As I gazed at unvetted foreign migrants camped out on the Logan Airport terminal floor, I couldn’t help but think that every state really is a border state. It’s no longer a conservative talking point; it’s the reality of Biden’s America. These young men and some families had only days before crossed the Southern Border … Read more
The state will begin to move migrant families, especially those sleeping overnight at Logan Airport, into a new overflow shelter at a Roxbury recreation center on Wednesday, acting quickly on a decision that surprised the community. In a letter to elected officials, Gov. Maura Healey said the “temporary safety-net site” at the state-owned Melnea A. … Read more
There are now a pair of border crises coming front and center into the race for the White House. The first is occurring hundreds of miles from either Mexico or Canada, in Washington D.C., where lawmakers recently learned their months-long efforts at reaching a compromise over new border security legislation may have been torpedoed by … Read more
Dozens of migrants are reportedly sleeping in Logan Airport’s Terminal E as the state’s shelter crisis overwhelms the system taxing overflow sites. “We continue to see migrants at the airport on a daily basis,” said Massport spokesperson Jennifer Mehigan. “They come to Logan a number of ways — some fly in, but the majority do … Read more
This week, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was met with a Tory Party rebellion after 60 MPs voted in favour of amendments that would toughen up the emergency Rwanda legislation. Although the rebel MPs threatened to vote against the entire Rwanda scheme when it had its vital third reading on Wednesday, Sunak succeeded in getting his … Read more
A recent Freedom of Information request, submitted by the refugee charity Care4Calais, exposed the Conservative Government for forcing refugees out of their temporary accommodations and onto the streets. After having their asylum seeker claims granted and obtaining refugee status, the refugee charity slammed the home office for “telling people – people it has accepted deserve … Read more
With the books closed on 2023 it’s fair to say it was a year filled with turmoil both domestically and internationally. The nation began the year with egg prices sitting at historic highs, struggling to overcome the lingering impacts of inflation, and dealing with increased energy prices driven by COVID-19 recovery and a war in … Read more
The asylum seeker who died on the Bibby Stockholm barge, as a result of a suspected suicide, has been identified as Leonard Farruku. Farruku, who was first named by The Telegraph newspaper, was a 27-year-old Albanian national. Farruku’s death marks the second time an Albanian national has died in the space of four weeks, following … Read more
While addressing Parliament, the newly appointed Home Secretary James Cleverly said that the government will continue to push for the Rwanda Treaty, despite the bill being ruled ‘unlawful’. According to the Home Secretary, the government are adamant that “Rwanda is and will remain conclusively a safe country for the purposes of asylum and resettlement”. Cleverly … Read more
On Monday this week, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the Conservative Party have developed new policies that will see the number of people arriving in the UK for long-term residency decrease by 300,000 a year. As the government reveals more of its plans to halt immigration to the UK, a group of migration and … Read more
