Articles for Border Policies

Farmers from 10 EU countries join forces — and tractors — to protest agricultural policies
10 months ago

Farmers from 10 EU countries join forces — and tractors — to protest agricultural policies

Hindustan Times  

PRAGUE — Czech farmers were driving their tractors and other vehicles to several border crossings on Thursday to meet their colleagues from neighboring countries and join forces in their protests against European Union agriculture policies, bureaucracy and overall conditions for their business. HT Image Farmers complain that the 27-nation EU’s environmental policies, such as the Green Deal, which calls for …

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Polish prime minister says his country and Finland want changes on EU border policies on migration
10 months, 1 week ago

Polish prime minister says his country and Finland want changes on EU border policies on migration

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s prime minister said on Friday that his country will upgrade the wall on its border with Belarus to better insulate the frontier against unauthorized migration. Donald Tusk also said that Poland and Finland both see the need for changes in the European Union’s asylum legislation, which he called “inadequate” in the face of the current migration …

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Senate Republicans Block Ukraine Aid, Border Security Package They'd Demanded
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senate Republicans Block Ukraine Aid, Border Security Package They'd Demanded

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation that paired tougher border policy with more U.S. aid to Ukraine and Israel, just days after it was unveiled by a bipartisan group of senators who spent months negotiating with the backing of the GOP. For months, Senate Republicans demanded border policy changes to solve what they called a …

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US, Mexico agree on tighter immigration policies at border
1 year, 7 months ago

US, Mexico agree on tighter immigration policies at border

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. and Mexican officials have agreed on new immigration policies meant to deter illegal border crossings while also opening up other pathways ahead of an expected increase in migrants following the end of pandemic restrictions next week. With Mexico now behind the U.S., plus an announcement Tuesday that 1,500 active-duty U.S. troops are deploying south for administrative support, …

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Migrants flee more countries _ regardless of US policies
2 years ago

Migrants flee more countries _ regardless of US policies

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ___ Migrants have been denied the right to seek …

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India needs to shed its defensive policies and proactively counter China
2 years, 11 months ago

India needs to shed its defensive policies and proactively counter China

Firstpost  

China’s intransigence to implement border protocols that it signed with India, its belligerent militarism and border domination efforts, and forays in the Indian neighbourhood have strained its ties with India Barring a remote possibility of resuming active military hostilities in the border areas, India’s relations with China are headed towards continued armed stalemate in the new year of Tiger, in …

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US immigration advocates blast ‘cruel’ Biden policies on asylum
3 years, 4 months ago

US immigration advocates blast ‘cruel’ Biden policies on asylum

Al Jazeera  

Biden administration says expulsions are necessary to keep US detention centres from becoming overwhelmed during pandemic. Immigration advocates are criticising US President Joe Biden’s asylum policies, saying expulsions of migrants at the United States-Mexico border and other deterrent measures were “cruel, unlawful and ineffective”. But the Democratic president has kept an order known as Title 42, one of Trump’s most …

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Amid border surge, confusion reigns over Biden policies
3 years, 9 months ago

Amid border surge, confusion reigns over Biden policies

Associated Press  

TIJUANA, Mexico — It took less than a month for 200 tents to fill every spot in a Mexican plaza at the busiest border crossing with the United States. Biden ended some hardline border policies of his predecessor, Donald Trump, proposed a pathway to citizenship for people in the U.S. illegally and promised in an executive order to “create a …

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