While many of us in the UK & Northern Europe will spend our holidays in Mediterranean resorts this summer, many
migrants seeking asylum will die trying to cross the Med from Africa and the Middle East.
That Collateral — a four - part Netflix drama involving the struggles of
migrants seeking asylum, the evils of human trafficking, perfidious intelligence agencies, women's sexual victimization, drug - dealers and more — succeeds in achieving a certain suspense is no small miracle, given the confusion resulting from its hugely overcrowded script.
Not exact matches
Eight women and children from a caravan of hundreds of Central American
migrants have
sought asylum in the U.S. after officials allowed them entry from Mexico.
The Trump administration has cited criminal activity such as human smuggling and drug trafficking as reasons to crack down on the border, but Trump himself has appeared preoccupied with a «caravan» of central American
migrants, some of whom intended to travel through Mexico to the US border and either
seek asylum or cross the border undetected.
Trump in the past several days has commented multiple times about an annual «caravan» of mostly Central American
migrants who started a trip from the southwest corner of Mexico aiming to reach the US border, where many would
seek asylum.
But they have balked at Germany's evolving demands for how to grapple with non-European
migrants crisscrossing their lands on their way to
seek asylum or work in Europe's wealthier core.
As a caravan of Central America
migrants makes camp in Tijuana waiting to
seek asylum, concerns grow about the spread of diseases in such close quarters.
After traveling through Mexico under the Trump administration's watchful eye, nearly 200 Central American
migrants attempting to
seek asylum in the United States were stopped when border inspectors said a crossing facility didn't have enough space.
After traveling through Mexico with great fanfare for a month under the Trump administration's watchful eye, nearly 200 Central American
migrants attempting to
seek asylum in the United States were stopped in their tracks when border inspectors said that a crossing facility didn't have enough space to accommodate them.
A Catholic couple are launching a new initiative to save
migrants who dangerously try to cross the Mediterranean Ocean to
seek asylum.
All are assumed to be merely economic
migrants with «frivolous» reasons for
seeking asylum.
A central paradox that characterizes Calais is the determination shown by
migrants and refugees to
seek asylum in Britain despite opportunities and encouragement to do so in France.
«In a careful and balanced judgment, the court has found that the home secretary has acted irrationally and therefore unlawfully in taking a decision to freeze
asylum support rates for those
seeking asylum for the third, and now fourth, year running,» Sonal Ghelani, solicitor at the
Migrants» Law Project, said.
May 1, 2018 • Before the highly publicized caravan of Central American
migrants arrived in Tijuana
seeking asylum in the U.S., dozens of other
asylum seekers had already been waiting in line at the border.
May 2, 2018 • U.S. Customs officials in Tijuana have begun processing some Central Americans from a caravan
seeking asylum in the United States, despite strong condemnation of the
migrants by President Trump.
Australia Before being voted into office, Tony Abbott, the prime minister of Australia had pledged to «stop the boats,» a reference to the many boats full of
migrant refugees
seeking asylum in the country.
Newly - arrived
migrant, refugee and
asylum -
seeking teenage girls collaborate with older women in new project
Photo: Thierry Bal OMER FAST — 3 film installation — prize winning african artist South London Gallery «Nostalgia» is a new three - part film installation by Omer Fast including one film depicting a
migrant from a dystopian Britain
seeking asylum in Africa.
The work explores the physical and emotional feats of
migrants, and was inspired by the August 2015 arrest of Abdul Rahman Haroun, a Sudanese man
seeking asylum who walked 50 kilometers through the Channel Tunnel from France to England.
Hudson worked with a local
migrants» rights charity Investing in People and Culture to tell deeper stories about the experience of
seeking asylum, and included a food bank, free internet access and «community days» in the show.
Specifically, CCLA presented concerns about treatment of refugees and
asylum seekers and
migrants; police accountability and administration of justice; threats to the absolute prohibition against torture; national security measures which unjustifiably curtail rights and
seek to normalize exceptional powers; and violence against women.