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In the deadliest shipwreck recorded in 2020, at least 140 migrants have drowned off the coast of Senegal. The UN's International Organization for Migration says the boat was bound for Spain's Canary Islands. It was carrying about 200 people. CNN reports the vessel caught fire a few hours after departing Mbour. It eventually capsized near Saint-Louis, on the Senegalese northwest coast. The IOM is deeply saddened by this recent tragedy, which follows four shipwrecks recorded in the Central Mediterranean last week and another in the English Channel. Statement, United Nations International Organization for Migration CNN reports the Senegalese government and the IOM will travel to Saint-Louis to assess the needs of survivors and provide immediate assistance.
Hundreds spend a freezing night on the Macedonia-Greece border as a ban on those deemed 'economic migrants' starts to hit. Paul Chapman reports.
Santiago de Chile, Sep 23 (EFE) (Camera: Jose Caviedes) .- There are nine countries that must be crossed on foot to get from Chile to the United States. Many Haitians do not even know how to place them well on the map, but they know the red points of the route: the Atacama desert, the Darien jungle and the Rio Grande.FOOTAGE OF THE SITUATION OF HAITIAN MIGRANTS IN CHILE
Tapachula (Mexico), Apr 26 (EFE) .- (CAMERA: Juan Manuel Blanco) Dozens of Central American migrant families face rejection in shelters in southern Mexico, amid more restrictive policies despite of government promises.
Miami (USA), Apr 19 (EFE), (Camera: Cristóbal Herrera).- About thirty people protested outside a detention center of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) near Miami to demand an end to the abuses, the release of all detainees and that the Biden Administration fulfill its immigration promises.