Photo of drowned migrant triggers fight over Trump asylum clampdown

By Reuters,

A harrowing photo of a Salvadoran migrant and his young daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border became the focus on Wednesday...

Donald Trump , migrants , U.S.-Mexico border , United Nations

Over 100 suspected Rohingya Muslims arrested aboard boat in Yangon, official says

By Reuters,

More than 100 suspected Rohingya Muslims were arrested aboard a boat in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, officials said, raising fears of a fresh wav...

Bangladesh , Myanmar , ROHINGYA MUSLIMS , Yangon

‘If we go they will kill us’: Rohingya refugees fear repatriation to Myanmar

By CNN,

Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal army crackdown last year say they are terrified of going back to Myanmar, as authorities begin the process of repa...

Aung San Suu Kyi , Bangladeshi , Hassan Noor Saadi , Michelle Bachelet , Mike Pence , Mohammad Abdul Kalam , Myanmar , Rakhine state , ROHINGYA , UNDP , UNHCR

USA lays barbed wire at border as migrant caravan draws closer

By Reuters,

Hundreds of Central American migrants planning to seek asylum in the United States of America (USA) moved toward the country’s border with Mexico on...

Baja , California , Central American migrants , Donald J Trump , Tijuana

10 Ugandans arrested in Nairobi while being trafficked to Middle East

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Ten Ugandan nationals have been arrested in Uhuru Estate, Nairobi while allegedly being trafficked to the Middle East. According to Director of Imm...

Chinese arrested , Human Trafficking , Ugandan nationals arrested

71 illegal immigrants, mostly women, were headed to Oman: Muteshi

By Wendy Abdallah,

Over 70 illegal immigrants were arrested in Nairobi while on transit to Oman on Friday. Also Read: More Egyptians arrested in purge on illegal for...

illegal immigrants , work permits

13 foreigners arrested in raid at China owned TV station released

By Wangui Ngechu,

Thirteen Chinese nationals who were on Wednesday morning arrested at China Global Television Network offices in Nairobi have been released. The rel...

CGTN Africa , Chinese nationals arrested , Crackdown on illegal immigrants , Immigration department

Raid at China owned TV station over illegal foreigners

By Citizen Reporter,

An unknown number of foreigners working at China Global Television Network offices in Nairobi were on Wednesday arrested immigration officers in the o...

CGTN Africa , china , illegal immigrants

More Egyptians arrested in purge on illegal foreign workers

By Citizen Team,

Five Egyptians arrested in Homa Bay Town and another six in Embu will face charges of being in the country illegally and operating businesses without ...

egyptians arrested , foreign workers in kenya , work permits

Matiang’i: Major crackdown on illegal immigrants, workers imminent

By Laura Otieno,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has revealed that 31 fake work permits have been nabbed and three brokers masquerading as work permit issua...

fake work permits , illegal immigrants , Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i

US sets deadline for 200,000 Salvadorans to leave

By AFP,

The US government announced Monday the end of a special protected status for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants, a move that threatens with deportati...

crackdown on illegal immigration by President Donald Trump , Department of Homeland Security. , Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen , Salvadorians in US to be deported , US foreign Policy , US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

10,000 Rohingya poised to move to Bangladesh

By AFP,

More than 10,000 Muslim Rohingya have massed in Myanmar near a crossing point into Bangladesh, Myanmar media said Tuesday, apparently poised to join a...

Myanmar , Myanmar military , ROHINGYA MUSLIMS , ROHINGYA REFUGEES

Rohingya rebels call one-month Myanmar ceasefire as exodus grows

By AFP,

Rohingya militants, whose August 25 raids in Myanmar's Rakhine State sparked an army crackdown that has seen nearly 300,000 of the Muslim minority fle...

Myanmar , Myanmar military , MYANMAR REFUGEES , ROHINGYA MUSLIMS , ROHINGYA REFUGEES

Myanmar violence may have killed more than 1,000: UN rapporteur

By Citizen Reporter,

More than 1,000 people may already have been killed in Myanmar, mostly minority Rohingya Muslims -- more than twice the government's total -- a senior...

Aung San Suu Kyi , Myanmar military , ROHINGYA MUSLIMS

Immigrants accuse Trump administration of betraying them

By VOA,

They grew up in America and are working or going to school here. Some are building businesses or raising families of their own. Many have no memory of...

Trump moves ahead with wall, puts stamp on US immigration, security policy

By Citizen Reporter,

President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered construction of a U.S.-Mexican border wall and punishment for cities shielding illegal immigrants while mu...

Donald Trump , mexican wall

Trump expected to order temporary ban on refugees

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting on Wednesday that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension ...

Ivory Coast evicts thousands of cocoa farmers to save forests

By Reuters,

Before the morning mists had broken over Ivory Coast's Mont Peko National Park, thousands of newly homeless cocoa farmers and their families began to ...

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast evicts thousands of cocoa farmers to save forests

By Reuters,

Before the morning mists had broken over Ivory Coast's Mont Peko National Park, thousands of newly homeless cocoa farmers and their families began to ...

Cocoa , Cocoa farmers , Ivory Coast , Ivory Coast evicts thousands of cocoa farmers to save forests

I Am Right, Says Duale on Deportations

By Citizen,