https://sagire.online/topic/migration/ Rolling analysis and coverage of geopolitics, energy, security and supply chains. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 02:48:00 -0300 https://sagire.online/wire/8ee6611e/https://sagire.online/wire/8ee6611e/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:22:00 -0300The Latino vote shift that helped elect Trump in 2024 now stands as a central part of the Republican defeat, driven by complaints over prices and the immigration crackdown. Latinos voted en masse for Democrats in Tuesday’s elections, from Texas to California, according to AFP. An NBC exit poll cited by the agency put the Democratic victory at about 30 percentage points among Latino voters. The agency attributes the shift to unfulfilled pledges of lower prices and an aggressive immigration crackdown affecting Latinos themselves.United StatesElectionsMigration https://sagire.online/wire/4ba161f8/https://sagire.online/wire/4ba161f8/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:22:00 -0300The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the UK’s plan to make some refugees wait up to 30 years to apply for settlement raises significant concerns. The government kept a wait of up to 30 years for refugees who arrived by irregular routes and created an exemption allowing care workers to apply for indefinite leave to remain after five years. UNHCR said extended settlement waits, short-term stay arrangements and limits on access to citizenship could undermine refugees’ security and ability to integrate.United KingdomUnited NationsMigration https://sagire.online/wire/da155e56/https://sagire.online/wire/da155e56/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:24:00 -0300US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted on X on Tuesday, Election Day, that anyone who votes illegally will be found, tracked, arrested and prosecuted, and that there will be no escape. Non-citizens, including legal permanent residents, cannot vote in federal, state and most local elections, according to the US government’s official page with election rules. The Supreme Court denied a request from the Trump administration to set aside contested votes in California until voters’ citizenship could be verified, without detailing its reasons. According to the Department of Homeland Security, 50,925 immigrants were detained by ICE in August 2026 alone, a record for the Republican administration.United StatesMigrationElections https://sagire.online/wire/d8b604e2/https://sagire.online/wire/d8b604e2/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:24:00 -0300Hongkongers moving to the United Kingdom under the British National (Overseas) visa scheme, known as BN(O), will be exempt from plans to double the qualifying period for settlement to 10 years, according to an official announcement. The exemption retains stricter English-language requirements and tighter rules on criminal records, alongside existing conditions: five years of continuous residence and passing the Life in the UK test. On Monday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood outlined plans to overhaul immigration rules, under which migrants would no longer gain the right to live permanently in the UK almost automatically after five years.United KingdomMigration https://sagire.online/wire/c33d02d6/https://sagire.online/wire/c33d02d6/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:23:00 -0300Britain’s government set out before Parliament the “earned settlement” model, which ends the almost automatic grant of permanent residence after five years. People earning more than £50,271 a year and some public service workers, such as doctors, nurses and teachers, will be able to settle after five years; others will wait 10 years as the new default. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said settled status “until now has been given almost automatically” and that, “from today, it must be earned.” People found to have breached immigration rules will have to wait at least 20 years to settle, and anyone who arrived by small boat or another clandestine means faces an additional 10-year wait, which could reach 30 years. The new rules are due to come into effect next year and do not affect people who already have settled status.United KingdomMigration https://sagire.online/wire/abac9a77/https://sagire.online/wire/abac9a77/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:23:00 -0300France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez confirmed at the National Assembly that the country is holding technical discussions with the Taliban authorities to return Afghans in an irregular situation. Nuñez cited Germany as a precedent and said some of these Afghans may pose threats to public order, making it a priority to be able to return them. Green MP Léa Balage accused the government of a beginning of normalization of diplomatic relations with a regime that commits crimes against humanity and practices gender apartheid. France has not had diplomatic relations with the Taliban since the group’s return to power in August 2021, and a diplomatic source said the talks do not call that position into question.FranceAfghanistanMigration https://sagire.online/wire/e8db99ca/https://sagire.online/wire/e8db99ca/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:23:00 -0300Under the new rules, most foreign workers will have to wait 10 years to settle in the UK, while higher earners can qualify sooner, and refugees who arrive on “small boats” may wait as long as 30 years for residency, according to Al Jazeera.United KingdomMigration https://sagire.online/wire/eea9ac2f/https://sagire.online/wire/eea9ac2f/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 14:22:00 -0300Britain will require some migrants to wait 10 years or more before they can settle, while granting concessions to some care workers to defuse a political row. The sweeping reforms to the immigration system were unveiled on Monday.United KingdomMigration https://sagire.online/wire/2508dcd3/https://sagire.online/wire/2508dcd3/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:21:00 -0300At least seven migrants have died aboard a boat carrying 139 people bound for the Canary Islands after a storm hit. Rescuers reached the boat early on Monday, about 150 km from Arrecife. Five bodies are missing at sea and two have been recovered.SpainMigrationEurope https://sagire.online/wire/382b4504/https://sagire.online/wire/382b4504/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 04:21:00 -0300Five Britons detained in France on suspicion of harassing migrants were fined, expelled and banned from entering the region for six months on Sunday, November 2, according to French authorities. An aid group had accused them of violence against undocumented migrants, but investigations found no evidence of violent offenses, prosecutor Charlotte Huet said in a statement on Sunday.FranceUnited KingdomMigrationEurope https://sagire.online/wire/72fc11cf/https://sagire.online/wire/72fc11cf/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 03:22:00 -0300The Taliban government expressed concern on Monday over reported United States (US) plans to deport more than 150 Afghans from the US to Pakistan for eventual return to Afghanistan, with advocacy groups warning of the risk to their lives. The Taliban government urged on Monday that the United States (US) “act responsibly” in the deportations, saying it was ready to address the issue constructively.AfghanistanUnited StatesMigration https://sagire.online/rubio-nega-trump-assume-fuga-flavio/https://sagire.online/rubio-nega-trump-assume-fuga-flavio/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:30:00 -0300In Atlanta the secretary of state said Washington did not facilitate Flávio Bolsonaro’s departure. Hours later the president said the decision to let him in was his and that the senator can stay as long as he wants, while the Brazilian files describe an exfiltration assembled before the runoff.BrazilUnited StatesArgentinaElectionsMigrationJusticeDiplomacyExtradition https://sagire.online/wire/624b465f/https://sagire.online/wire/624b465f/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:23:00 -0300More than 300,000 people have been displaced in Yemen by the intensification of fighting in the west of the country, the vast majority over the past two months, according to the United Nations, as reported by Le Monde. The UN called on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians and humanitarian workers and to guarantee safe and unimpeded humanitarian access, particularly in hard-to-reach areas of Taiz.YemenConflictMiddle EastMigration https://sagire.online/wire/ec1d49ae/https://sagire.online/wire/ec1d49ae/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:23:00 -0300Five Britons arrested on Thursday in Dunkirk on suspicion of violence against migrants were banned from appearing in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments for six months for carrying weapons, Le Monde reported. They drove along the coast in a minibus they had nicknamed “the battle bus” and livestreamed images of intimidation against migrants on a social network, according to the newspaper.FranceUnited KingdomMigrationEurope https://sagire.online/wire/6a2befce/https://sagire.online/wire/6a2befce/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 04:21:00 -0300Hundreds of protesters gathered in Phuket to demand that Thai authorities end the activities of the Chabad movement in the country and take action against alleged illegal economic activities by foreigners, including Israeli-linked organizations, according to the Times of Israel. The protest came several days after Thailand revoked the citizenship of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor, the head of the Chabad movement in the country, for using his American passport to travel abroad.ThailandSoutheast AsiaProtestsMigration