migrants
Launch of the World report on the health of refugees and migrants
The impact of migration and displacement on the health of refugees and migrants depends on the conditions in their country of origin, exposure to factors such as policies, access to health services, integration in the host communities, as well as living, working, environmental and traveling conditions. Ensuring health systems are sensitive to and health care …
1,000 migrants fail in attempt to reach Spanish enclave – Boston 25 News
MADRID — (AP) — Around 1,000 migrants tried unsuccessfully to climb over the barrier separating Morocco from one of Spain’s African enclaves on Tuesday, authorities in Spain said. The representative for Spain’s government in Melilla said that Moroccan border guards repelled the attempt while Spanish border guards remained positioned on the other side of the …
If it ain’t broke, Joe Biden will break it: Goodwin
The sage advice that “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is older than Joe Biden, but apparently he never heard of it. Or doesn’t think much of it. The president is on a tear, as in tearing up arrangements that were achieving their objectives. His early results are disastrous. In an act of astonishing …
Biden administration to open new tent facility in Texas amid surge in migrants at border
The Biden administration is preparing to open a new tent facility in Texas to hold migrants crossing the border, as officials scramble to deal with the combination of a surge in numbers and the challenges of COVID-19. The facility is being opened in Eagle Pass, Texas, in the Del Rio sector, a source familiar with …
Guatemala troops, police break up caravan of weary migrants
VADO HONDO, Guatemala — Guatemalan police and soldiers on Monday broke up a group of hundreds of migrants who had spent two nights stuck at a roadblock on a rural highway. Some migrants threw rocks while authorities launched tear gas and pushed the migrants with their riot shields back down the highway. Migrants with children …
Up to 8,000 US-bound migrants enter Guatemala from Honduras
Thousands of people are joining the US-bound groups to flee a life of poverty and violence. Two devastating hurricanes struck the region late last year, exacerbating the economic strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Guatemala’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Honduran authorities to do more to “contain the massive departure of its inhabitants” in a …
Aid groups aim to bring health care to migrants on way to US
MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — A humanitarian organization led by U.S. military veterans has treated thousands of migrants over the past year at two clinics in a Mexican town across the border from Texas. But Global Response Management is attempting to go beyond mere crisis response and build a system to make it easier to track …
Singapore’s coronavirus outbreak is spinning out of control, and migrant workers are bearing the brunt
Shekor arrived in Singapore a decade ago at age 17, one of many low-income migrant workers who have powered the city’s growth, building hospitals, subway lines and the Marina Bay Sands resort. In his years working in aluminum production and on construction sites, the Bangladeshi national has suffered various work-related injuries. The most recent, on …
BREAKING: Greek forces prepare as Turkey plans to send coronavirus infected migrants to Aegean islands
Greek authorities have revealed that illegal migrants are gathering on Turkey’s Aegean coast after having been transferred from camps. According to sources used by Kathimerini, many of them were at the Greek-Turkish land border at Evros and Turkey has organised a plan to transport the illegal immigrants infected with coronavirus to Greece and Europe in …
Malta locks down migrants camp, puts 1,000 in quarantine after COVID cluster
FILE PHOTO: Maltese Health Minister Chris Fearne talks to the media after a fire destroyed part of a reception centre for migrants in Marsa, Malta, January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo VALLETTA (Reuters) – Some 1,000 African migrants were placed under mandatory quarantine on Sunday after an outbreak of COVID-19 and their camp at …
