[ad_1] A new report documents years of human rights abuses committed by Customs and Border Protection agents against migrants at the US southern border. The Kino Border Initiative and the Washington Office on Latin America have listed hundreds of incidents of human rights violations by immigration officials that include physical violence, verbal abuse and sexual harassment — including some cases that have been fatal. “We started documenting these cases years ago in our facilities in the Mexican…
"Report: Human rights abuses by US immigration officials are rampant at the southern border"Tag: border
[ad_1] The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) released a press release on June 26 as a reminder for people traveling for Canada Day (July 1) or the U.S.’s Independence Day (July 4)—no cannabis across the border. For those who plan to traverse the border between the U.S. and Canada, CBSA recommends tips such as planning ahead for border wait times, saving time with an Advance Declaration, and having travel documents handy. The topic of cannabis…
"Canada Border Agency Reminds Travelers that Bringing Cannabis Across an International Border Is Illegal"
[ad_1] CUIDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Sitting on train tracks a few hundred feet south of the U.S. border, Nathalie Gonzalez, 23, pulled her 4-year-old daughter a little closer. Night was coming. She had no idea where they would sleep. They had journeyed 3,000 miles from Venezuela to seek asylum, slogging through jungles, hiding in cargo trains and begging on streets for food. At last they had arrived in this chilly industrial city in northern Mexico,…
"As Biden prepares to visit El Paso border, northern Mexico fills with stranded migrants"
[ad_1] LYKOFI, Greece (AP) — Accompanied by a cloud of mosquitos, Police Capt. Konstantinos Tsolakidis and three other border guards set out on a boat patrol along the Evros River that forms a natural frontier between Greece and Turkey. The route takes them through a maze formed by tall reeds, past clusters of flamingos and boat trippers visiting a nature reserve where the river fans out to meet the Mediterranean. The Evros — called the…
"Greece: EU’s external border is hardening, attitudes are too"