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Boat with Haitians capsizes, 113 saved, 85 missing
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos - An overloaded sailboat carrying Haitian migrants sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands and as many as 85 people are missing, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.
Nations:Haiti U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-07-28
Mexico smuggling gangs' new scam: 'virtual kidnapping'
PHOENIX, Arizona (AFP) - Human smuggling gangs on the US-Mexico border are extorting thousands of dollars from families of illegal immigrants in Arizona by falsely claiming their relatives are being held hostage in a scam that has become known as "virtual kidnapping."
Nations:U.S. Mexico Source:(AFP)
2008-10-03
Fifty four Myanmar migrants suffocate in container
Fifty four illegal Myanmar immigrants died of suffocation while being smuggled into Thailand in a refrigerated container near the Thai-Myanmar border, a police officer said on Thursday.
Nations:Myanmar Thailand Cambodia
2008-04-09
Arizona city seeks moat to secure Mexico border
Most plans to gain control of the porous U.S.-Mexico border focus on some combination of fence. But this city in far west Arizona is looking to build a moat.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain Hillary Clinton Activities:2006 U.S. Immigration Row
2008-03-12
As border tightens, smugglers raise their game
When U.S. authorities raised a tall curtain of steel through this tiny Arizona border town to prevent people crossing illegally from Mexico, the smugglers on the south side were ready.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2006 U.S. Immigration Row
2008-03-10
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