Governments of Senegal and Mali are angry at how their nationals are being treated in the northwest African nation.
The two main contenders may disagree on the EU, but they have both embraced anti-migrant sentiment.
Trump administration welcomes first batch of white Afrikaners while US cuts off refugee programmes to other countries.
Trump stirs controversy by calling Afrikaners, a minority group descended from Dutch colonists, victims of a ‘genocide’
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A group of white South Africans granted refugee status have arrived in the US.
“Trump’s acceptance of Afrikaners as refugees into the United States is an assault across many fronts.”
Move comes as administration largely closes refugee admissions from countries experiencing widespread violence, poverty.
Alexander Dobrindt says exceptions would be made for ‘vulnerable groups’, including pregnant women and children.
More than 130,000 people have been displaced since fighting between gov’t and opposition forces escalated in February.
The stipend will cost less than an actual deportation, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Ten years ago, I watched the residents of Lesbos welcome refugees. Now the public narrative says this was a mistake.
These were the updates from Donald Trump’s 96th day of his second term as president on Friday, April 25, 2025.
People & Power examines whether the forced transfer of Palestinians is Israel’s ultimate goal.
Rights groups have criticised the repatriation drive, warning that mass expulsions risk endangering vulnerable people.
