News of migrants

Massive increase of migrant children at Mexico-US border, says UNICEF

20-04-2021 13:09 According to UNICEF, Mexican authorities are recording an average of 275 new migrant children a day waiting to cross into the United States or having been sent back from the northern side of the border.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

A refugee crisis is the last thing Latin America needs

29-07-2020 15:55 Latin America is already confronting a public health calamity, an unprecedented economic collapse and incipient social unrest. The last thing it needs is a refugee crisis, as well.

by Mac Margolis

Global pandemic

As virus swamps Peru, Venezuelan migrants collect the dead

22-05-2020 13:30 Despite strict measures to control the coronavirus, Peru has become one of the countries worst hit by the Covid-19 disease. With more than 104,000 cases and 3,000 deaths, Peru was 12th in the world in numbers of confirmed diagnoses Wednesday, more than reported by China and just behind India.

Survival during quarantine

Fleeing pandemic, many Venezuelan migrants head home

22-04-2020 14:27 The Mayor of Cali, Jorge Ivan Ospina, announced on Sunday that a "humanitarian corridor" was opened for Venezuelans who wanted to return to their country. Most have lose their income during government-imposed lockdowns - or out of fear of epidemic-fueled xenophobia.

UNITED NATIONS

UN calls on Argentina to repeal 2017 immigration decree

17-09-2019 09:42 UN Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers slams "xenophobic and discriminatory statements made by authorities, leaders and the media" in Argentina.

WORKERS' RIGHTS

Venezuela migrants propel billion-dollar delivery app

29-07-2019 15:43 Rappi, like similar companies, has also come under criticism for its modern-day labour practices, which reflect some of the shortcomings of the gig economy.