Migrants

US ICE official who worked at private prison firm will be agency's new acting head

"Dave Venturella will serve as acting ICE director following Todd Lyons' departure," the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, said in a statement.

Masked law enforcement officers, including HSI and ICE agents, walk into an immigration court in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., May 21, 2025.
Donald Trump holds Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' hand as they speak with the media at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on the day of the opening of a temporary migrant detention center informally known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in Ochopee, Florida, US, July 1, 2025.

Florida plans to close 'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention center - report

Migrants from Bangladesh stand in the woods near Velika Kladusa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 30, 2020. Hundreds of migrants from Asia, the Middle East and North Africa set up makeshift camps in Bosnian woods near the border with Croatia, attempting to cross into the European Union where they h

Croatian police find bodies of four migrants near Slovene border, aid 15 others

Migrants aboard an overcrowded boat react as they are approached by the crew of the migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5, operated by the German NGO Sea-Watch, during a rescue operation in the Search and Rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean, off Libya, August 11, 2025.

Libya says 17 migrants perish at sea, nine missing feared dead


More than 60 migrants die as boat sinks off Yemen, dozens missing

68 bodies have been recovered and 12 people have been rescued with many still missing as of Monday morning accordig to the Yemen chief for the International Organization for Migration.

African illegal immigrants wait to board a boat in the southern port city of Aden on September 26, 2016, before being deported to Somalia.

Violent clashes erupt between far-Right groups and migrants in Spanish town

Five people were hurt and one was arrested during the unrest in Torre-Pacheco, local officials told Reuters, in one of the worst such episodes in the country in recent decades.

A Spanish riot policeman enters the house of Moroccan national Fatima Essanhaji during her eviction in Parla, Spain February 16, 2017. (illustrative)

US Marines arrive in LA; California governor warns 'democracy under assault'

Democratic leaders have raised concerns over a national crisis in what has become the most intense flashpoint yet in the Trump administration's efforts to deport migrants.

People hold signs during a demonstration, as part of nationwide protests in solidarity with Los Angeles protests against federal immigration sweeps, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 10, 2025.

Anti-migrant riots rage in Northern Ireland after alleged sexual assault of teenage girl

Police said they were dealing with "serious disorder" in the town, which is about 45 km (30 miles) from the capital Belfast, and urged people to avoid the area.

A vehicle burns during a second night of riots, in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, June 11, 2025.

US military creates new military zone along border with Mexico

US Customs and Border Protection maintains jurisdiction over illegal border crossings in the area and troops would hand over migrants they detained to US Border Patrol.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials detain a group of migrants, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, after they crossed illegally from Mexico to the U.S, as seen from Tijuana, Mexico, December 15, 2018.

Houthis say 68 killed as suspected US airstrike hits Yemen migrant center

The attack was one of the deadliest so far in six weeks of intensified US airstrikes against the Houthis.

 An RAF Typhoon aircraft takes off to join the U.S.-led coalition from RAF Akrotiri to conduct air strikes against military targets in Yemen, aimed at the Iran-backed Houthi militia that has been targeting international shipping in the Red Sea, in Cyprus, in this handout picture released on January

Hamas-supporting Gazan arrested in UK after arriving on migrant boat

Abu Wadei stated that he was a member of the “tyre burning unit,” responsible for throwing fire-bombs and rocks at IDF soldiers manning the border with Gaza.

 Abu Wadei posing with an M4 carbine, Facebook account @Abo Wadie Alkassas

Ten Indian foreign workers rescued from Palestinian village

Ten Indian foreign workers were rescued from al-Zaim after they were promised work in that area by a Palestinian resident who then took their passports, preventing them from leaving.

 THE POPULATION and Immigration Authority office in Jerusalem yesterday.

Taliban and Iran's top diplomats meet to tackle migrants, water rights, and security

This meeting between foreign ministers is the highest-level delegation publicized since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.

 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Afghanistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul, Afghanistan January 26, 2025.

Trump slaps retaliatory measures on Colombia after it turns away deportation flights

The measures include imposing emergency 25% tariffs on all goods coming into the US; a travel ban and visa revocations on Colombian government officials; and Treasury and banking sanctions.

US President Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, US, November 19, 2024.