Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Migrants & Refugees

Qualifying for asylum in the US.

A three-judge panel in Pasadena, California, has allowed the rule to stay in effect while it considers whether to overturn a judge’s ruling that found…

8 November, 2023

Migrants/Senegal/Europe

The Canary Islands have become the main destination for migrants from Senegal and other African countries trying to reach Spain.

7 November, 2023

Afghans in Pakistan

The campaign comes amid strained relations between Pakistan and neighboring, Taliban-led Afghanistan over what the Pakistani government says are attacks in Pakistan by Taliban-allied militants…

31 October, 2023

Mexico Migration Summit

Lopez Obrador first said heads of state from those countries, along with those of Colombia and Venezuela, would attend. Later, he said other leaders, such…

22 October, 2023

Sudanese refugees are still crossing into Chad

About 418,000 have sought refuge in neighbouring Chad.

2 October, 2023

More migrants are moving towards the U.S.

On Friday Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said in Washington, that there has been a “crisis” at the U.S.-Mexico border, speaking alongside senior officials from…

1 October, 2023

Sudanese refugees in Chad

More than 1-million people have fled Sudan since the fighting broke out in April, over 40% of them into Chad.

28 September, 2023

EU asylum & migration laws

The European Commission (the EU’s executive arm) has introduced an amendment to the migration policy – a so called “crisis regulation”.

28 September, 2023

Mexico has made an agreement with the U.S. to deport migrants back to their home countries, to try and combat the surge in crossings.

27 September, 2023

New migrants arrive in El Paso in Texas

The Mayor of El Paso in Texas says the city is overwhelmed, as thousands of new asylum seekers arrive each day.

26 September, 2023

Thousands of migrants are crossing to the U.S.

So many migrants are climbing aboard trains that Mexico’s largest railway company said earlier this week it was suspending 60 freight train runs because of…

24 September, 2023