Migrants

Racist Violence Against Migrants in Tunisia Reflects Europe’s Colonial Legacy
The Tunisian president is using sub-Saharan migrants as scapegoats for the economic crisis and food shortages caused by imperialism, sparking a wave of racist violence and xenophobic policies.
Nadia Ben Omar
July 26, 2023Protests in Greece after 79 Migrants Killed, Hundreds Missing in Shipwreck
Thousands across Greece protested against the government and the EU’s deadly migrant policies as hundreds are missing after a shipwreck. These tragedies are a result of increasing border militarization and repression of migrants in “Fortress Europe.”
La Izquierda Diario Argentina
June 18, 2023Sending Troops to Texas, Republicans Escalate the Bipartisan War on Migrants
Republican governors are sending their states’ soldiers and police to the already heavily militarized southern border to escalate their war on migrants.
Molly Rosenzweig
June 9, 2023At Least 39 Migrants Die in Fire at Detention Center in Mexico. The State Is Responsible.
The events of March 27 marked one of the darkest chapters in the Mexican State’s anti-immigrant policy, a policy that is increasingly subordinated to the interests of U.S. imperialism.
La Izquierda Diario Mexico
March 30, 2023New Migrant Caravan Heads to the U.S. — Open the Borders
Central American migrants left in a caravan from Chiapas, Mexico headed for the United States. We need to fight for full rights and freedom of movement for migrants.
La Izquierda Diario Mexico
July 28, 2022Over 50 Migrants Found Dead in Texas. Biden Has Blood on His Hands.
The Biden Administration has maintained virtually all of Trump’s draconian and murderous immigration policies. Dozens have died in a trailer in Texas as a result.
Robert Belano
June 29, 2022Spanish Police Repress Migrants Crossing into Melilla
The police and the civil guard have repressed thousands of migrants trying to jump the Spanish-Moroccan border in Melilla during the last three days. To build an international and working-class alternative to reactionary and imperialist European governments, we must show solidarity with all migrants, regardless of nationality.
Pablo Juárez
March 6, 2022Britain and France Refused to Rescue the 27 Migrants Who Drowned in the English Channel
On November 24, 27 migrants drowned in the English Channel while trying to reach Britain from France in an inflatable boat. It turns out that they radioed for help and were left to die. Xenophobic French and British imperialism are their murderers.
Karl Nara
December 11, 2021Biden Isn’t Just Reinstating “Remain in Mexico,” He’s Expanding It
Last week, the Biden administration announced that it was formally reimplementing the program after a decision by the Supreme Court. The new policy, negotiated with the Mexican government, will include new sectors of migrants in the program and expand to new cities along the border, putting thousands of migrants’ lives at risk. The decision shows that Biden is not just continuing but expanding Trump’s immigration policy.
Madeleine Freeman
December 10, 2021Diplomatic Crisis in Britain and France: Xenophobia and Reactionary One-Upmanship
Three days after the tragedy that cost the lives of 27 migrants in the English Channel, the war of words between France and Britain resumed in earnest after the French disinvited the British from a meeting to discuss the migrant crisis.
Nathan Erderof
November 27, 2021