3 d. ago Judge orders US refugee office to reconsider some children's cases

A federal judge says the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement must reconsider the cases of some migrant children who have been stuck in government custody since the Trump administration changed the identification requirements for would-be family sponsors

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7 d. ago Teen girl testifies behind closed doors in Wander Franco trial in the Dominican Republic

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has appeared in court in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl who testified behind closed doors

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1 week ago French police stand back and watch as migrant families including small children pack themselves onto small boats heading across the Channel to the UK

It is thought six migrant boats left France in the first attempt to cross the English Channel in days on Saturday.

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2 w. ago Shocking moment 'drunk' passenger is arrested 'after punching air hostess and shouting "the plane is going to crash"' in front of screaming cabin crew

The male holidaymaker, travelling onboard a TUI flight from Gran Canaria, Spain to Birmingham , on Tuesday morning, left dozens of passengers and flight attendants terrified.

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2 w. ago 217 days and counting: Trump's rules slow the release of migrant children to their families

Releases of immigrant children in U.S. custody have slowed dramatically since the Trump administration increased vetting of people seeking to take care of them

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2 w. ago Women and children killed after migrant boat capsizes in Canary Islands

Spanish rescuers and Red Cross members were involved in extracting people from the water

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2 w. ago Man dies after crane part falls from sky and lands on him in Gran Canaria street

It was around midday when the 40-year-old man was walking down a public street while construction materials were being unloaded for work on a residential building

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3 w. ago Nearly 2,000 Afghan children living in hotels, military bases and other temporary accommodation in UK

Afghan families are being temporarily housed in army bases and Home Office hotels around the UK

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3 w. ago Mum horrified as racist on Scot street tells her 'go back to your own country'

The 40-year-old mother of two claims she was racially abused close to her home in Edinburgh.

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3 w. ago Britain’s ‘worst zoo’ where keeper was mauled to death and animals went missing set to close

The decision for South Lakes Safari Zoo to close comes after years of abuse and malpractice reports

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3 w. ago Gran Canaria centre for unaccompanied migrant children closed over abuse allegations

Court asks police to raid centre on outskirts of Las Palmas after ‘extensive evidence and testimony’ of alleged crimesA court in the Canary Islands has ordered the closure of a centre for unaccompanied migrant children, citing allegations that include physical abuse, hate crimes and threats.Police vehicles pulled up to the centre on the outskirts of Las Palmas in Gran Canaria on Monday, entering the facility where 43 children were being housed. A court on the island – the first in Spain to specialise in violence against children and adolescents – said it had asked police to carry out the raid “in light of the extensive evidence and testimony” of alleged crimes taking place in the centre. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Gran Canaria migrant centre closed after allegations of child abuse

Court asks police to raid centre on outskirts of Las Palmas after ‘extensive evidence and testimony’ of alleged crimesA court in the Canary Islands has ordered the closure of a centre for unaccompanied migrant children, citing allegations that include physical abuse, hate crimes and threats.Police entered the centre on the outskirts of Las Palmas on Monday where 43 children were being housed. A court on the island – the first in Spain to specialise in violence against children and adolescents – said it had asked police to carry out the raid “in light of the extensive evidence and testimony” of alleged crimes taking place in the centre. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Gran Canaria airport shooting: Moment teen knifeman shot dead by police

Warning distressing content. Footage shows an 18-year-old man from Gambia, who onlookers described as appearing mentally unstable, going on a rampage at Gran Canaria airport in Spain before he was shot by police

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3 w. ago Terrifying moment tourists run for cover at Gran Canaria airport as Spanish police shoot rampaging knifeman dead after he threatened holidaymakers

The 18-year-old Gambian was shot five times after going berserk and lunging at one of the officers who confronted him.

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4 w. ago Real Madrid’s Raúl Asencio could face trial over alleged sharing of explicit video

Asencio and three former Madrid youth players accusedGran Canaria incident in 2023 involved ‘a female minor’The Real Madrid defender Raúl Asencio and three former youth players at the club could face trial in connection with the alleged filming and distribution of a sexual video that has left two women, one of them a minor, with symptoms of post-traumatic stress.In a statement released on Wednesday, a judge on Gran Canaria said he had concluded his preliminary investigation into the recording and distribution of the incident, which is alleged to have taken place in a private area of a beach club on the island on 15 June 2023. Continue reading...

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