French President Emmanuel Macron faces a backlash over plans to tighten immigration law as the number of asylum seekers soars, with aid and emergency agencies accusing his government of planning mass expulsions. To try to ease the tension, Macron dispatched Prime Minister Edouard Philippe to meet aid organisations on Thursday and explain legislation due to go in coming weeks to …

A report that President Donald Trump reportedly asked why so many people from “shithole countries” like El Salvador, Haiti and some African nations come to the US has been met with widespread outrage. Trump reportedly became furious during a meeting at the White House Thursday when Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) proposed restoring protections for immigrants …

More than 200 persons have been reported dead or missing in a deadly start to the New Year for migrants on the Mediterranean. The Libyan Coast Guard reported Wednesday (10 January) that up to 100 migrants, majority of whom were from The Gambia, Senegal, Sudan, Mali and Nigeria, remain missing in the third deadly shipwreck on the Mediterranean Sea since …