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Over 100 Nations Urge Safe Migration, Action on Smugglers
More than 100 nations have approved a declaration calling on governments to intensify efforts for safe and orderly migration.
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Biden, Mexican President Confer on Migration, Diplomacy
The White House says President Joe Biden and Mexico’s Andres Manuel López Obrador agreed in a phone call Friday to do more to promote “just, humane and effective efforts to reduce irregular migration” at the southern border. López Obrador tweeted that the nearly hourlong conversation was “cordial” and that they “spoke of issues of interest to the bilateral relationship.” The...
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Millions of Years of Animal Migration Hold Clues to the Mystery of ‘Lost Continent'
A “lost” continent that once connected Asia to southern Europe may have formed an ancient passageway that helped animals migrate west, leading to a sudden and widespread extinction event around 34 million years ago, according to new research.
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‘Robot Dogs' Will Help Protect US-Mexico Border: CBP
The U.S. government continues to strengthen border security to prevent the illegal crossing of immigrants into the country, which has been on the rise year after year, as well as to reduce the presence of human smugglers, drug smugglers and violence.
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Pope Chides Europe, Comforts Migrants on Return to Lesbos
Pope Francis has offered comfort to migrants at a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos
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‘I Feel Like I Can Be Open': Trans Migrant on Fleeing Violence, Seeking Asylum in US
A farmworker in northern New England, who is a member of two marginalized communities, is sharing a rarely heard story with NECN, aiming to open eyes to what drives some LGBTQ+ people to seek political asylum in the United States. “For as long as I can remember, I’ve known that I’ve been a man,” said Christian, through an interpreter....
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Hundreds of Migrating Birds Died in NYC Skyscraper Strikes This Week — But Why?
Hundreds of birds migrating through New York City this week died after crashing into the city’s glass towers, a mass casualty event spotlighted by an NYC Audubon volunteer’s tweets showing the World Trade Center littered with bird carcasses. This week’s avian death toll was particularly high, but bird strikes on Manhattan skyscrapers are a persistent problem that NYC Audubon has documented...
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US, Mexico Restart High-Level Economic Talks After 4 Years
The United States and Mexico have restarted high-level economic talks after a four-year pause.
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US Security Officials in Mexico for Migration Talks as Arrivals at Border Climb
The U.S. government last week began flying Central American migrants expelled from the U.S. deep into Mexico to deter them from trying to reach the border again.
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Harris Targets Corruption, Immigration on Latin America Trip
With Kamala Harris visiting Guatemala and Mexico on her first foreign trip as vice president, the Biden administration is expected to announce new measures to fight smuggling and trafficking, and hopes to announce additional anti-corruption efforts as well on Monday.
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Harris Meets Virtually With Guatemalan President
Vice President Kamala Harris has told Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei that the U.S. is planning to increase relief to the Northern Triangle region and “strengthen our cooperation” to better manage the steep increase in migration at the U.S. southern border.
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Boy Reported Dead at Sea in Attempt to Reach Canary Islands
Spanish rescuers have safely brought more than 30 migrants safely to the Canary Islands, but not in time to save one child who reportedly died at sea