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| Apr.3 |
Jerusalem |
Netanyahu scraps UN deal to resettle thousands of African migrants
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| Mar.31 |
Turin |
French armed officers spark Italy migrant row
| Mar.16 |
United Kingdom |
Russian exiles contacted over safety after tycoon murder |
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| Nov.22 |
Papua New Guinea |
Police enter former Australia-run asylum centre |
| Nov.13 |
North Korea |
North Korean soldier is shot while defecting across DMZ
An elite soldier stationed at the heavily guarded Demilitarized Zone made a bold bolt for freedom Monday, defecting to South Korea despite getting...
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| Oct.26 |
Australia |
Australia deputy PM disqualified from office |
| Oct.8 |
Washington |
Daca Dreamers: Trump outlines demands |
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| Sep.13 |
Washington |
Trump and Democrats 'reach deal' over Daca Dreamers |
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| Aug.22 |
Arizona |
Trump vows to 'close government' to build Mexico wall |
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| Jul.1 |
Italy |
Italy threatens to close ports as ministers meet |
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| Jun.29 |
USA |
Trump travel ban comes into effect |
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| Apr.21 |
Sydney |
US to honour 'dumb' Australia migrant deal |
| Apr.10 |
France |
Huge fire guts Grande-Synthe Dunkirk camp |
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| Mar.29 |
Hawaii |
Trump travel ban: Hawaii judge places indefinite hold
| Mar.15 |
Hawaii |
Trump travel ban:Judge blocks new executive order
| Mar.6 |
Malaysia |
Malaysia and N Korea in tit-for-tax exit bans
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| Feb.27 |
Libya |
Libya exposed as an epicentre for migrant child abuse |
| Feb.24 |
Mexico |
Mexico warns US over border wall funding |
| Feb.22 |
Mexico |
Mexico's foreign minister rejects Trump deportation policy |
| Feb.12 |
Peru |
Peru asks Trump to consider deporting ex-President Alejandro Toledo |
| Feb.10 |
Washington |
Donald Trump considers issuing new travel ban |
| Feb.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Trump loses appeal court bid to reinstate travel ban
| Feb.6 |
Washington |
US justice department defends 'lawful' Trump travel ban |
| Feb.5 |
Washington |
Trump ramps up criticism of judge after travel ban setback |
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Washington |
Trump suffers new travel ban setback |
| Feb.4 |
Washington |
Trump appeal against Seattle judge's travel ban ruling |
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Washington |
US reverses travel ban over court ruling as Trump fumes |
| Feb.3 |
Seattle |
Trump travel ban: Judge issues nationwide block
A US judge in Seattle has issued a temporary nationwide block on President Donald Trump's ban on travellers from seven mainly Muslim nations
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| Jan.30 |
Washington |
Trump sacks defiant acting attorney general |
| Jan.27 |
Washington |
Trump suspends US refugee program and bans Syrians 
President Trump has banned the entry of Syrian refugees into the US until further notice, as part of new measures | |
| Jan.25 |
Mexico |
Mexico: We will not pay for Trump border wall |
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| Oct.26 |
France |
Jungle camp cleared
Several hundred migrants remain inside the 'Jungle' camp in Calais despite French officials claiming the camp is now empty
| Oct.2 |
Hungary |
Hungary PM claims EU migrant quota referendum victory |
| Apr.23 |
Turkey |
Merkel and EU officials visit Turkey camp
| Apr.16 |
Greece |
Pope returns from Greece with 12 migrants
Pope Francis has taken 12 Syrian migrants back with him to the Vatican after visiting a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos
| Apr.3 |
Greece |
Migrant crisis: Greece starts deportations to Turkey |
| Mar.17 |
Brussels |
Migrant crisis: EU agrees joint position to put to Turkey
EU leaders have agreed a joint position to put to Turkey in an attempt to reach a deal over the migrant crisis
| Mar.7 |
Brussels |
Migrant crisis: EU and Turkey outline hopes for agreement |
| Feb.29 |
France |
EU migrant crisis: Calais 'Jungle' clearance work due to resume |
| Feb.18 |
Mexico |
Pope tells Trump building walls ‘not Christian’ on way back to Vatican
Pope Francis questioned Donald Trump's Christianity Thursday over the Republican presidential hopeful's plan to build a wall on the Mexican ...
