published on The Conversation, US-based researchers ERIN HOFMANN and GUANGQING CHI look at the problem of ‘bride kidnapping’ and its links with migration in Kyrgyzstan…
Denmark passes law to process asylum seekers outside Europe
Copenhagen, DenmarkReuters Denmark on Thursday passed a law enabling it to process asylum seekers outside Europe, drawing anger from human rights advocates, the United Nations and the European Commission. The wealthy Scandinavian nation, which has gained notoriety for its hardline immigration policies over the last decade, passed the law with 70 lawmakers voting in favour […]
After Ceuta surge, Spain’s regions agree to house 200 young migrants
Madrid, SpainReuters Spain will transfer some 200 unaccompanied Moroccan children from its North African enclave of Ceuta to other regions after a surge in migration overwhelmed the city’s infrastructure, stoking tensions between Madrid and Rabat. Around 8,000 people swam into Ceuta or clambered over the border fence early last week after Moroccan authorities appeared to […]
More than 1,400 migrants arrive on Italy’s Lampedusa
Milan, ItalyReuters Fifteen boats packed with hundreds of migrants landed on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday, and officials said they were expecting numbers to increase as the weather improved. More than 1,400 people got off the vessels at the Mediterranean island, one of the main landing points for people trying to get […]