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asylum seekers

Venezuelan migrants board a boat in the Colombian city of Necocli that will take them closer to Panama, the next stop on the way to the United States
Migration
New Biden policy leaves thousands of Venezuelan migrants stranded
Since the fire that engulfed Moria camp on Lesbos island nearly two weeks ago, more than 500 of the 12,000 displaced migrants and refugees have been taking shelter at a center run by Team Humanity, a nonprofit humanitarian organization. 
Refugees
Migrants displaced by Lesbos fire say conditions at new camp are inhumane
Syrian refugee mother holds 6-month-old son as toddler looks at the TV
Refugees
Under Greek law change, thousands of refugees could soon become homeless
Camila Díaz, 29, had unsuccessfully sought asylum in the US before she was fatally beaten in El Salvador in January 2019. 
Immigration
ICE deported a trans asylum-seeker. She was killed in El Salvador.
A small girl in a t-shirt with bare legs and feet cries she and her mother run up a dirt hill.
Immigration
Mexico calls for ‘full investigation’ of US tear gas used at border
A Syrian refugee holding a baby in a life tube swims towards the shore, after their dinghy deflated some 100 yards from the Greek island of Lesbos, September 13th 2015.
Conflict
Refugees to be assessed on ability to ‘assimilate’
Migrants
Culture
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are packed into ‘human warehouses’ in Italian villages