NewsFeed Speaking at the Oval office, US President Donald Trump stated that Somalia is a “fourth world nation” while repeating claims without evidence that Congresswoman Ilhan Omar had illegally entered the country by marrying her brother. Omar has consistently denied the “sick” allegations. Published On 16 Mar 202616 Mar 2026 Click here to share on … Read more
Athens warns it will now arrest people entering Greece without authorisation from North Africa. Greece has suspended asylum applications for people arriving by sea for three months. That has come about after a large rise in the number of people crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to the Greek island of Crete. Athens wants to … Read more
The reversal has been stark. Last year alone, more than 302,200 people attempted to travel northwards from South America, according to the United Nations. However, as President Donald Trump makes asylum all but impossible to obtain in the US, migration northwards has slowed to a trickle. The Darien Gap — a sliver of untamed forest … Read more
What does the Dominican Republic’s crackdown on Haitian refugees and migrants reveal about the story of two neighbours? The Dominican Republic has deported nearly 150,000 people it claims are of Haitian descent since October 2024. Many of them are unaccompanied minors or people born in the Dominican Republic but stripped of citizenship in 2013. While … Read more
The Vatican affirmed good relations with the US but noted ‘an exchange of opinions’ on global conflicts and migration. US Vice President JD Vance has met with the Vatican’s top diplomats, discussing the politically fraught issue of migration months after Pope Francis rebuked the new US administration’s hardline immigration stance. Vance, a Catholic convert, held … Read more
Critics call the decision ‘intolerable discrimination’ against young Italians on ‘an arduous journey to gain citizenship’. The Italian government has granted Argentinian President Javier Milei citizenship based on his Italian heritage, according to Italian news agency ANSA, sparking outrage across the country. Milei’s sister Karina also received citizenship, ANSA reported on Saturday, which said the … Read more
Mehdi Hasan goes Head to Head with Matthew Goodwin on the UK riots, immigration and the ‘new woke elite’. In the aftermath of riots – fuelled by misinformation and the far right – the debate about immigration, racism and social cohesion in the United Kingdom has returned to centre stage. Were the riots a symptom … Read more
“A new wind is blowing in Europe,” said the Dutch anti-Islam, anti-immigration populist Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders in Brussels on Thursday after a meeting of far-right leaders. Migration has been at the forefront for Europe’s politicians since 2015, when more than a million migrants, many of them Syrians fleeing war, made their way to … Read more
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris present conflicting plans on the issue of immigration. What are the positions of the two United States presidential nominees on immigration and is it a make-or-break topic on who will next sit in the White House? The Democrat’s Kamala Harris says she wants to fix a broken system. But Republican … Read more
The British and French governments are under renewed pressure after more people die trying to cross the English Channel. The English Channel has once again become the site of tragedy, with more people dying while trying to reach the shores of the United Kingdom. The latest incident highlights an escalating migrant crisis that is posing … Read more