News of migration

UN concerned about 'xenophobia' against migrants in Chile

27-09-2021 15:33 The United Nations expressed concern Monday at "violence and xenophobia" meted out to undocumented migrants in Chile over the weekend by locals fed up with their presence in the country.

Afghanistan conflict

Leaving Kabul: from fear to a new life of uncertainty

23-08-2021 15:06 Afghans who escaped from Taliban-controlled Kabul and reached safety in Paris tell of their extraordinary last hours in their homeland, marked by fear for their lives and perilous journeys.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina raises limit on returning residents to 1,700 places a day

07-08-2021 08:31 Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero confirms government will raise cap on arriving travellers from 1,000 to 1,700 a day. Tourists still banned from entering country.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Cuba protests fanned by worst economic crisis since fall of USSR

16-07-2021 03:00 Cuba's deepest economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a spike in Covid-19 infections, power blackouts and increased use of social media all helped fan discontent with the 62-year-old communist regime.

Coronavirus pandemic

Opposition demands roll-back of daily cap on arriving travellers

02-07-2021 23:57 As many as 40,000 citizens and residents are overseas, according to migration officials, who say 60% of those who travelled last month did so for tourism.

Venezuelan exodus

NGO: Almost 2,000 Venezuelan refugees murdered in Colombia in 5 years

24-06-2021 09:50 At least 1,933 Venezuelan migrants were killed in Colombia between 2015 and 2020, and another 836 are "considered missing," reports Colombian NGO

Covid-19 pandemic

Spot-checks show 38% of arrivals not complying with Covid-19 quarantine

21-06-2021 16:44 Thirty-eight percent of individuals who have recently entered Argentina are failing to comply with mandatory Covid-19 quarantine restrictions, says National Directorate of Migration.

MIGRATION CRISIS

Complex culture clash as Venezuelan migrants flood into Chile

03-03-2021 11:07 According to the UN, five million Venezuelans have fled their country since 2015. Most have travelled elsewhere in South America, including about a half million to Chile, where many expect to find a chance at a new life in a more stable economy.

Crisis in Venezuela

The faces of Venezuela's wide political divide

21-01-2020 12:31 In spite of the the crisis in Venezuela, which has hit relentlessly at the largely poor areas that is the ruling party's base of support, citizens of the embattled nation vary widely on their perspectives about the current political situation.

News of migration

UN concerned about 'xenophobia' against migrants in Chile

Leaving Kabul: from fear to a new life of uncertainty

Argentina raises limit on returning residents to 1,700 places a day

Cuba protests fanned by worst economic crisis since fall of USSR

Opposition demands roll-back of daily cap on arriving travellers

NGO: Almost 2,000 Venezuelan refugees murdered in Colombia in 5 years

Spot-checks show 38% of arrivals not complying with Covid-19 quarantine

Complex culture clash as Venezuelan migrants flood into Chile

The faces of Venezuela's wide political divide

Argentina introduces mandatory 10-day quarantine for arrivals from Africa

Argentina's justice system to probe Myanmar war crimes claims

Argentina tightens Covid rules amid fears over new variant

Messi wins Ballon d'Or for seventh time as Putellas crowned women's winner

'It’s not Cristina': Argentina’s VP breaks silence, pushes IMF decision to Congress

Jubilaciones, pensiones, asignaciones, AUH y AUE: todas las fechas de cobro de diciembre

Crimen de Lucio Dupuy en La Pampa: todo lo que se sabe del macabro caso

Caso Lucio | Marisa Graham: "Si hubo tantas internaciones previas, el problema está en Salud"

Gabriela Cerruti: "El desprecio por la educación pública del Gobierno de Mauricio Macri nos llevó a un piso histórico"

Punta Tombo: el dueño de un campo aplastó 140 nidos de pingüinos y electrificó a ejemplares adultos