British street artist Banksy has funded a boat to rescue refugees trying to reach North Africa, the Guardian can reveal. The ship, named Louise Michel after a French feminist anarchist, set sail on August 18 from the Spanish port of Burriana, near Valencia, and is now in the central Mediterranean …
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A Canadian court dismissed the country’s asylum pact with the United States on Wednesday, ruling that the 2004 deal was invalid because Washington violates the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. Under the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA), people who want to seek refuge in Canada and report to a …
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Donald Trump talks about the immigration system in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 16, … [+] 2019. (AP Photo / Manuel Balce Ceneta) ASSOCIATED PRESS By next year, Donald Trump will have reduced legal immigration by 49% since he became president. According to a new analysis, …
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A humanitarian rescue ship stranded in the Mediterranean for days was “finally” instructed to sail to an Italian port, so that the 180 immigrants on board can be landed. In a social media post on Sunday, SOS Mediterranee also described “relief at the #Ocean Viking” when the ship’s crew and …
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Six migrants aboard a rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea attempted suicide and others fought and threatened other passengers and crew members in mounting despair over their inability to find a country willing to host them. SOS Mediterranee, which operates the Ocean Viking, said in a statement that the ship …
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