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Double standard in Europe’s treatment of Ukrainian, African migrants: IFRC

The president of the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies rebuked what he said was Europe’s starkly different treatment of African migrants compared to those from Ukraine.

UNHCR appeals for urgent action amid soaring deaths at sea

'More than 3,000 lost in sea crossings to Europe in 2021'

Record number of migrants crossed Channel from France to UK in 2021: Report

A record number of more than 28,000 migrants crossed the Channel from France to the UK in small boats last year, the PA news agency reported Tuesday, based on its analysis of government data.

Over 4,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain in 2021: NGO

Over 4,000 migrants died or disappeared trying to reach Spain by sea in 2021, twice as many as in the previous year, a migrant rights group said Monday.

Raeisi: Entire society, migrants must be vaccinated to curb COVID-19

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Migrant truck crashes in Mexico, killing 54

Rescue workers rushing to a highway accident found a horrific scene of death and injury after a freight truck jammed with as many as 200 migrants tipped over and crashed into the base of a steel pedestrian bridge in southern Mexico.

Pope: Don't exploit migrants for politics

Pope Francis condemned the exploitation of refugees for political propaganda on Sunday as he paid his second visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, a main entry point for migrants that has become a symbol of the plight of refugees.

Russia criticizes Polish use of tear gas on migrants

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said the use of tear gas and water cannon by Polish forces to stop migrants entering from Belarus was "absolutely unacceptable”.

France tells UK to stop 'giving lessons' on migrants

France told Britain on Monday to stop "giving lessons" on migrants amid an increasingly acrimonious row between London and Paris over the numbers crossing the Channel.

U.S. envoy to Haiti resigns, blasts Washington’s ‘inhumane’ deportation of migrants

The U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigned in protest in a letter that blasted the Biden administration for deporting hundreds of migrants back to the crisis-engulfed Caribbean nation from a camp on the U.S.-Mexican border in recent days.

U.S. deports Haitian migrants en masse to their country

U.S. authorities moved 3,300 migrants in the last days from a Texas border city where thousands of mostly Haitians had gathered under a bridge after crossing the Rio Grande River from Mexico, officials said on Sunday.

U.N.: Migrants face 'dire conditions' on Poland-Belarus border

The U.N. migration agency said Monday that it is deeply concerned by the “dire conditions” facing migrants stranded for weeks on the border of Poland and Belarus.

Afghanistan after Taliban takeover

Following the Taliban militant group’s takeover of Afghanistan on August 15, the Asian country has plunged into chaos, turmoil and insecurity.

Nearly 60 of Europe-bound migrants drown after boat capsizes off coast of Libya

At least 57 migrants drowned after their boat sank off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said, the latest tragedy on the dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossing to Europe.

Spain returns over 6,600 migrants to Morocco in border spat

Over 6,600 of the more than 8,000 migrants who swam or jumped over border fences into one of Spain's North African enclaves this week have been sent back to Morocco, authorities said Friday.