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Advertisement in a metro station in Budapest in July. The Hungarian government said it would end its disputed ad campaign against Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros.

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Hungary's Leader Proposes 'Stop Soros' Laws Against NGOs That Help Migrants

11:45pm February 23, 2018

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Hungary's government has proposed a series of bills it says will curb illegal immigration. Critics say the motivation is to cripple NGOs linked to U.S. financier George Soros.

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African migrants leaving an Israeli government immigration office in Bnei Brak, Israel. Posters in Arabic and Tigrinya on the wall announce Israel's "voluntary departure" policy for Sudanese and Eritrean migrants.

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Israel Gives African Asylum-Seekers A Choice: Deportation Or Jail

12:30pm February 22, 2018

by Daniel Estrin

Israel's plan to force African migrant men to choose between voluntarily leaving — with a $3,500 stipend — or be deported or jailed has sparked a backlash.

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A crowd waits to cross the border into Colombia over the Simón Bolívar bridge in San Antonio del Táchira, Venezuela, in July 2016.

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Venezuela's Deepening Crisis Triggers Mass Migration Into Colombia

5:23pm February 20, 2018

by John Otis

A downward economic spiral, food shortages and a host of other problems have driven thousands of Venezuelans to flee to nearby countries.

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Afghan asylum seeker and his 2 1/2-year-old daughter.

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Hungary Reduces Number Of Asylum-Seekers It Will Admit To 2 Per Day

11:46am February 03, 2018

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Hungary has secretly reduced the number of asylum-seekers it will allow into the country to two per day, one at each transit zone. Hungary is the main access to Europe from the Balkan route.

Children whose parents have migrated from elsewhere in China sit in a classroom at a private school in Beijing. They are officially still citizens of the rural areas their families come from and not eligible for public education elsewhere.

In Chinese Cities, Migrants' Work Is Welcome. Their Children Are Not

10:59am November 16, 2017

A private school in Beijing caters to children whose parents have moved to the city for work. Moving from place to place requires permission, though — and these children's families broke the rules.

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Migrant Justice activists gather to celebrate the signing of an agreement with Ben & Jerry's that took two years to negotiate.

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Ben & Jerry's Signs Deal To Improve Migrant Dairy Workers' Conditions

2:21pm October 04, 2017

by Kathleen Masterson

Farmworker advocacy group Migrant Justice and the behemoth ice cream company have been negotiating for two years to agree on a worker-led initiative that ensures "just and dignified" practices.

Benjamin Raphael of Nigeria (left) is a salesman who had never picked up a paint brush before he found asylum in Italy.

Painting Their Old Life Helps Them Build A New Life In Italy

7:00am September 30, 2017

by Sylvia Poggioli

Amid an influx of African migrants to Italy, a project called 'Make Art Not Walls' is helping them assimilate — and get in touch with their inner artist.

Last year, a record amount in remittances was sent home by Latin American and Caribbean migrants.

Mexicans In The U.S. Are Sending Home More Money Than Ever

4:01pm February 10, 2017

by Nurith Aizenman

A new report finds that remittances by migrants from Latin America and the Caribbean topped $69 billion last year — the highest amount on record.

Case 0378: The remains are presumed to be female, age unknown, and were found on Aug. 28, 2012, on Tepeguaje Ranch in Brooks County, Texas.

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In Texas, A Database Of Exhumed Objects Aims To ID Migrants Who Perished

1:55pm December 26, 2016

by John Burnett

About 100 migrants die every year trying to sneak around Border Patrol checkpoints in South Texas. Now, a searchable database lets relatives find photos of their missing loved ones' personal items.

Demonstrators protest against the deportation of refugees back to Afghanistan at the Frankfurt, Germany, airport Wednesday night.

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Germany Deports First Group Of Afghan Asylum Seekers

8:13am December 15, 2016

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The 34 Afghan asylum seekers departed Frankfurt Airport for Kabul on a chartered flight. The deportations have been criticized for potentially putting the migrants back into harm's way.