| Jan.31 |
European Union |
Migrant crisis: More than 10,000 children 'missing' |
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| Dec.7 |
South Carolina |
Donald Trump urges ban on Muslims coming to US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for a halt to Muslims entering the US, in the wake of the deadly California shootings
| Nov.8 |
Australia |
'Major disturbance' and fires at Christmas Island detention centre |
| Oct.25 |
Brussels |
Migrant crisis: Thousands of new reception places agreed |
| Oct.17 |
Slovenia |
Thousands enter Slovenia after Hungary closes border
Map of Petisovci Slovenia Thousands of migrants are crossing into Slovenia from Croatia after Hungary closed its border to them. 2,700 arrived in Slovenia on Saturday | |
| Oct.15 |
Brussels |
Migrant crisis: EU approves Turkey action plan |
| Sep.24 |
U.S. Congress |
Pope urges 'humane' US migrant response Pope Francis has told the US Congress that the US must see migrants as 'persons' and not as 'numbers'
| Sep.21 |
Brussels |
EU ministers attempt to resolve quota rift
| Sep.19 |
Austria |
Migrant crisis: Austria sees fresh influx |
| Sep.17 |
Croatia |
Croatia closes border crossings with Serbia
| Sep.16 |
Serbia |
Migrant crisis: Clashes at Hungary-Serbia border |
| Sep.15 |
Hungary |
Hungary's closed border leaves many stranded |
| Sep.14 |
Hungary |
Hungary enacts tough new migrant laws Hungary has brought in tough new migrant laws which it says will 'start a new era' in preventing the inflow of illegal immigrants
| Sep.13 |
Germany |
Migrant crisis: Germany 'to start border controls'
| Sep.12 |
Hungary |
Record 4,000 go from Serbia to Hungary
| Sep.11 |
Hungary |
Hungary 'will arrest illegal migrants' |
| Sep.8 |
Berlin |
Germany 'can take 500,000 asylum seekers a year' |
| Sep.7 |
Hungary |
Hundreds migrants force way past Hungarian police
Map of Roszke Hungary Hundreds of migrants have broken through police lines on Hungary's border with Serbia and are walking towards the capital, Budapest | |
| Sep.6 |
Hungary |
Migrant crisis: Activist convoy drives to Hungary |
| Sep.5 |
Austria |
Migrants reach Austria and Germany after long ordeal
Austria and Germany have taken in thousands of migrants who crossed the border after days stuck in Hungary
| Sep.4 |
Austria |
Migrants begin arriving in Austria from Hungary |
| Sep.1 |
Hungary |
Migrant crisis: Rail station move sparks protests
Hundreds of migrants have been protesting outside a major railway station in Budapest after police sealed off the terminal to stop them trav...
| Aug.27 |
Austria |
Austrian police work to recover bodies from lorry
Forensic teams are working through the night to establish how many people died inside a lorry found abandoned on a motorway near the Hungarian...
