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People offer their support to Raja Yousaf, right, whose son Raja Sajid is missing after a shipwreck off the Greek coast, in Bindian village in Kotli, a district of Pakistan's administrator Kashmir, Sunday, June 18, 2023.

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While sub disappearance transfixes some, many say their focus is on other calamities

9:04am June 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

The wealth of the submersible Titan's passengers contrasted with the desperation that pushed hundreds of migrants to leave their homes and try to reach Italy by boat last week.

President Biden speaks with U.S. Customs and Border Protection police at the Bridge of the Americas border crossing between Mexico and the U.S. in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday.

Biden makes his first visit to the southern border as president

3:47pm January 08, 2023

by Giulia Heyward

The Biden administration recently expanded a pandemic-era program that quickly expels migrants who illegally cross into the country from Mexico.

Two busloads of migrants were also sent to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's home in September.

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Busloads of migrants dropped off at Kamala Harris's home on Christmas Eve

7:05pm December 25, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

It appears to be the latest action in an escalating battle between some state governors, and the federal government, over immigration policy.

A young girl is shown staying at a shelter on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., after she and dozens of other migrants arrived by plane unannounced Wednesday.

Migrants on Martha's Vineyard flight say they were told they were going to Boston

3:03pm September 15, 2022

The plane flight carrying dozens of migrants and paid by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is the latest move by Republican officials to send migrants to Democrat-controlled cities.

An injured migrant woman is moved by rescue personnel from the site of an accident near Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico, on Thursday.

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53 people die in Mexico after the packed truck they were riding in crashed

7:44am December 10, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The truck was driving along a highway near Chiapas, a Mexican state that borders Guatemala. Another 58 people were injured in the crash.

Migrants and asylum seekers are seen after spending the night in one of the car lanes off the San Ysidro Crossing Port on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana on April 24, 2021. A group of migrants asked U.S. migration authorities to allo

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As More Migrants Arrive, U.S. Expands Efforts To Identify And Admit Most Vulnerable

4:11pm May 12, 2021

More migrants are granted humanitarian exceptions to a pandemic public health order that effectively closed the Southern border. U.S. officials are working with NGOs to identify the most vulnerable.

Irsi Castillo of Honduras holds her 3-year-old daughter just after crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S. at El Paso, Texas. Castillo is one in the surge of thousands of migrants claiming asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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With Thousands Of Migrants Crossing The Border Daily, We Asked 'Why Now?'

8:23pm March 21, 2019

by Joel Rose

Three possible factors account for the surge of migrants at the border: economics, social media and the Trump administration's own tougher immigration policies.

James Jean and Patrice Worthy, photographed in New York City. They model clothing by Ikiré Jones.

Stunning Photos Depict Migrants 'As They'd Rather Be Seen'

8:38pm October 07, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

The photos avoid war, destruction and poverty — and instead focus on the beauty and resilience of people who leave home in search of a better life.

The Aquarius, a former North Atlantic fisheries protection ship now used by humanitarian groups SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), is seen in December 2017 during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea. The rescu

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Italy And Malta Close Their Ports To Migrant Rescue Ship; Spain Takes It In

1:11pm June 11, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

A rescue ship picked up more than 600 migrants off the coast of Libya, and was left stranded after Malta and Italy turned it away. Italy's new government has vowed a tougher stance on immigration.

Hungarian TV camerawoman Petra Laszlo is seen sticking out her leg as a young girl and other migrants run from a police line at Roszke, in southern Hungary, in September 2015.

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Hungary Indicts Camerawoman Accused Of Kicking Migrants

11:37am September 07, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Petra Laszlo became emblematic of anti-migrant sentiment in Hungary last year after she was caught on camera sticking out her leg to trip a migrant as he ran from police.