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May
02
2024
By The African Mirror
UK begins detaining migrants set to be deported to Rwanda

UK begins detaining migrants set to be deported to Rwanda

NEWS
BRITISH authorities have started to detain migrants in preparation for them to be sent to Rwanda in the next nine to 11 weeks, the government said, laying the groundwork for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's flagship immigration policy. Parliament last month approved a law that paves the way for sending asylum seekers to Rwanda if they arrive in Britain without permission. Sunak, who is expected to call an election later this year in which illegal migration is likely to feature prominently, wants the first flights to take off in July. More than 7,500 migrants have arrived in England on small boats from France…
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May
06
2023
By ANDREW MILLS
Jailed, deported and blacklisted: Qatar’s outspoken World Cup guards

Jailed, deported and blacklisted: Qatar’s outspoken World Cup guards

NEWS
ANDREW Maganga seized the chance to work as a World Cup security guard in Qatar last year, only to be fired along with some 200 others on the last day of the tournament, jailed for protesting over wages, and deported back to his native Kenya. At home in Mombasa, he has little to show for four years working various jobs in gas-wealthy Qatar, having spent his savings paying recruitment agents and supporting his family. Maganga's deportation order, seen by Reuters, cited a charge of "labour strike" and banned him from Qatar, which like other Gulf states forbids workers from organising…
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Dec
06
2022
By The African Mirror
Half a million Ethiopian migrants have been deported from Saudi Arabia in 5 years – what they go through

Half a million Ethiopian migrants have been deported from Saudi Arabia in 5 years – what they go through

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TENS of thousands of migrant Ethiopian workers have been forcibly repatriated from Saudi Arabia each year since the early 2010s. Although this is carried out as part of a crackdown on illegal migrant workers, legally documented workers have frequently been caught in the dragnet. Another 102,000 Ethiopian citizens will soon be repatriated in another round that began in April 2022. Girmachew Adugna, who has researched Ethiopian migration for years, explains the background to the deportations along with concerns about human rights violations and the challenges that returnees face. Author GIRMACHEW ADUGNA, Advisory Board Member, Research Center for Forced Displacement and…
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Jan
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Biden’s immigration changes too late for grandfather deported on Inauguration Day

Biden’s immigration changes too late for grandfather deported on Inauguration Day

WORLD
MICA ROSENBERG, KRISTINA COOKE and JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ AS U.S. President Joe Biden took the oath of office last Wednesday, Felipe Ortega sat in a van handcuffed and chained at the waist and feet, headed toward Mexico and the end of his 30-year life in the United States. A day earlier, the 58-year-old grandfather of eight U.S. citizens was on his way to work when immigration agents surrounded his car in Midland, Texas, just blocks from his home. They told Ortega he had an outstanding deportation order from 15 years ago. After one sleepless night in jail and a long…
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