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Ukraine Seeks To Import African Migrants To Fill Labor Shortage After 100s Of 1000s Dead Or Wounded At The Front

Ukraine Seeks To Import African Migrants To Fill Labor Shortage After 100s Of 1000s Dead Or Wounded At The Front

Published by Jenni Sidey

Via Remix News, Volodymyr Zelensky’s head of his Presidential Office in Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, has announced plans to import migrant laborers from Africa. Essentially, this entails Ukraine establishing new laws for the legal entry and residence of foreign workers. The government will introduce a new list of “migration-risk” countries to facilitate this plan, according to remarks Budanov made at the CEO Club Ukraine. “They enter, obtain documents, and then move on. This is a problem that creates barriers for business,” Budanov reportedly said, emphasizing that Ukraine will now move to make it easier for migrants to stay and work in Ukraine. Last October, rumors swirled that Ukraine was directly recruiting mercenaries from Latin American drug cartels to fight in its war against Russia. Kyiv’s forced conscription policies at home, which often resort to violence, have already raised numerous concerns about the brutal practices of Zelensky’s military as well as the desperate situation Ukraine is in due to loss of life on the frontlines. It has long been known that Ukraine faces a serious demographic crisis, now exacerbated by men …

The migrants heading from Belgium to Britain… with a helping hand from the French

The migrants heading from Belgium to Britain… with a helping hand from the French

Published by Sam Flores

On the Belgian coast during two world wars, thousands of British soldiers lost their lives. In Coxyde Military Cemetery, more than 1,500 valiant souls are laid to rest. Men like Gunner A W Loney, of the Royal Field Artillery, who was 20 when he died at Passchendaele. Next to his grave lies that of a 19-year-old soldier killed in the relentless shelling and sniping around Ypres. These men made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our borders. Today, standing amid the rows of white gravestones as the spring sunshine lights up the names engraved on them, it is hard not to wonder what they would have made of the invasion that is under way today. Across the road from the cemetery is an accommodation centre for illegal immigrants. Sooner or later, some will be heading to the UK. Belgium is the new front in Britain’s losing battle against migrants. In recent weeks, more than 20 small boats have left the beaches of West Flanders for the UK. In previous years, there were no more than two …

Spain’s Last Chance: Could Far-Left Govt’s Mass Legalization Of Migrants Be Blocked By Supreme Court?

Spain’s Last Chance: Could Far-Left Govt’s Mass Legalization Of Migrants Be Blocked By Supreme Court?

Published by Jenni Sidey

Via Remix News, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his far-left government are not over the finish line yet when it comes to their plan to legalize hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants. Now, the Spanish legal group Hazte Oír have made the first successful step in challenging the far-left government’s “Royal Decree,” which was used to pass the legislation without a vote from parliament. After Hazte Oír’s application was accepted for processing by the Spanish Supreme Court, the government now has a non-extendable 20-day deadline to hand over the complete administrative file regarding mass legalization. While it does not guarantee a reversal, it places the decree in a state of significant legal uncertainty. By admitting the case, Spain’s top court has found sufficient legal grounds to examine the merits of the lawsuit rather than dismissing it outright. 🇪🇸🚨With up to 800,000 migrants set to be legalized in Spain, massive crowds have gathered outside the Moroccan Consulate in Almería. The Moroccan Government says it will streamline documentation so that its citizens can quickly become regularized.pic.twitter.com/GK4Q62yVVs — …

Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump : NPR

Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Entrance to Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán/NPR hide caption toggle caption Sergio Martínez-Beltrán/NPR The number of immigrants who have died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody has reached an all-time high this fiscal year. Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government’s fiscal year, already surpassing 2004’s toll of 28, the previous record, according to government data. The most recent death was  of 27-year-old Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt, a Cuban man held in ICE custody in Miami, Florida. According to an initial report released by ICE on the evening of April 16, Carbonell-Betancourt was found unresponsive in his cell on the morning of April 12. The report lists the cause of death as a “presumed suicide,” but the official cause remains under investigation. The report said Carbonell-Betancourt entered the United States in 2024 without valid documents and later released into the U.S. via a program known as parole, which allows noncitizens to enter the country without a formal visa, often for humanitarian reasons. He …

Legal migrants remain vulnerable to trafficking | Migration

Legal migrants remain vulnerable to trafficking | Migration

Published by Sam Flores

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people enter wealthy countries on temporary work visas, hoping to earn a living and support their families. For many, those visas undoubtedly offer a chance to earn more money and build a more stable life. But for others, they become another source of vulnerability and abuse. Consider the case of Larisa. While browsing Facebook, she found an advertisement promising domestic work in Germany, a good salary and paid travel expenses. A mother of three from a remote village in Moldova, she left her children behind to chase that opportunity and lift her family out of poverty. But when she arrived, the reality was very different. She was taken to a remote town, housed with other women and stripped of control over her documents. For a year, she says, she was forced to clean homes and care for elderly people for up to 20 hours a day without pay and under constant watch. The International Organization for Migration later identified her case as an example of trafficking through a seemingly …

