The 613 men had traveled from their native Niger to neighboring Libya, where many of them planned to reach Europe across the Mediterranean Sea, a journey that thousands of people in sub-Saharan Africa strive to make each year. But late last month, the men were deported by Libyan authorities in one of the country’s largest […]
They came from all over the world, including Haiti and Venezuela, carrying small wheeled suitcases packed with clothes and stuffed animals to entertain their children. They grabbed phones that showed that after months of waiting, they finally had appointments to enter the United States legally. But outside a series of border crossings in northern Mexico, […]
A Texas trucker charged in the deaths of 53 migrants traveling in a sweltering tractor-trailer without air conditioning pleaded guilty Thursday to the 2022 tragedy that became the nation’s deadliest smuggling attempt across the border. United States and Mexico. Homero Zamorano Jr., who lived in Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to transport […]
French authorities said they rescued 107 migrants trying to cross the English Channel from France to England on Wednesday. During Christmas Day, 12 rescue operations were carried out along the coast of northern France, including that of a ship that suffered engine problems, the French maritime prefecture of the Channel and Sea of the Sea […]
Arthur HELLER