| Aug.22 |
Macedonia |
Macedonia migrants break through at Greek border
Thousands of migrants have broken through police lines into Macedonia at the country's border with Greece
| Jul.28 |
France |
Channel Tunnel: '2,000 migrants' tried to enter
| Jun.25 |
Brussels |
EU leaders agree to speed up relocation |
| Jun.17 |
UN |
Number displaced worldwide hits record high |
| May.19 |
Malaysia |
Asia boat migrants: Nations hold emergency meeting |
| May.10 |
Brussels |
Migrant crisis: EU refugee quotas to be proposed
| Apr.19 |
Rome |
Italian PM led calls for more EU action on sea migration |
| Apr.18 |
South Africa |
Zuma vows to end attacks on migrants
| Feb.22 |
Australia |
Australia to toughen citizenship laws |
| Jan.4 |
Lebanon |
Lebanon tightens flow of Syrians |
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| Nov.20 |
Washington |
Obama offer to 5m illegal migrants
Nearly five million people living illegally in the US can escape deportation under sweeping changes to the US immigration system
| Aug.30 |
Lesotho |
Lesotho 'coup' forces PM Thabane to South Africa
| Jun.20 |
UN |
Refugee figures 'highest since WW2'
| Feb.9 |
Switzerland |
Swiss narrowly back migration curbs Swiss voters have narrowly backed a referendum proposal to bring back strict quotas for immigration from European Union countries
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| Oct.30 |
Niger |
Bodies of migrants found in Niger
| Oct.19 |
Paris |
Roma girl 'can return to France' |
| Aug.25 |
Mexico |
Mexico migrant train derails; at least 5 dead |
| Aug.1 |
Moscow |
Snowden leaves airport, can stay in Russia, lawyer says National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's application for political asylum has been approved, and he has left a Moscow airport
| Jul.24 |
Moscow |
Confusion over Snowden travel papers |
| Jul.18 |
Cambodia |
Opposition leader returns from self-imposed exile to lead campaign |
| Jul.12 |
Moscow |
Snowden meets activists at airport
| Jul.2 |
Moscow |
Snowden files asylum requests with at least 19 countries |
| Jul.1 |
Moscow |
Russian report says Snowden applied for asylum |
| Jun.27 |
U.S. Senate |
US Senate passes immigration reform
| Jun.22 |
Hong Kong |
Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong on Moscow flight |
| Mar.24 |
Karachi |
Musharraf returns to Pakistan
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has arrived back in Pakistan, ending four years of self-imposed exile and defying death threats
| Mar.23 |
London |
Russian tycoon Berezovsky dies
| Jan.3 |
Moscow |
Depardieu 'now a Russian citizen'
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| Sep.4 |
Syria |
Refugees flee Syria in record numbers |
| Aug.16 |
Ecuador |
Ecuador grants asylum to WikiLeaks' Assange
| Jun.21 |
Jordan |
Syrian pilot flees to Jordan seeking asylum |
| May.19 |
New York |
Rights activist Chen arrives in U.S. |
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| Nov.2 |
London |
Assange loses fight against extradition |
| Sep.11 |
Niger |
Gaddafi's son arrives in Niger |
| Aug.15 |
Northern Syria |
Palestinians 'flee Syrian camp' |
| Feb.27 |
Libya |
Libya exodus sparks border crisis |
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| Aug.25 |
North Mexico |
Migrant link in Mexico killings. 72 died
72 people found murdered at a ranch in the north of the country say they were migrants from South and Central America trying to reach the U
| Aug.18 |
France |
France to begin Roma deportations |
| Jul.13 |
Washington |
Iran nuclear scientist free to leave US |
| Apr.27 |
Beijing |
China lifts ban on foreigners with HIV |
| Apr.23 |
Arizona |
Arizona signs tough immigration bill |
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| Apr.9 |
Thailand |
54 Myanmar migrants suffocate in freezer |
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| Oct.18 |
Karachi |
Thousands throng Bhutto on return
| Sep.1 |
London |
Bhutto announces Pakistan return |
| Jun.19 |
UN |
U.N.: Refugee numbers to rise |
| Mar.13 |
Mexico |
Bush pushed on drugs, immigration |
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| Oct.26 |
Washington |
Bush signs Mexico fence into law
| May.15 |
Washington |
Bush unveils immigration reforms |
| May.1 |
Chicago |
Immigrants stage boycott day
| Jan.25 |
Washington |
Pinochet's daughter seeks asylum in U.S. |
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| Aug.22 |
Gaza |
Settlers leave last outpost
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| Jan.7 |
Washington |
Bush calls for changes on illegal workers |
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| Jul.31 |
Jordan |
Saddam's daughters in Jordan |
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| Jun.29 |
Cuba |
Elian Gonzalez returns to Cuba
| Apr.23 |
Miami |
Elian reunited with father |
| Jan. 1, 1892 |
New Jersey |
The first immigrants pass through doors of Ellis Island
Map of Ellis Island New Jersey It was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954 | |
| Jan. 26, 1788 |
Sydney |
First British convicts settled in Australia There were 775 convicts on board six transport ships. They were accompanied by officials, members of the crew, marines, the families | |