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US imposes tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China!
Photo credit: CNN President Donald Trump of the US has walked his talk by actualizing his threat to impose broad tariffs on major trading partners Canada, Mexico and China. Jamaica Observer reports that he cited an “extraordinary threat” from illegal immigration and drugs. While Canadian and Mexican exports to the US will face a 25%…
“Arrange asylum shelter, or we’ll do it for you.”
Photo credit: NL Times The province of Zuid-Holland has given eight municipalities, including The Hague and Leiden, a warning that if they do not house enough refugees with a temporary residence permit, then the province will do it for them and charge them for it in addition to The Hague and Leiden, municipalities like Leiderdorp,…
Hundreds demonstrate in Santa Barbara for immigrant rights!
Photo credit: Santa Barbara Independent Nearly 300 people packed along sidewalks surrounding the Milpas Street roundabout Friday evening in what was a show of solidarity with the city’s immigrant community in keeping with Santa Barbara’s deep history of activism. Santa Barbara Independent reports that the crowd proudly flew the Mexican, Honduras and Guatemalan flags, chanted “Si…
Controversy over soldiers detained after shooting migrants!
Photo credit: Reuters Soldiers who fired warning shots at a group of migrants who tried to force their way into Poland through the Belarusian border have been detained but not arrested, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz. TVN24 reports that he said the incident had occurred at the end of March and that he…
700,000 unregistered Afghan refugees live in Pakistan!
Photo credit: Human rights watch The Chief Commissioner for Afghan Refugees (CCAR) has revealed that around 2.9 million refugees from Afghanistan of which 0.7 million were unregistered individuals. Geo News reports that the official briefed the panel during a session of the Senate Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (Safron). Under the chairmanship of Senator…
Trump to send 30,000 migrants to Guantanamo Bay!
Photo credit: LBC US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would order the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay for as many as 30,000 migrants. The Guantanamo Bay detention camp, also known as GTMO, is a United States military prison within Naval Station Guantanamo Bay,…