Mexican authorities blocked dozens of migrants from hitching a ride to the U.S. on freight trains in Mexico City on Friday in a major new enforcement effort. Thousands of people have used the freight trains, known as “The Beast,” to hitch a
Migrants are being guaranteed “a minimum of three-star” hotels, a Home Office contract has revealed. The Government also wants asylum seekers to be booked in rooms “close to amenities and transport networks.” The Home Office is under intense pressure to cut the
Poland has allegedly handed out as many as a quarter of a million visas in exchange for cash bribes. As a result, the EU has found itself in a ‘visas for bribes’ scandal, as the EU Commission scrambles to find out what’s
A Mexican railway company has halted operations after a video showing migrants packed into freight cars riding into the U.S. went viral earlier this week, citing safety concerns for those climbing aboard. Ferromex railway announced Tuesday that it would temporarily suspend trains
A rescue operation was underway Wednesday morning for dozens of migrants on board a yacht reported to be in difficulty off the southwestern coast of Greece, authorities said. The coast guard said the yacht, believed to be carrying around 90 people, was
Migrant hotels are now costing taxpayers £8 million-per-day, shocking figures have revealed. The asylum accommodation bill has ballooned to more than £3 billion, a Home Office report shows. Officials believe using former military sites – such as the former home of the
Migrants, mostly from Haiti, burst into an asylum office in southern Mexico on Monday, demanding papers. Throngs of migrants knocked over metal barricades and rushed into the office in the city of Tapachula, pushing past National Guard officers and police stationed at
A FerroMex train out of Zacatecas, Mexico and heading toward the U.S. southern border was packed with migrants who could be heard cheering while hanging off the sides of the cars, video shows. The train was captured on video on Sunday, despite
Border Patrol sources claim 9,100 people crossed from Mexico to Arizona, US, in a day as the border crisis rumbles on. It comes close to the record number of 10,000 that was set in May, when Title 42 Covid restrictions expired. Huge
Local politicians have reportedly been charging big bucks per month to help shepherd migrants through a section of the jungle between Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap, moving what is estimated to be hundreds of thousands of people so far