Tag: fleeing
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NYPD cop struck, left paralyzed by fleeing driver among those honored at ‘Blue Lives Matter’ gala
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A member of New York’s Finest who was left paralyzed after being struck by a fleeing driver was among those recognized at a weekend gala meant to honor law enforcement heroes. Det. Dalsh Veve – who was dragged for three blocks through East New York while clinging to a stolen car in June 2017 –…
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Ethnic Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh into Armenia
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BEIRUT — The exodus began late Sunday, a trickle of vehicles that soon turned into an unceasing stream flowing along the mountain highway above Nagorno-Karabakh toward the Armenian border. By Monday, almost a week after the Azerbaijani military took back Nagorno-Karabakh in a 24-hour blitz, more than 6,650 ethnic Armenians had left the enclave and crossed…
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LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Fleeing Violence in Africa Are Sleeping on Canada’s Streets
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Theresa Makumi (r) protesting in downtown Toronto. Photo by Evy Kwong. For decades, Theresa Makumi hid who she was growing up in Kenya—one of many African nations where same-sex marriage is not only illegal, but where being queer can lead to persecution and violence. Now the nation is closer to implementing a new law that…
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Fleeing rape, beatings and murder, migrant families find solace at shelter in Mexicali
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In a small room with one light bulb and six bunk beds, Jhosseline Estefanie Argeta Morales, 31, of El Salvador sits on a lower bed organizing a small bag of toiletries at Cobina Posada Del Migrante, a shelter for migrant families in Mexicali, Mexico. Argeta has been at this shelter for four months. The thin,…
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Questions remain after tragedy near Texas shelter for people fleeing crises | Texas
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Neighbors held a small vigil Sunday night on a dirt path along a busy road in Brownsville, at the eastern end of the US-Mexico border, where eight people were killed and 10 were injured at a bus stop that morning. A small display of flowers and a row of candles grew as shaken people visited…
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Which countries send the most migrants to the U.S. border? What are they fleeing?
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MEXICO CITY — The deadly fire at a migrant detention center in northern Mexico last week has put a spotlight on why, amid harsh U.S. immigration policies, migrants continue to make the dangerous journey north. What makes conditions at home so untenable that they outweigh the hostilities of the migrant trail or the chance of…