Strict asylum rules, poor treatment of migrants push people north to UK
Voice of America
Migrant children picked up at sea attempting to cross the English Channel are helped from a vessel after arriving at the marina in Dover, southeast England, on June 12, 2024. More than 10,000 irregular migrants have crossed the Channel to Britain on small boats this year. Migrants, including a child, picked up at sea attempting to cross the English Channel from France are escorted ashore in Dover, southeast England, on June 12, 2024.
The rising tide crept above their waists, soaking the babies they hugged tight. Around a dozen Kurds refused to leave the cold waters of the English Channel in a futile attempt to delay the inevitable: French police had just foiled their latest attempt to reach the United Kingdom by boat.
Pakistan hosted a meeting of the heads of government of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Eurasian countries in Islamabad, Oct. 16, 2024. (Courtesy: Pakistani PM’s office) Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, in Islamabad, Oct. 16, 2024.