In 2024, there was a slowdown in the number of migrants traveling from Latin America to the United States, in part due to new policies and controls put in place in the so-called transit countries that migrants pass through on their way north. Migration dynamics are being reshaping by these measures as well as the new U.S. presidential administration’s promises of mass deportations.
According to recent government figures, a record number of migrants from West Africa have arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands this year. The Spanish government says it needs young workers to boost its economy, so it proposes to award permits to hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants who are already in the country.
Ovale Citoyen, an association led by former rugby professionals, is using sport as a way of building self-confidence and a sense of community among refugees and marginalized populations.Rugby is more than a game for Houssam, a refugee from Syria
In a terse weekend statement, Greece’s Migration and Asylum Ministry said confinement for those in the country’s migrant holding centers would be extended through July 5, the second such extension decreed by authorities since they were first imposed in March
For nearly five decades, the United States was the top choice for Indian students and professionals wanting to migrate. But as Washington puts in place more restrictive immigration policies, tens of thousands of young Indians are heading to Canada, which has opened its doors to immigrants to plug shortages of skilled workers
Vox is reaching out to the neglected, working-class suburbs and rural areas with high unemployment, with polls predicting the Eurosceptic, anti-feminist and staunchly patriotic party on track to enter the country’s parliament in elections due before 2020