Homeless in Paris
This Sunday (4), between 300 and 400 homeless immigrants occupied an empty building in Gentilly, a city south of Paris, and dozens of them took refuge on the roof to avoid being expelled. Among the migrants are Africans from Sudan, Chad and Ivory Coast, as well as Afghans with their families.
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The 8.000 m2 building would be demolished on Saturday (3), according to United Migrants, the association that supports them. French security forces asked people to leave the area, and the group refused. The city claims that the occupation “is illegal” and that the building “is not adapted to accommodate people”. United Migrants said one of its leaders has been arrested.
USA-Mexico
Last Thursday (1), at least 9 immigrants drowned and 37 were rescued from the water after trying to cross the Rio Grande do Mexico for United States. The incident was reported by authorities on Friday (02). (BBC)
53 migrants were detained on the American side of the river and 39 on the Mexican side. The group left from a location in South Texas, a state that is often used to try to enter American soil. According to US Customs, mass drownings appear to be the worst in recent memory on the Rio Grande.
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In June, more than 50 people suffocated to death after being left in a truck in San Antonio, Texas.
According to US authorities, almost 50.000 immigrants were arrested in the same region in 2021, and searches are still being carried out for “other potential victims”. Read more heresystem. (UOL)
English Channel
This Saturday (3), almost 1.000 people crossed the English Channel, between Continental Europe and the United Kingdom, in less than a day. The immigrants completed the dangerous crossing in 20 boats, according to the British Ministry of Defense this Sunday (4).
More than 26 thousand passages like this have occurred since the beginning of the year. Last Friday (2), 221 people had also arrived in the United Kingdom via this stretch of the Atlantic Ocean. The British Ministry of Defense reported on the 23rd that 1.300 migrants tried to cross the canal in less than 24 hours. (euronews)
The volume represents a record that has not been seen since 2018, when other access routes – such as the Eurotunnel – there were more blockages.
Until then, 2021 was the year there was the largest number of people crossing the canal (28.000) towards British soil. By the end of 2022, the total number of migrants could reach 60.000, estimates a recent report by the British parliament. (@profantoniogeography)
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This, despite repeated promessas of the British Conservative government which, after the Brexit, considers this issue a priority and provides millions of pounds to France to help it strengthen surveillance your back, in addition to tightening security measures reception of migrants.
(With AFP)
Curto curation:
- See the latest Global Trends Report refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people and stateless people, published in June 2022 by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. (UNHCR)
- Electronic anklet and sending to Rwanda: the controversial measures against illegal immigration routes in the United Kingdom (BBC)
- UN: Number of refugees fleeing Venezuela is similar to that of the war in Ukraine (CNN)
- Fantastic snapshot of the record wave of illegal immigration on the US-Mexico border (Globoplay)
- Shipwreck in Greece: around 50 migrants are missing (G1)
- Migrants affected by climate change teach Americans how to deal with the crisis (Folha de S.Paulo)
- 'Too dehydrated to cry': Panama migrants' deadly journey (G1)
- Migrant crossing of the English Channel breaks record in 24 hours (Folha Pernambuco)
