CAIRO — At least two people have died and 186 others were missing after four boats carrying migrants from Africa capsized overnight in waters off Yemen and Djibouti, the United Nations migration agency said on Friday. Two vessels capsized off…
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On Mexico’s Once-Packed Border, Few Migrants Remain
On the eve of President Trump’s deadline to impose tariffs on Mexico, one thing is hard to miss on the Mexican side of the border: The migrants are gone. In what were once some of the busiest sections along the…
How Trump’s Canada Tariffs Could Impact Both the U.S. and Canada
It is not an exit anyone would have expected. Justin Trudeau will end his final days as Canada’s prime minister with the country tossed into economic turmoil if President Trump follows through on his plan Tuesday to impose 25 percent…
Mexico’s Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Troops, Cartels and China
Mexico braced for the worst when President Trump threatened steep tariffs on its exports. But as a deadline looms, Mexico’s leaders hope they have found a formula for staving off tariffs by moving decisively on several fronts to appease Mr.…
Lawsuit Against Panama Challenges Detention of Trump Deportees
A group of high-profile lawyers on Saturday filed a suit against Panama over its detention of migrants deported from the United States, threatening to disrupt President Trump’s new policy of exporting migrants from around the world to Central American countries.…
Illegal Migration to the U.S. Now People Are Heading to Canada.
The pre-dawn call by U.S. border agents to their Canadian counterparts was shocking: A group of nine people, most of them children, were about to enter Canada on foot. On Feb. 3 at 6:16 a.m., when the group was spotted,…
Honduras Moves to Extradite Man Accused of Killing Iowa Woman
The government of Honduras said it had begun the process of extraditing to the United States an undocumented immigrant who was accused of killing a young Iowa woman in 2016, a case that President Trump made a focal point in…
Illegal Migration to the U.S. Now People Are Heading to Canada.
The pre-dawn call by U.S. border agents to their Canadian counterparts was shocking: A group of nine people, most of them children, were about to enter Canada on foot. On Feb. 3 at 6:16 a.m., when the group was spotted,…
Migrants Deported to Panama Jungle Camp Face Uncertain Future
The camp lies four hours from Panama’s capital, down a bumpy, often desolate highway, at the edge of a treacherous jungle called the Darién. For more than a week, it has held more than 100 asylum seekers from around the…
What Trump’s Deportation Plans Mean for Central America
Central American countries have long taken back their own citizens deported from the United States. But now the Trump administration has called on them to take in people from other countries around the world as well. The extraordinary measures involved…