Police arrest 20 suspected illegal immigrants from Ethiopia, Congo

By Wambui Kihara,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested 20 suspected illegal immigrants in Moyale, Isiolo and Marsabit. Nine...

Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)

New migrants brought to Libya centre hit by deadly air strike

By Reuters,

More migrants have been moved to a detention centre in Libya capital where an air strike killed more than 50 people last week, despite a risk it could...

libya , United Nations

Unborn baby dies while mother awaits Visa to cross border

By Reuters,

Chilean officials said on Saturday that the unborn baby of a Venezuelan migrant had died while the woman waited for the appropriate visa to cross the ...

Chile , Venezuela

Mexican officials find 51 migrants in truck using giant X-ray scanner

By VOA,

Mexican officials using a large X-ray scanner at a checkpoint in the central state of Zacatecas found 51 Central American migrants in hidden compartme...

immigrants , Mexico , National Migration Institute

More than 80 migrants feared drowned off Tunisia coast

By Reuters,

Dozens of African migrants are feared to have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Tunisia after setting off for Europe from Libya, a go...

african migrants , drowned , tunisia , UNHCR

Guatemala rounds up dozens of immigrants to send back to their home countries

By CNN,

Guatemala authorities rounded up 96 people as part of an operation to identify unqualified migrants trying to go to the United States and return them ...

Guatemala , migrants , President Donald Trump

Airstrike on Libyan detention center kills 40

By VOA,

The United Nations envoy to Libya says the airstrikes on a detention center for migrants outside of Libya's capital that killed at least 40 people cou...

Africa Union , airstrike , libya , migrants , United Nations

Cartoonist loses job after illustration of Trump went viral

By CNN,

A Canadian cartoonist's illustration of President Donald Trump playing golf over the bodies of two drowned migrants went viral Wednesday. Two days lat...

Donald Trump

Migrant rescue ship captain regrets Italian docking scare

By Reuters,

The German captain of a migrant-rescue ship who defied an Italian government ban to dock at the island port of Lampedusa expressed regret on Sunday fo...

Carola Rackete , migrants , Minister Matteo Salvini , Sea-Watch 3

UN rescuing thousands of migrants from death in the Sahara

By VOA,

The International Organization for Migration reports it has succeeded in rescuing nearly 20,000 migrants from near death in the Sahara Desert over the...

International Organization for Migration , Migrants crisis , Sahara Desert , The United Nations (UN)

Central American migrants plead to seek asylum in U.S., not Mexico

By Reuters,

Several Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States were allowed to return there on Thursday after being forced to wait in one of Me...

asylum , Mexico , Pilgrims , South American migrants , U.S

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

Trump on Democratic debate: ‘BORING’

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump dismissed the first Democratic debate as “BORING” on Wednesday night and declared himself above the fray even as his campai...

Pope expresses sadness over image of drowned father, child

By VOA,

Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed sadness over the fate of the father and young daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande while trying to cross into th...

Pope Francis , US-Mexico border

US House passes emergency funding bill for migrant care crisis

By VOA,

It took last-minute changes and a full-court press by top Democratic leaders, but the House passed with relative ease Tuesday a $4.5 billion emergency...

Funding bill , Immigration crisis , John Sanders , U.S.A

Trump takes on women’s soccer star Rapinoe over White House invite

By Reuters,

United States President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to criticise U.S women’s soccer team co-captain Megan Rapinoe for saying she would...

Donald Trump , Megan Rapinoe

Shocking image of drowned man, daughter underscores crisis at US-Mexico border

By CNN,

The photo is haunting, a vivid reminder of the danger many face when they try to cross into the United States. It shows the human toll of a crisis...

drowned man and daughter , US-Mexico border

Starehe MP Jaguar arrested over alleged incitement

By Wangui Ngechu,

Starehe Member of Parliament Charles Njagua popularly known as Jaguar was on Wednesday arrested over his alleged inciteful remarks against foreign tra...

chinese , gikomba , Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i , Jaguar , Starehe Member of Parliament Charles Njagua

Seven migrant deaths reported in ‘extreme heat’ at U.S. border

By Reuters,

Authorities in Texas reported seven migrant deaths on Monday, including those of a woman, two babies and a toddler, showing the danger of extreme summ...

Border Patrol , migrants , U.S. border

U.S. lawmakers alarmed by state of federal lockups for migrant kids

By VOA,

Lawmakers on Friday were calling for swift change after reports this week of more than 250 infants, children and teens being held inside a windowless ...

Federal lock ups , migrants , U.S lawmakers