(2021-05-27). As over 50 refugees drown, UN condemns EU's Mediterranean migrant policy. wsws.org The UN human rights commission branded the EU as jointly responsible for hundreds of entirely preventable deaths in the Mediterranean since the beginning of the year.
(2021-05-27). The Ceuta 'invasion': Exploiting young Moroccans desperate for a future. greenleft.org.au When thousands of Moroccan migrants reached Ceuta — a Spanish enclave on the north coast of Africa, bordered by Morocco — exhausted from the swim, they found they had been duped. Moroccan authorities had set in motion a wave of migration, to punish Spain for providing hospital care to the leader of the Polisario Front, which is leading the struggle to end Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara. | The Spanish fairy tale begins…: | The first "invaders" appeared at dawn on May 17. Stealthily swimming ashore at El Tarajal beach in Ceuta, Spain's Moroccan enclave, they quickly overcame the resist…
(2021-05-27). Azerbaijan Takes 6 Armenian Servicemen Prisoner In Nagorno-Karabakh. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 27th, 6 Armenian soldiers were arrested and taken prisoner by Azerbaijani troops in Nagorno-Karabakh's Kalbajar province. | Both sides blame the other for the situation. Armenia claimed that Azerbaijan encroached on its territory, and it has been doing so since May 12th. The Armenian soldiers were conducting repair work on a base in a border region, and the Azerbaijani troops surrounded them and took them captive."The Azerbaijani troops, who have infiltrated into Arme…
(2021-05-26). Victory in closure of Georgia detention center. workers.org 
Atlanta On May 20, Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas released a statement that Georgia immigrant rights advocates, current and former immigrant detainees were overjoyed to hear — the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Ga., would close "as soon as possible." Dawn Wooten, left, at a news conference in . . . |
(2021-05-26). Juan Grabois, member of International Solidarity Mission to Colombia, deported on arrival. peoplesdispatch.org Colombia migration authorities denied entrance to Juan Grabois who is part of an Argentinian human rights delegation. The International Mission of Solidarity and Human Rights Observation arrived on May 25 to Colombia and is made up of different human rights and social organizations from Argentina and other countries in the region. | Grabois explained on Twitter that "After a series of physical attacks witnessed by several people and by security cameras, the Colombian government expelled me from its territory because it considers me a risk to State Security." | He also added that "they took my documents and luggag…
(2021-05-26). Many Wait Uneasily as Biden Unwinds Key Trump Asylum Policy. latinorebels.com As President Joe Biden undoes Trump immigration policies that he considers inhumane, he faces a major question: How far should he go to right his predecessor's perceived wrongs?>