Anti-immigrant policies
Forced deportation of migrants UK UK’s ‘unlawful’ deportation flight to Rwanda halted after European court intervenes 

Seven asylum seekers were due to be deported to Kigali on Tuesday night before the flight was canceled after a day of last-minute legal challenges and critical direct action protests

No moral high ground while Europe pursues a policy of death at its borders

Europe’s treatment of migrants and refugees at its border is in clear contradiction to its alleged defense of human rights and against international law

Migrant boat capsizes Libya 11 dead as migrant boat capsizes off Libya coast

The 11 refugees were aboard an overloaded dinghy. Another 12 peoples were rescued by the Libyan coast guard and will be sent back to refugee camps in the country

Migrant Crisis-English Channel Activists ask UK government to ensure safety for migrants crossing English Channel

According to reports, 8,400 migrants risked their lives crossing the English Channel to reach the UK in 2020, four times the number recorded in 2019

US freezes visas until 2021 Immigration groups slam US decision to suspend immigration visas

The Trump administration on Monday decided to suspend a variety of immigration visas until the end of the year. The National Immigration Forum has decried the order as an attempt to divide communities.

US continues deportation of Haitians tested positive of COVID-19

Haitian government officials have denounced plans by the US to deport individuals amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Refugee camp workers in Lesvos, Greece go on strike

The right-wing government in Greece has slowed and suspended the asylum application process, increasing the number of inhabitants in the camps

Iranian student deported from US US deports Iranian student amid protests

The case of Iranian student Hossein Abadi marks the tenth such deportation in less than a year. The news of his deportation led to a protest at the international terminal of the Logan airport in Boston

A new Honduran migrant caravan leaves for the US

Thousands of Hondurans, every year, set off for the US on a perilous journey in order to escape violence, poverty and lack of opportunities and in search of better livelihoods

Danish demolitions Danish activists protest ‘ghetto’ law that targets minorities

Residential area regulations that were approved in May 2018 are widely believed to be racially instigated, in a bid to structurally isolate ethnic minorities and immigrant Muslims

migrant carvan The death of a migrant and the web of policies that caused it

The tragic death of Guatemalan migrant Rudy Alonso in Mexico during his journey to the US is emblematic of the human toll of the policies of governments in the region