IMMIGRATION

France to grant asylum to one-third of Ocean Viking migrants

Published on: November 11, 2022
08:20

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Paris, Nov 11 (Prensa Latina) The Ocean Viking, a humanitarian ship carrying 231 immigrants who were rescued in late October off the coast of Libya, docked at the military port of Toulon, in southern France, where they were subjected to a medical examination and their asylum applications were registered.

Some 91 Venezuelans have returned from Ecuador

Published on: October 28, 2022
14:47

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Caracas, Oct 28 (Prensa Latina) Some 91 Venezuelan citizens have returned home as part of the Return to the Homeland Plan, Foreign Minister Carlos Faria reported on Friday.

Archbishop of San Juan urges to humanize immigration laws

Published on: October 24, 2022
15:51

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

San Juan, Oct 24 (Prensa Latina) Archbishop of San Juan, Roberto Octavio Gonzalez Nieves, on Monday urged to humanize immigration laws, after the drama recently experienced by more than a hundred Haitians and Dominicans in Puerto Rico.

U.S. policy encourages irregular migration, says foreign minister

Published on: June 29, 2022
11:08

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Havana, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said today that the U.S. immigration policy together with the economic blockade imposed on the island favors irregular, illegal and unsafe migration.

Mexico questions results of US summit on immigration

Published on: June 11, 2022
11:58

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Mexico City, Jun 11 (Prensa Latina) Washington's offers to tackle migration are slim, and show where the superpower's priorities lie, according to an editorial today in La Jornada de Mexico newspaper.

New French parliament asked for reception law without discrimination

Published on: May 26, 2022
09:33

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Paris, May 26 (Prensa Latina) Some thirty French human rights associations and 51 academics and university researchers published an appeal to the future National Assembly (Parliament) asking for immediate measures of dignified reception for all refugees.

Cuba condemns US non-compliance in granting annual visas

Published on: April 6, 2022
18:10

By: Pavel López Lazo

Havana, Apr 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal on Wednesday strongly condemned the sustained failure of the United States (for five years) to grant no less than 20,000 visas per year to migrants under bilateral agreements.

Migration crisis, more problems for Joe Biden and Democrats

Published on: March 31, 2022
17:50

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, March 31 (Prensa Latina) The growing number of immigrants on the southern border of the United States expected in the coming weeks could mean more problems for President Joe Biden and his Democratic Party, The Hill newspaper reported on Thursday.

French police evict hundreds of migrants camped in Paris

Published on: March 3, 2022
08:58

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Paris, March 3 (Prensa Latina) More than 300 people, including women and children, were evicted at dawn by the French police from the tent settlement that had occupied a tunnel in the capital for months.

Nearly 70% of US voters support path to citizenship for immigrants

Published on: February 17, 2022
17:18

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) Nearly 70% of Americans support that path to citizenship, according to the NewsNation poll, which surveyed more than 1,000 registered voters over the weekend. Generally, in the past, blanket support for a path has gone no higher than the high 50s.

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