Year in Review: 12 pictures that captured key moments in 2022
As part of our Year in Review, we take a look at how photographers captured some of the key moments of 2022…
South American exodus: A Brazilian town empties as migration to US accelerates
Amid on ongoing migration crisis on the US southern border, GABRIEL STARGARDTER, of Reuters, reports from the town of Alpercata in south-eastern Minas Gerais state…
US unveils $US310 million in Central America aid, as Guatemala agrees to work together on migration
Washington DC, US/Guatemala Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled an additional $US310 million in US aid to Central America after a virtual meeting with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Monday, as the two countries agreed to work together to control migration. President Joe Biden gave Harris the job of leading US efforts with Mexico and […]
VENEZUELAN MIGRATION CRISIS: IS SOUTH AMERICA CLOSING ITS ‘OPEN DOOR’?
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how nations are imposing new entry restrictions in the midst of South America’s largest migration crisis…
Colombia creates “elite unit” of labour inspectors to combat human trafficking
Bogota, Colombia Thomson Reuters Foundation Colombia is training dozens of inspectors to hunt down cases of labour trafficking and exploitation, a response to the needs of migrants from Venezuela who are at high risk of being victimised, officials said on Wednesday. About 1.3 million Venezuelans have crossed into neighboring Colombia, fleeing political and economic turmoil, […]