#migrant issue

Hong Kong faces its own migrant issues, as asylum claims triple in two years

The child of refugee parents from Africa looks on during a protest in Hong Kong on September 2013. The number of stateless children born to refugees is growing in Hong Kong, where claims from asylum seekers have more than tripled in the last two years. The number of stateless children born to refugees is growing in Hong Kong, where claims from asylum seekers have more than tripled in the last two…

Migrant Issue: The Closure Of Border By Hungary

Migrant Issue – Some migrant almost had their dreams of the feature (“shut down”) shattered when Hungary informally shut down their borders in order to regulate the numbers of migrants passing through the country.

They closed the borders with Croatia because the EU leaders did not agreed or  react  immediately to its plan to send a force to prevent the migrants from reaching Greece  through…

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US for local solution to migrant issue

The United States have stressed on regional solution to the issue of drifting sea migrants and urged countries to accommodate the people at their vicinity.

“…we urge governments to continue to accommodate these people who are on the seas in their vicinity,” said Jeff Rathke, director of the US State Department’s press office.

Saying that there is no US initiative for rescuing the drifting migrants at sea, he said: “This is a regional issue. It needs a regional solution in short order.”

Shortly after uncovering of the inhumane life of human trafficking victims following the discovery of mass graves in Thailand, more migrants are being found at sea everyday.

They have been turned away from the coasts of Malaysia, Indonesia after vessels carrying those fortune seekers tried to harbor following a heavy crackdown launched to curb trafficking.

“…we’re concerned about the situation. We urge the countries of the region to work together to save lives at sea… The priority is to save lives,” Jeff Rathke said in yesterday’s daily press briefing.