Border

Majority of Europeans Favor National Control Over Borders, Survey Shows

Most Europeans want their governments to have more control over their borders to tackle migration, polling across 23 EU countries shows. Seventy-one percent of respondents agreed that “the European Union…

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Swift return to functional Schengen area key to EU’s economic recovery – MEPs

Civil Liberties Committee MEPs express their concern about the current situation of internal border controls in the Schengen area and their impact on people and businesses, in a resolution adopted on Thursday by…

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Irish officials dismiss Boris Johnson’s Brexit offer as ‘unacceptable’

Boris Johnson’s final “take it or leave it” Brexit offer to Brussels is in danger of being dead on arrival after it was rounded on by government and opposition parties…

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Donald Trump ‘suggested shooting migrants in the legs’

US President Donald Trump suggested shooting migrants in the legs to slow them down, according to a new book. The book - called ‘Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration’…

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German police to increase border checks

Germany's federal police are set to increase the number of random border checks, said Interior Minister Horst Seehofer late Sunday. Germany's borders stretch 3,700 kilometers. Border checks are not common in…

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Pentagon to deploy additional 2,100 troops to U.S.-Mexico border

The Pentagon announced it would send an additional 1,000 Texas National Guard and 1,100 active duty troops to the border with Mexico, the latest deployment in support of President Donald…

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Trump announced agreement on immigration with Mexico to avoid tariffs

U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he has indefinitely suspended the threat of tariffs against Mexico after reaching “a signed agreement” on immigration. “I am pleased to inform you that…

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Austria to extend border controls

Austria will extend its border controls for Hungary and Slovenia until at least November. In a letter written by the Austrian Interior, Minister Herbert Kickl, to the European Commission, he…

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President Trump vetoes Congress revocation of emergency situation at Us-Mexico Border

President Donald Trump has vetoed a measure from Congress revoking his declaration of a national emergency at the US-Mexico border. Lawmakers, including 12 Republicans, had passed the rejection resolution on…

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Trump to address the nation through media on the wall

US President Donald Trump is expected to address the nation on Tuesday and visit the US-Mexico border on Thursday to highlight his demands for a border wall as the government remains partially shut down.…

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Fears of the ‘past’ and the Irish border issue – NYT

Ever since Britain stunned the world, in June 2016 with a referendum setting Brexit in motion, the future of the Irish border has hovered over the proceedings as the single…

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Second child dies in US government custody

An eight-year-old boy from Guatemala has died in US government custody, immigration authorities say. A Texas congressman named the child as Felipe Alonzo-Gomez. It is the second time this month…

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1,800 migrant children reunited, 700 not as not eligible

BBC: The Trump administration says it has reunited more than 1,800 migrant children with family members by a court-ordered deadline. This includes 1,442 children back with their parents in US immigration…

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Judge suspends deportations of immigrant families reunited following separation at the border

AP: A federal judge on Monday ordered a temporary halt to deportations of immigrant families reunited after being separated at the border, as the Trump administration races to meet a July…

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Republican Senators seek passage of legislation to bring an end to Trump’s practice of separating children from parents when families cross US borders illegally

The New York Times: Republican senators moved on Tuesday to defuse a political crisis by seeking passage of legislation that would swiftly bring an end to President Trump’s practice of separating…

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CNN – The Video behind the viral photo of child crying toddler at border

CNN - "... With the knowledge that these parents and their children would soon be in separate detention facilities made it hard for me personally as a journalist, as a human being…

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