Spain launches programme to offer amnesty to 500,000 undocumented migrants

Spain launches programme to offer amnesty to 500,000 undocumented migrants

Published by Sam Flores

With a few scratches of a pen, Spain’s Socialist-led government on Tuesday prepared to grant legal status to roughly half a million people now living and working in the country without documentation. Foreign nationals with clean criminal records who arrived before the end of 2025, and who can prove they’ve lived in Spain for at least five months, are now eligible for renewable one-year residence permits. People who applied for asylum in the country before December 31 will also be able to apply.  This extraordinary mass regularisation – the first in Spain in more than 20 years – was born from a citizen-backed proposal signed by some 700,000 people and supported by hundreds of civil society groups, including the Catholic Church.  While most immigrants in Spain have legal status, the country’s booming economy has also drawn hundreds of thousands of largely working-age people from across the world to work in the country’s underground economy. Undocumented migrants work on construction sites, on farms, in shops and restaurants or in people’s homes, cooking and cleaning and caring for …

Migrants learn script for fake back story to guarantee UK asylum | UK | News

Migrants learn script for fake back story to guarantee UK asylum | UK | News

Published by Sam Flores

Migrants attempt to cross the English Channel in a dinghy (Image: Getty) Migrants are learning a scripted fake backstory to guarantee asylum in the UK, audio recordings have revealed. An Iraqi migrant, posing as a stateless Bidoon from Kuwait, detailed claims of imprisonment, torture and forced confessions during a covertly recorded Home Office interview. He answered pre-learned questions on Kuwait’s currency, flag, dialling code and governorates with ease. The tape, shared widely among English Channel-crossing hopefuls, exposes how people-smuggling gangs coach migrants to beat Britain’s asylum system. The recording was distributed via encrypted Telegram groups to Iraqi and Kurdish migrants waiting in northern France. It serves as a practical “how-to” guide, showing exactly how to deliver a convincing tale of persecution as a Bidoon — Arabic for “without nationality” — the stateless Arab minority denied citizenship in Kuwait since 1961. READ MORE: Hotel migrant assaulted girl, 14, after ‘offering friends whisky and cocaine’ READ MORE: Nigel Farage warns of financial catastrophe over migrant chaos The tactic, known as “nationality shopping”, lets migrants claim origins from …

The UK could make migrants wait up to 20 years before becoming settled – making it one of the longest waits in the world

The UK could make migrants wait up to 20 years before becoming settled – making it one of the longest waits in the world

Published by Sam Flores

The UK government is planning to make it significantly harder for migrants to obtain permanent residence. If the proposals go ahead, the UK would become more restrictive than most other high-income democracies. In the case of refugees it would create a situation that is arguably without precedent among peer countries. The UK’s home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, intends to double the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) (the UK’s form of permanent residence) from five to ten years for most migrants, and increase it up to 20 for some. Eligibility requirements would also tighten. Migrants would need a clean criminal record (removing the previous 12-month sentence threshold), a higher English language standard and earnings above £12,570 per year for at least three years. This will disproportionately affect those least likely to be in full-time employment, including dependants of people on work visas, family visa holders and refugees. The ten-year baseline for settlement would then be adjusted up or down based on individual circumstances. High-skilled workers, including NHS nurses and doctors, or those earning above …

Four migrants die in north France trying to board small boat to cross Channel

Four migrants die in north France trying to board small boat to cross Channel

Published by Sam Flores

Four people died on Thursday off the coast of northern France as they tried to board a small boat to cross the Channel to England, taking the number of such deaths this year to six. The two men and two women were swept away by the current near the village of Équihen-Plage, regional official François-Xavier Lauch said. Another person was treated for hypothermia, he said, while 37 people were taken into the care of the emergency services. Watch more‘They shouldn’t stop us!’: Migrants resist French police attempts to prevent Channel crossings The nationalities of the four dead were not yet known, he added. AFP saw a large number of emergency service vehicles and rescuers gathered on the beach. People stood by a first aid post nearby, many wrapped in thermal blankets and a few wearing life jackets, with one woman carrying a baby. Some were gathering up their possessions before boarding a bus to a reception centre. Lauch told reporters at the scene that the death toll was still “provisional”. The migrants were trying to …