Migrants

President Donald Trump has continuously assailed a group of over 1,000 migrants travelling through Mexico in a days-long series of tweets this week. In his tweets, Trump has criticised Mexico for what he saw as its failure to stop migration, as well as bashed former President Barack Obama for what Trump viewed as his failings on immigration policy. The so-called caravan of migrants, an annual procession organised by the activist group Pueblo Sin Frontera, or People without Borders, is meant to raise awareness about the conditions those migrants face in Mexico, where criminal groups and government officials both prey on vulnerable travellers. The Mexican government said Monday it would break up the caravan by Wednesday, according to Adolfo Flores, a BuzzFeed correspondent travelling with the caravan. A Mexican immigration official told Flores that the decision was not a response to Trump’s tirade, but the US president appeared to take some credit on Tuesday. “Now the … [Read more...] about Trump lashed out at Mexico over a ‘caravan’ of migrants heading to the US — take a look at the people who got him riled up

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would send the military to the US-Mexico border. His statement comes after several days of him railing about a group of migrants moving toward the US through Mexico. Trump has suggested greater military involvement in border security in the past. President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday that he would dispatch US troops to the US-Mexico border. “I told Mexico, and I respect what they did, I said, look, your laws are very powerful. Your laws are very strong. We have very bad laws for our border and we are going to be doing some things,” Trump said during lunch with leaders from the Baltic states, according to CNN. “I spoke with Gen. Mattis, we’re going to do some things militarily, until we can have a wall and proper security – we’re going to be guarding our border with the military. That’s a big step,” he said. “We will be doing things with Mexico, and they … [Read more...] about Trump says he’s sending the military to guard the US-Mexico border, after days of raging against migrants

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he would be suspending an already-signed agreement reached with the United Nations to resettle over 16,000 African migrants to Western countries. Israel and UNHCR announced the terms of the deal hours earlier. Previously, Israel planned to forcibly remove its asylum seekers by deporting them to a third country in Africa by April 1. Earlier this year, Israel offered its citizens cash bonuses to help remove African migrants from the country. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he would be suspending an already-signed agreement reached to resettle thousands of African refugees to Western countries. Netanyahu’s office put out a statement earlier on Monday, announcing it had reached a 5-year agreement with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to move 16,250 migrants and refugees to Western countries, which included Canada, Germany, and Italy. In exchange, Israel would give “temporary … [Read more...] about Israel is suspending a deal to resettle 16,000 African migrants in Western countries — hours after signing it

President Donald Trump inveighed against Mexico for what he perceived as a lack of effort to halt the flow of Central American migrants to the US. But Trump’s comments appeared to reflect a lack of knowledge about the factors driving the migration and Mexico’s efforts to stanch it. Some of the immigration policies Trump has pursued are also expected to worsen the problems causing migrants to leave their homes and head to the US. President Donald Trump railed against Mexico over what he perceived as that country’s inability or unwillingness to carry out immigration enforcement in a series of tweets that spanned from the weekend through Monday. “Mexico is doing very little, if not NOTHING, at stopping people from flowing into Mexico through their Southern Border, and then into the US,” Trump tweeted on Sunday morning. “These big flows of people are all trying to take advantage of DACA,” he added. “They want in on the act!” … [Read more...] about Trump says Mexico has ‘the absolute power’ to stop ‘Caravans’ of migrants — here’s what he’s missing