Asylum in the US & Australia compared with European countries
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— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) September 1, 2015
Shocking images of drowned Syrian boy show tragic plight of refugees
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— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) September 2, 2015
HARLINGEN, Texas — The first time her aunt in Mexico took her out at night, the young teenager was told they were headed to a party. It was no party. “It was trafficking people, drug dealers,” she recalled. “I just saw a lot of guys. They had guns. I was in shock. I was shaking. The more I was saying no, the more they treated me badly.”
Source: www.bostonglobe.com
CNN’s Miguel Marquez explains the difference between those immigrating to the US and those seeking refuge.
Source: www.cnn.com
The Obama administration, in a dramatic escalation of its border-control strategy, will seek
more than $2 billion in emergency funds to help stem an influx of Central American women and children entering the country illegally, as well as new measures to more quickly deport those already here, the White House confirmed Saturday.
President Obama intends to notify Congress of his request on Monday, and the administration will ask lawmakers to modify existing statutes to make it easier to return unaccompanied children to their home countries, an administration official said. The administration’s plans were first reported Saturday by the New York Times.
More than 52,000 unaccompanied children and 39,000 women with children have been apprehended on the border this year, officials said, a large increase over previous years. The surge, mostly from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, has caught the administration off guard and spurred Obama to order a multi-agency response to the crisis.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
These children are fleeing for their life and now the U.S. is not going to give them asylum but instead send them back into harms way?