In a visit to Cyprus, Francis said it was his “responsibility to help open eyes” to migrants’ plight but acknowledged that the small island “can’t do everything” to accommodate so many people.
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Mexico to Allow U.S. ‘Remain in Mexico’ Asylum Policy to Resume
A judge had ordered the Biden administration to restart the Trump-era program, but doing so required cooperation from Mexico, which had been reluctant.
Mexico to Allow U.S. ‘Remain in Mexico’ Asylum Policy to Resume
A judge had ordered the Biden administration to restart the Trump-era program, but doing so required cooperation from Mexico, which had been reluctant.
New E.U. Measures Set to Restrict Asylum Rights at the Belarus Border
Poland, Latvia and Lithuania could take up to four months to process asylum requests at the border, a delay that aid groups said would leave migrants in unsafe conditions as winter sets in.
E.U. Interpreter Says Greece Expelled Him to Turkey in Migrant Roundup
The man’s story echoes complaints from human-rights groups that Greek authorities often expel asylum seekers indiscriminately and violently.
Lithuania Welcomes Belarusians as It Rebuffs Middle Easterners
People fleeing repression in Belarus are processed quickly and given visas. Middle Eastern migrants passing through Belarus to the E.U. face a harsher fate.
Risk for Leader of Belarus: Migrants He Lured May Want to Stay
President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus, whom the E.U. accuses of engineering a migrant crisis on the border with Poland, could face a serious headache if asylum seekers try to stay in his country.
How the Belarus Standoff Is Unlike Recent Migrant Crises
The images at the Belarus-Poland border look familiar, but this emergency has little in common with previous waves of people from Syria, Myanmar and Afghanistan.
Beyond the Freezing Forest, a Green Light at the Window for Migrants
An unofficial network of local residents, activists and volunteer medics in Poland has been working to support those who have made it across from Belarus in bitter conditions.
On the Ground: Migrants in Poland’s Forests Are Hiding and Hurting
The forests stretch past a restricted zone, and it is there that migrants like this group of eight who have made it past the guards and the razor wire are waiting for an opportunity to continue on.