Immigrants

• Premier stelt dat Coalitie One Nation-beleid imiteert terwijl belangenbehartiger voor vluchtelingen waarschuwt dat migranten 'niet als zondebokken' voor economische problemen gebruikt mogen worden. • Volg onze liveblog voor het laatste nieuws uit Australië, meld u aan voor onze breaking news e-mail, download de gratis app of luister naar onze dagelijkse nieuwspodcast. • Anthony Albanese heeft Angus Taylor beschuldigd van het kopiëren van One Nation en van "dog-whistling" om immigranten in Australië te marginaliseren, nu de Coalitie streeft naar het inkorten van sociale voorzieningen en overheidsprogramma's voor permanente bewoners.

• Bijna tweederde van de respondenten verklaarde dat de VS vroeger een geweldige plek was voor immigranten, maar dat dit niet langer het geval is. • De agressieve en verreikende agenda van Donald Trump op het gebied van immigratiehandhaving heeft er bij een groeiend aantal volwassenen toe geleid dat zij geloven dat de VS geen gastvrij land meer is voor buitenstaanders, blijkt uit een nieuwe peiling. • Ongeveer zes op de tien respondenten in de Associated Press-NORC poll, die vorige maand werd uitgevoerd, zeggen dat het land vroeger een geweldige plek was voor immigranten, maar nu niet meer.

Mining magnate also claims children are being taught to be ashamed of the Australian flag in a speech to 4,000 people on the Sydney Opera House stepsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, called for immigrants’ social media to be screened and said children are being taught to be ashamed of the Australian flag in untelevised remarks before an Anzac memorial service on the steps of Sydney Opera House on Friday.Rinehart’s public appearance was attended by about 4,000 people and sponsored by her company, Hancock Prospecting, and RSL New South Wales. Continue reading...

Agency uses devices, which are uncomfortable and interfere with employment, to push people to self-deport, advocates saySign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxFor five years, an asylum-seeking woman attended routine check-ins with immigration authorities without issue. At her most recent appointment in October, she was unexpectedly ordered to strap on an ankle monitor, according to her attorney, Deepa Bijpuria.Bijpuria, a supervising attorney in the immigration unit of Legal Aid DC, described the client as a single mom who fled her home country because of severe domestic violence, escaping while pregnant with her young daughter. Continue reading...

Tania Warner says she has documents showing she is in the US legally, but immigration agents were not swayedSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA Canadian woman who has been imprisoned with her seven-year-old daughter by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has cautioned other immigrants that they are at risk of detention, even if they follow the correct legal process – and warned them to keep out of sight for as long as Donald Trump is president.“Don’t go anywhere near a checkpoint, and if your papers are in processing, just lay low. Trump meant what he said – he is trying to get rid of everyone, whether they are good or bad,” said Tania Warner, 47, who is currently held with her autistic daughter, Ayla, at the Dilley immigration processing center in south Texas. Continue reading...