National Guards at the border would help out with "surveillance, back office tasks...and potentially build infrastructure," says Ted Hesson, Immigration Reporter at Politico. President Trump announced this week plans to deploy up to...

In this edition of the Brief from Brussels: Migration is a hot topic in the run-up to Hungary’s election, but how much of a vote winner will it be? And, Poland says there’s an “80 percent” chance of resolving spat soon with the EU over...

In spring 2013, Syria’s government lost the city of Raqqa to rebel militants. It would later become the de facto capital of the so-called Islamic State (ISIL), a jihadist terror group. Raqqa was also home to the Khatib family, who...

When the shooter is white, we focus on mental health issues, says The Young Turks' Francis Maxwell. But when he's a person of color, we focus on immigration.

A flow of refugee claimants are walking across the border from the US...illegally. What’s driving it? Trudeau’s #WelcomeToCanada tweet? Or Trump’s immigration policies? The CBC’s Wendy Mesley speaks with Toronto Mayor John Tory about the...

As Belgian citizens sign up to host migrants and refugees, some politicians are pushing for tougher deportation laws. A draft bill says police should be allowed to search for and arrest unauthorised migrants in private homes. Public...

The influx of asylum seekers into Canada this year has overwhelmed the Immigration and Refugee Board, leaving countless people in limbo as they wait for hearings

On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump became president of the United States, marking the start of one of the most unusual years in American political history. What has Trump done this year and how does it compare to what he promised? As the...

A story by Judy Trinh, a freelance contributor to CBC, has inspired a new Heritage Minute, which tells of her family's harrowing escape from Vietnam and the Canadian immigration officer who changed their lives.

Quebec border crossing protests: Anti-racist and ultranationalist groups faced off near the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que., border, prompting heavy police presence and a temporary border closure

At Canada's busiest illegal border crossing, RCMP officers warn asylum seekers they are breaking the law

Cambodian Americans who have committed crimes in the US are being deported to Cambodia, a country many have never been. Meet the deportees separated from their families.

Saladworks was one of the first restaurants to enter the fast casual space. Now, after 30 years, the company is looking to pivot and re-shape its product and image. CEO of Saladworks, Patrick Sugrue, brings some Fall salads, and explains...

Attorney Generals from 15 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration after it announced an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. They argue that the decision was based on...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada remains an open and compassionate country, but reaffirmed that new arrivals must follow proper border crossing procedure

They have ended up in Calais in search of a better life, only to have their dreams shattered. Nine months after the so-called ‘Jungle’ camp was pulled down, aid workers have told Euronews that migrants are living through hell. It comes...

The European Court of Justice will reject a case brought by Hungary and Slovakia, that the EU migrant quota system is not legal, according to a preliminary opinion by advocate general Yves Bot. The Commissioner for Migration Dimitris...

San Antonio police are calling the discovery of bodies and about 30 people suffering from dehydration and heat exhaustion in a parked tractor-trailer a case of human smuggling.

Nine months after Calais’ so-called ‘Jungle’ camp was razed to the ground, migrants have returned – and are even more desperate to get across the Channel to England. What had become a vast shanty town, sheltering up to 10,000 people, was...

Nine months after Calais’ so-called ‘Jungle’ camp was razed to the ground, migrants have returned – and are even more desperate to get across the Channel to England. What had become a vast shanty town, sheltering up to 10,000 people, was...

The EU has launched a legal case against Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland over their tough stance on taking in asylum seekers. The Hungarian and Polish governments have long refused to take in migrants under a 2015 relocation plan,...

It's based on a CBC story about a young immigration officer who worked at a Vietnamese refugee camp deciding who could come to Canada

Support is going up for sanctuary cities, but that's not sitting well with some people, who say those cities are acting as safe havens for criminals

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the bloc is changing its attitude towards Africa after the massive increases in migration in the past few years. The comments came after a meeting between the African Union’s President...