Latest Political refugees News

A group of 2,000 migrants advance through southern Mexico in hopes of reaching the US

Jul. 23, 2024 20:45 PM EDT

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A group of 2,000 migrants from dozens of countries set out on foot Tuesday through southern Mexico as they attempt to reach the U.S., although recent similar attempts have failed, with groups disbanding after a few days without leaving the region. Several...

UK government scrapping use of a barge off English coast to house asylum-seekers

Jul. 23, 2024 10:19 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The British government said Tuesday it will scrap the controversial use of a barge to house asylum-seekers off the south coast of England as part of its immigration system overhaul. The Labour government that took power earlier this month said that ending the contract...

UK's scrapped Rwanda migrant plan a 'shocking waste' of $904 million in public funds, minister says

Jul. 22, 2024 15:41 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — A scrapped plan by former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda was the “most shocking waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen," the U.K.’s new home secretary said Monday as she put the cost at 700 million pounds ($904 million) in...

Hundreds of migrants leave southern Mexico on foot in a new caravan headed for the US border

Jul. 22, 2024 05:26 AM EDT

CIUDAD HIDALGO, México (AP) — Hundreds of migrants from around a dozen countries left from Mexico’s southern border on foot Sunday, as they attempt to make it to the U.S. border. Some of the members of the group said they hoped to make it to the U.S. border before elections are...

Newly arrived migrants encounter hazards of food delivery on the streets of NYC: robbers

Jul. 18, 2024 10:14 AM EDT

NEW YORK CITY (AP) — Brad Song thought he was about to get his e-bike stolen a second time in a less than a month after delivering an order for Chinese food app Fantuan Delivery. Seven strangers surrounded the Chinese immigrant and knocked him off the scooter. He was rescued when a nearby...

Rwanda says it is aware of the UK's intention to terminate contentious deportation scheme

Jul. 08, 2024 16:34 PM EDT

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda's government says it is aware of the United Kingdom's intention to terminate its plan to deport asylum-seekers to the East African country. In a statement late Monday, the office of the Rwandan government spokesman said the deal had been initiated by...

New UK Prime Minister Starmer says controversial Rwanda deportation plan is 'dead and buried'

Jul. 06, 2024 12:08 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday that he is scrapping his predecessor's controversial policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda as he vowed to deliver on voters' mandate for change, though he warned it will not happen quickly. “The Rwanda scheme was...

UK Prime Minister Starmer says he is scrapping a controversial Conservative policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda

Jul. 06, 2024 08:28 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — UK Prime Minister Starmer says he is scrapping a controversial Conservative policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda.

Who are the main players in the UK's upcoming national election?

Jul. 02, 2024 07:15 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Millions of voters in Britain are going to the polls Thursday to choose a new House of Commons and a new government. Voters will elect 650 lawmakers representing as many constituencies, or local areas, and the leader of the party that returns the most lawmakers will...

Thousands of refugees in Indonesia have spent years awaiting resettlement. Their future is unclear

Jun. 20, 2024 03:21 AM EDT

TANJUNGPINANG, Indonesia (AP) — Morwan Mohammad walks down an old hotel corridor on Batam Island in northwestern Indonesia before entering a 6-square-meter (64-square-foot) room that has been home to him and his growing family for the past eight years. Mohammad, who fled war in...