2021-07-07: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-07-07). Coronavirus infections surge among detained immigrants in US. wsws.org According to a New York Times analysis, more than 40 percent of all cases reported since the pandemic began have been recorded in the last few months.

_____ (2021-07-07). UK High Court Grants US Permission for Appeal in Assange Extradition Case. commondreams.org The frenzied herd of Republican governors are stampeding behind the scaremongering scheme of Abbott to use the personal suffering of Latin American migrants and asylum seekers as a political pawn.

Anonymous103 (2021-07-07). Texas AG: Biden Administration 'On The Side Of Cartels' When It Comes To Southern Border. southfront.org Originally published by ZeroHedge. President Biden's southern border crisis is growing increasingly grave by the week. A flood of migrants continues to…

Manuel Perez Rocha (2021-07-07). Excessive Corporate Power is a Root Cause of Migration. zcomm.org Under U.S. trade agreements, corporations are suing developing country governments for sums that far outstrip the value of humanitarian aid…

Staff (2021-07-07). Following British warship incident, Moscow warns next foreign power to violate Black Sea borders 'will get a punch in the nose'. rt.com Provocateurs who play games in the Black Sea risk "getting punched in the nose." That's according to Russia's deputy foreign minister, who has called on foreign ships to respect the country's borders or face severe consequences. | Speaking to the Moscow's International Affairs news outlet on Tuesday, Sergey Ryabkov was referring to last month's incident involving the British destroyer HMS Defender, which violated Russia's maritime borders near Crimea. | The senior official stressed that the Black Sea was not a place where "games are allowed," noting that such incursions across the Russian border could increase…

Anonymous007 (2021-07-07). Azerbaijan Claims Of Ceasefire Violation, As Pashinyan Meets Putin. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russian border guards are preparing to be deployed along the border with Azerbaijan along the Gegharkunik section to the Iranian border | Photos of the vehicles with Russian flags have already appeared on the web. Users report that the case is taking place in the Gegharkunik region and claim that these are mobile reconnaissance groups of Russian border guards and servicemen of the 102nd base of the RF Ministry of Defense, providing cover. | Earlier, the governor of Gegharkun…

Anonymous007 (2021-07-07). U.S. Looking To Host Its Troops In Afghanistan's Neighbors, As Taliban Capture Border Districts. southfront.org The US is scrambling to find a new "home" for the troops its withdrawing from Afghanistan. | So far, it has had no success. | Uzbekistan has refused the Americans to place a base, but negotiations are continuing on the conditions for receiving "Afghans loyal to the American authorities." | This relates to approximately three thousand Afghan citizens who collaborated with the American administration. And their families. | Uzbekistan claims that the Americans are ready to pay for the accommodation of every loyal Afghan.

Rick Rozoff (2021-07-07). Tajikistan to be overrun by Taliban, Russia/CSTO offer "logistical support to border guards" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Tajikistan: population 9.5Afghanistan: population 40 million Putin assures Rahmon of Russia's readiness to help Tajikistan amid border tensions both bilaterally and at CSTO level — Kremlin In this context, the two leaders discussed ways to reinforce the Tajik-Afghan border and provide logistics support and assistance to Tajik border guards in this respect…. "They agreed to …

WSWS (2021-07-07). In a provocative move, India deploys 50,000 more troops to its disputed border with China. wsws.org New Delhi's aggressive stance is directly bound up with the support and encouragement it is receiving from Washington.

Rick Rozoff (2021-07-07). Turkish F-16s deployed to Poland for NATO operations near Russian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish F-16s deployed to Poland for NATO operations near Russian border NATO announced that four Turkish F-16s fighter jets have flown from the 6th Main Jet Base (Bandirma Base Command) to Malbork, Poland as part of NATO's permanent patrols conducted by rotating multinational combat aircraft. Air policing as NATO delicately phrases it. Somehow one suspects …

Peter Costantini (2021-07-06). Family Reunification: Tearing Down the Razor Wire. counterpunch.org Forcible separation of immigrant parents and children in United States custody was the signature practice of the Trump régime to enforce its Zero Tolerance policy. The action Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he would not tolerate was seeking asylum by crossing the border between official ports of entry and turning oneself into the Border Patrol. Sessions said he would bring criminal charges against all who did this, whether or not they were seeking asylum. When families were detained, Customs and Border Protection separated kids from their parents, without effectively tracking the connected cases or notif…

Editor (2021-07-06). For gay migrants, cruising spots aren't just shadows and shame. mronline.org Largely abandoned by middle-class gays, urban parks remain an important refuge for gay migrants in an otherwise hostile city. | July 6, 2021 | Newswire…

Joris Leverink (2021-07-06). Patel's new immigration law is birdfeed for right-wing hawks. roarmag.org Projection of #RefugeesWelcome on the cliffs of Dover by Global Justice Now. Accusing the UK Home Office of "dog whistle politics" is what it is used to be like accusing former US president Donald Trump of dishonesty — a charge made so frequently that rather than being surprised, you would find yourself simply wondering how extreme the lies would get. | In the case of the Home Office, the frequency with which Home Secretary Priti Patel offers opinions, soundbites, leaks or outlines of new i…

Staff (2021-07-06). As US withdrawal from Afghanistan proceeds, Putin offers support to Tajikistan after Kabul's troops cross border fleeing Taliban. rt.com After fierce fighting forced Afghan troops to take refuge across the border in neighboring Tajikistan, Russia has pledged its support for the former Soviet republic in securing its mountainous frontiers against further incursions. | In a statement issued by the Kremlin on Monday, officials revealed that President Vladimir Putin had raised the issue in a call with his Tajik counterpart, Emomali Rahmon. During the exchange, the Russian leader "confirmed his readiness to provide Tajikistan with the necessary support" to resolve the growing crisis. The challenges, Moscow said, have been caused "by the escalation o…

Anonymous103 (2021-07-06). In Video: Large Reinforcement Of Iranian-Backed Fatemiyoun Brigade Spotted In Syrian Desert. southfront.org Members of the Fatemiyoun Brigade during the Palmyra offensive in December 2016 | A video showing a large reinforcement of the Afghan Fatemiyoun Brigade arriving in the Syrian desert was spread in social media. The Iranian-backed formation was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Jabal al-Bishri region on the border between Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa and Homs governorates. | Liwa Fatemiyoun is an Iranian-backed Afghan group that has operated in Syria since 2014. | It reportedly has up to 20,000 fighters in Syria and wa…

_____ (2021-07-06). We Need to Build Economies—Not Walls—to Stop Migration. commondreams.org "Deported veterans are exiled from the country they were willing to die for, and their deportation prevents them from accessing the V.A. benefits they earned and that they are legally entitled to."

_____ (2021-07-06). We Need to Build Economies—Not Walls—to Stop Migration. commondreams.org This is arithmetic, but it's arithmetic that hurts.

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