Europe’s migration policies in chaos as arrivals surge | CNN

Europe’s migration policies in chaos as arrivals surge | CNN

CNN  —  As a boat carrying 400 migrants drifted, out of fuel, along a perilous migration route in the central Mediterranean last week, Italian authorities led a major rescue operation following the reported refusal of Maltese authorities to retrieve those on board. Passengers’ desperate pleas for aid went unheeded for nearly a week before they … Read more

On one of the world’s most dangerous migrant routes, a cartel makes millions off the American dream | CNN

On one of the world’s most dangerous migrant routes, a cartel makes millions off the American dream | CNN

Editor’s Note: “The Trek: A Migrant Trail to America” premieres on April 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CNN’s new Sunday primetime series, The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper. Darién Gap, Colombia and Panama (CNN) — There is always a crowd, but it can feel very lonely. To get closer to freedom, they have risked … Read more

Mexico investigates migration chief over deadly fire in detention center | CNN

Mexico investigates migration chief over deadly fire in detention center | CNN

CNN  —  Mexican authorities are investigating the head of the country’s immigration agency, in the wake of last month’s deadly fire in a migrant detention center that killed at least 38 people and left dozens injured. Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed on Wednesday that the Attorney General’s Office is probing Francisco Garduño, commissioner … Read more

At least 19 migrants die as boat sinks off Tunisia | CNN

At least 19 migrants die as boat sinks off Tunisia | CNN

At least 19 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a human rights group said on Sunday. In the past four days, five migrant boats have sunk off the southern city of Sfax, leaving 67 missing and nine dead, … Read more

Trudeau lays out China approach ahead of Biden meeting | CNN

Trudeau lays out China approach ahead of Biden meeting | CNN

CNN  —  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau laid out a three-pronged vision of engagement, competition and confrontation with China in a CNN interview on Thursday, ahead of a much-anticipated meeting with US President Joe Biden in which the two Western leaders are expected to cover a number of security issues. Speaking with CNN’s Paula Newton, … Read more

Canada sees record population growth in 2022 from immigration | CNN

Canada sees record population growth in 2022 from immigration | CNN

CNN  —  Canada saw record population growth in 2022, with immigration accounting for the vast majority of the 1.05 million new residents. This is the first time in the country’s history that its population has grown by more than one million people in a 12-month period, according to a press release from Statistics Canada published … Read more

UK Home Secretary visits Rwanda to discuss controversial deportation scheme | CNN

UK Home Secretary visits Rwanda to discuss controversial deportation scheme | CNN

CNN  —  British Home Secretary Suella Braverman arrived in Rwanda on Saturday to discuss a controversial agreement which will see the UK deport asylum seekers deemed to have arrived illegally to the African nation. The scheme is mired in legal difficulties – no one has yet been deported – and Braverman’s visit has been criticized … Read more

Fire rips through Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh leaving thousands homeless | CNN

Fire rips through Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh leaving thousands homeless | CNN

CNN  —  A massive fire has ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh’s southern district of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, leaving around 12,000 people homeless, local Superintendent of Police Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam told CNN. Sweeping through the Kutupalong refugee camp in the afternoon, the blaze gutted around 2,000 huts before it was brought under … Read more

Children and women among 63 dead as migrant boat hits rocks near Italy | CNN

Children and women among 63 dead as migrant boat hits rocks near Italy | CNN

CNN  —  At least 63 people including children and women died after a wooden boat carrying migrants from Turkey broke apart on rocks off the coast of Calabria on Sunday, Italian authorities said. More bodies were being pulled from the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, where bad weather hampered search efforts and made the field of … Read more

British woman who joined ISIS as a teen loses UK citizenship appeal | CNN

British woman who joined ISIS as a teen loses UK citizenship appeal | CNN

London CNN  —  Shamima Begum, who left the United Kingdom to join ISIS at the age of 15, has lost her appeal against the decision to revoke her British citizenship. Judge Robert Jay gave the decision on Wednesday following a five-day hearing in November, during which her lawyers argued the UK Home Office had a … Read more