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New York City is struggling to deal with a sharp influx of asylum seekers. Currently, it is providing shelter to around 60,000 asylum seekers, and has been forced to use city-owned buildings in ...
New York City authorities said 10 protesters were arrested Tuesday night after blocking a bus carrying asylum-seekers on Staten Island. The New York Police Department (NYPD) said officers ...
Irish police started dismantling about 200 tents housing asylum seekers in Dublin early on Wednesday, tackling what has become a focal point for heated debate around migration. The government said ...
Border apprehensions fell back to 2020 levels in mid-2024. [12] The migrants, who are mostly of Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Honduran, and Venezuelan citizenship, are reported to be escaping economic hardship, gang violence and environmental disaster in their home countries (particularly acute in Guatemala and Honduras) to seek asylum in the US. [6]
Since April 2022, as a protest against President Joe Biden's actions and policies on US illegal immigration, Texas governor Greg Abbott and Arizona governor Doug Ducey have sent buses of refuge seekers to northern United States cities with a large presence of Democratic Party supporters. [4]
Xenophobic protests against a migrant centre in Staten Island come as City Hall is seeking to remove its longstanding obligation to provide shelter, Richard Hall writes.
The movement was a response to federal immigration policies that made obtaining asylum difficult for Central Americans. [ 1 ] At its peak, Sanctuary involved over 500 congregations in the United States, which, by declaring themselves official "sanctuaries," committed to providing shelter, protection, material goods and often legal advice to ...
people have been arrested following clashes between protesters outside a hotel providing refuge for asylum seekers. According to Merseyside Police, the arrested, aged between 13 and 54, had been ...