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The migrants were traveling to an appointment with the United States Customs and Border Protection, according to Mexico's National Institute of Migration. MEXICO CITY and LONDON -- At least 16 people were killed and 36 others were injured in a bus crash in central Mexico on Tuesday, authorities said. A passenger bus carrying locals and migrant s -- mostly from Venezuela -- collided with a trailer truck on the Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca highway near the border between the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Puebla early Tuesday morning, according to the Puebla state government. The reason for the crash was unknown. MORE: Autopsy results of migrant child who died traveling on Texas bus to Chicago 'inconclusive' Tow trucks and authorities work at the area of a road accident, which left over a dozen passengers dead, in Tepelmeme Villa de Morelos, Oaxaca state, Mexico, on Aug. 22, 2023. Jose De Jesus Cortes/Reuters There were 52 people on board the bus, including 10 from Venezuela. The m...

A flotilla of flimsy boats, crowded with migrants and launched from Tunisia is overwhelming a tiny Italian island south of Sicily ROME -- A flotilla of flimsy boats, crowded with migrants and launched from Tunisia, overwhelmed a tiny southern Italian island on Wednesday, taxing the coast guard's capability to intercept the smugglers' vessels and testing Premier Giorgia Meloni's pledge to thwart irregular migration. Compounding the political pressure on Italy's first post-war far-right leader were vows by France and Germany to rebuff migrants who arrive by sea on Italian shores, and, in defiance of European Union asylum system rules, head northward to try to find jobs or relatives. Starting early Tuesday, the unseaworthy, overcrowded iron boats, came one after the other in what appeared to be almost a procession to onlookers on Lampedusa, a fishing and tourist island south of Sicily. Around 6,800 migrants came in a span of just over 24 hours — that number is a few hun...

Acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller traveled to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Friday, where he met with Mexican officials and railway industry leaders. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Sunday that the agency's top official has met with authorities in Mexico to work on ways to better secure their shared border. Acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller Travel ed to Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican city on the Rio Grande, just south of El Paso, Texas, where he met with senior officials from the Mexican government and the railway industry on Friday. During those discussions, Miller "urged coordination of efforts to diminish surging irregular migration, and continuation of lawful trade and travel while reiterating the need for coordinated engagement -- to include mirrored patrols with local Mexican law enforcement agencies," CBP said in a press release. Miller also "noted his appreciation for the continuing attention to dangerous migrant Travel aboard railcars" and ...

Six women were rescued from the back of a refrigerated truck in France on Wednesday after one of them called a BBC journalist who alerted the local police. LONDON -- Six women were rescued from the back of a refrigerated truck in France after one of them called a journalist who alerted police, according to local authorities. The four Vietnamese and two Iraqi migrants were found in the back of an Ireland-registered truck carrying fruit to Italy, where they had been locked for hours at a temperature of 6°C (42°F), said Laëtitia Francart, the public prosecutor of Villefranche-sur-Saône. Authorities said the six women wanted to illegally enter the United Kingdom, mistakenly believing the vehicle would take them through the border. Police said Thursday they believe the driver was not responsible and was cooperating in the investigation. "The six women were placed in administrative detention for irregular entry into the territory and questioned about their migratory journeys," said...

Mexico’s president says that about 10,000 migrants per day are heading to the U.S. border, and he blames U.S. economic sanctions on countries like Cuba and Venezuela for the influx MEXICO CITY -- Mexico’s president said Monday that about 10,000 migrants per day are heading to the U.S. border, and he blamed U.S. economic sanctions on countries like Cuba and Venezuela for the influx. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the number of migrant s reaching Mexico's northern border with the United States was partly due to about 6,000 migrant s per day crossing into Mexico from Guatemala over the past week. He said many of those migrants are traveling on a route through Central America that includes the jungle-clad Darien Gap region between Panama and Colombia. López Obrador seemed to join Colombian President Gustavo Petro in blaming the situation on U.S. sanctions on countries like Venezuela and Cuba, whose citizens make up a large part of the migrant flow. Experts say economic mis...

About 5,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have set out on foot to reach the U.S., walking north from Mexico's southern border TAPACHULA, Mexico -- About 5,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti set out on foot from Mexico's southern border Monday, walking north toward the U.S. The migrants complained that processing for refugee or exit visas takes too long at Mexico’s main migrant processing center in the city of Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border. Under Mexico's overwhelmed migration system, people seeking such visas often wait for weeks or months, without being able to work. The migrants formed a long line Monday along the highway, escorted at times by police. The police are usually there to prevent them from blocking the entire highway, and sometimes keep them from hitching rides. Monday's march was among the largest since June 2022. Migrant caravans in 2018 and 2019 drew far greater attention. But with as many a...

The island, which has been used as a destination for migrants due to its proximity to Africa, is struggling to keep up with the flow of migrants. LONDON -- Tensions are rising quickly in Lampedusa -- a small Italian island located off the coast of Sicily -- after local officials said around 6,700 migrants arrived this week, with many asking to be relocated to other European Union countries. The island, which has been a destination for migrants due to its proximity to Africa, is struggling to keep up with the flow of migrants coming in, with reception centers at full capacity and emergency workers overwhelmed. At least 120 boats reached the southern Italian shore this week alone, said Matteo Salvini, the deputy prime minister of Italy and the minister of infrastructure and transport, bringing in a total number of migrants -- including 257 minors -- that outnumbers the entire population of Italy's southernmost island. "We are exhausted, help us. We need people and aid," sai...