Questions tagged [illegal-immigration]
Questions relating to the migration of people into country in ways that are not legally allowed by that country.
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Trump’s use of the term deportation
Trump promises "to launch the largest deportation operation"in history? You Tube - CBS News
There is a debate currently in Italy on the use of the term “deportation” by Trump in a recent ...
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Keir Starmer: the Rwanda deportation scheme is "dead and buried". Is this more of a prediction, statement of policy, or statement of fact? [closed]
The BBC's July 7, 2024 Last two migrants bound for Rwanda to be bailed, home secretary says contains the following:
On his first full day as prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer confirmed the Rwanda ...
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Why did deportation of illegal immigrants drop so much under Biden, compared to Obama?
(The Economist Jan 2024) America’s border crisis in ten charts
I found this below to be a striking graphic, but I don't really remember any high level policy proposals stating that deportations of ...
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Does the EU have similar deals with other countries to prevent migrants from illegally immigrating to Europe?
The European Union on Sunday announced a €7.4 billion aid package for
cash-strapped Egypt amid concerns that economic pressure and conflicts
and chaos in neighbouring countries could drive more ...
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Is there evidence that Biden administration policies are encouraging undocumented immigration?
My question is similar to a closed one from five years ago, but I think it's worth revisiting and expanding on as a lot has changed since then. I'd also like to focus more narrowly on the actions of ...
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Rationale for illegal immigration to Europe?
I am trying to understand to what extent attempts to illegally migrate to Europe (EU,UK) are rational, or whether misinformation about the target countries is playing a crucial role. To clarify, ...
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Like the EU, have US states discussed refugee sharing system?
EU countries have been talking about an agreement wherein the burden of refugees will be shared across many countries, not just the ones on frontier. For example, refugees that come to Italian shores ...
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What happens to Chinese illegal migrants to the US that the US wants to deport but China won't accept?
The NYTimes' November 24, 2023 Growing Numbers of Chinese Migrants Are Crossing the Southern Border begins with the line:
More than 24,000 Chinese citizens have been apprehended crossing into the ...
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In what sense did the English Channel migration crisis begin “nearly five years ago”?
According to this article,
Meanwhile, ministers are understood to believe they have finally turned a corner on the number of migrants crossing the Channel, nearly five years after the crisis began.
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Why, if at all, do municipal governments in the US not seek to spread out immigration?
Recently, the Republican governors of many states in the USA have been pursuing a strategy of sending immigrants to specific cities with Democratic governments. While the reception has been mostly ...
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What was Fico's party/government (stated) motivation for introducing a (seemingly unique at EU level) document for illegal migrants?
According to DW's (possibly biased-- they don't seem to like Fico) summary:
Many people from the Middle East come to Slovakia in the hope of getting a universal document that will allow them to stay ...
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Do any 2024 Republican Presidential candidates oppose a pathway to legalization of illegal immigrants?
During the 2016 US Presidential campaign, Republican Presidential candidate Ted Cruz said this:
My position is very simple. I oppose amnesty. I oppose citizenship. I oppose legalization … Today, ...
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What incentive is there for the French policy of escorting small boats across the channel?
According to recent reports (for instance in the Daily Mail on August 12, 2023) the French navy as of the last three years has embarked on a policy of escorting small migrant boats across the channel ...
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Why didn't the UK want a return policy when negotiating Brexit?
I've just watched this video that shows that the rise of boat immigrants to the UK is because the UK didn't want a return policy. It seems as though it would have been very important to the UK to have ...
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What is the actual cost and human load (short and long term cost) of immigration across EU countries?
There is currently (November 2022) increased tension between France and Italy regarding the reception of migrants from Africa who were rescued by the humanitarian boat Ocean Viking. The boat has been ...
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