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A migrant is a person who moves from one place to another, typically in search of work, education, or better living conditions. Migrants can be either internal, meaning they move within their own country, or international, meaning they move to another country. Migrants often face challenges and hardships, such as language barriers, discrimination, and lack of access to services and support. However, many migrants are also able to improve their lives and opportunities through their efforts to relocate. The phenomenon of migration has existed throughout human history, and continues to be a significant and complex issue in many parts of the world.
The world’s most dangerous immigrant routes: where illegal immigrants most often die. Photo: Shutterstock Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have tightened border controls, which prompted illegal immigrants (editor’s note: people are not illegal – they may be undocumented, which is illegal, but a human is not an “illegal.” – bjc) to go en masse…
On Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) requested that a statewide grand jury be covened to “examine international human smuggling networks that bring illegal aliens to the southern border, and ultimately, to Florida.” The jury will also look to investigate local municipalities that have been “aiding this smuggling scheme by intentionally violating state law.” According to…
In an INTERPOL-led crackdown on the criminal groups behind human trafficking and migrant smuggling, authorities across 44 countries have rescued nearly 700 victims of human trafficking. Operation Weka II was carried out from June 12-17, where officers progressed cases and carried out intensified checks at border points. Results so far have yielded a total of…
Four men have been arrested after 53 migrants died when they were abandoned in a tractor trailer on a desolate road in San Antonio on Monday, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas announced. The alleged driver of the truck, 45-year-old Homero Zamorano Jr., is facing one count of alien smuggling resulting in…
(NewsNation) — An initial investigation by law enforcement suggests Monday’s tragedy that left 53 migrants dead after they were abandoned in the back of a sweltering truck was likely the result of human smuggling. But what is human smuggling and how is it different than another common term, human trafficking? The two crimes can overlap…
A Nigerian senator’s arrest marks the spread of a common Third World crime into new territory. Nigerian Senate president Bukola Saraki (R) and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu (L) leave the courtroom after being charged with falsifying parliamentary rules to get elected in Abuja, on June 27, 2016. (Philip Ojisua/AFP via Getty Images) The only surprising…
The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, GRETA, an independent monitoring group, said in a report for the Council of Europe published on Tuesday that Bosnia and Herzegovina’s has improved legislation to combat human trafficking but it needs to be implemented more effectively to ensure protection and justice for victims. The…
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. SAN ANTONIO — A tractor-trailer found near Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio contained the bodies of 46 dead people, along with 16 others who have been taken to hospitals, local officials in San…
When many people think of human trafficking they think of it in terms of human trafficking for sex, but there are also growing concerns about labor trafficking. The Bakken Human Panning Summit Committee chaired by Shaun Schatz of the McKenzie County Sheriff’s Office and Marcia Hellandsaas with NDSU Extension/McKenzie County always ask communities when preparing…
After calling law enforcement for help, trafficking victims in the U.K. are amongst the thousands of people reported to immigration by police. New data obtained through a freedom of information request by the Joint Council on the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), a U.K. organization advocating for migrants’ rights, shows that between May 2020 and May…
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