migration

UNHCR considers alarming the lack of protection for migrants

Published on: June 5, 2024
08:44

United Nations, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) The lack of protection services on the main routes used by refugees and migrants is alarming, and the situation has worsened in recent years, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned.

U.S. Coast Guard sends 18 irregular migrants back to Cuba

Published on: May 31, 2024
14:56

Havana, May 31 (Prensa Latina) The U.S. Coast Guard has sent 18 new irregular migrants back to Cuba via the Orozco port, in the western province of Artemisa, Cuba´s national television reported on Friday.

Irregular migrant traffic through Panama increases

Published on: May 23, 2024
15:54

Panama City, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Panama's National Migration Service (SNM) informed on Thursday that 158,747 irregular travelers have crossed Panama on their way to the United States.

Bolivian lawmakers are summoned to debate membership in MERCOSUR

Published on: May 8, 2024
09:57

La Paz, May 8 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Israel Huaytari, convened a session to debate the draft ratification of the Protocol of Accession of Bolivia to the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR).

Mexican, U.S. authorities hold talks on security and migration

Published on: May 7, 2024
16:13

Mexico City, May 7 (Prensa Latina) The Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alicia Barcena held a bilateral meeting on Tuesday with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Colombia calls for more cooperation in dealing with migration

Published on: May 7, 2024
10:52

Bogotá, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Colombia's participation in the Ministerial Meeting on Migration and Protection that is taking place in Guatemala will focus on the need to strengthen continental cooperation to achieve regional responses, the Foreign Ministry announced.

Guatemala to host ministerial summit on migration and protection

Published on: May 7, 2024
10:20

Guatemala, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala will host a ministerial summit to address migration and protection, to be attended by ministers from 20 Latin American countries which signed the 2022 declaration of Los Angeles, United States.

UN insists on safe migration routes after shipwreck in Atlantic

Published on: May 2, 2024
09:42

United Nations, May 2 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations insisted Thursday on the accessibility of safe and regular routes to save the lives of refugees and migrants following the recent shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean.

European Parliament backs greater migratory restrictions

Published on: April 10, 2024
14:30

Brussels, Apr 10 (Prensa Latina) The European Parliament (EP) approved on Tuesday in a mini-session an initiative to strengthen restrictions on both migration policy and granting of political asylum in the region, the capital's television reported on Tuesday.

Cuba hosts meeting of scholarship holders living abroad

Published on: April 6, 2024
11:35

Havana, Apr 6 (Prensa Latina) The 10th Meeting of Scholarship Holders of the General Directorate of Consular Affairs and Attention to Cuban Residents Abroad (DACCRE) at the Cuban Foreign Ministry (MINREX) is taking place at Havana's Casa de las Americas Cultural Center on Saturday.

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