The Migrants
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| Initial release | February 3, 1974 |
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| Directors | Tom Gries |
| Screenplay | Lanford Wilson |
| Producers | Tom Gries |
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| ID | 2398064 |
About The Migrants
Based on a play by Tennessee Williams. Amid poverty and despair, a family of migrant farm workers ekes out a living.
Essex lorry deaths: Caolan Gormley guilty of trafficking offence
... " Realising The Migrants were dead he contacted not the police, but Hughes, " said prosecutor Ben Holt...
Finland accuses Russia of aiding illegal migrant crossings
... Matti Pitkaniitty, a colonel in the Finnish border guard, told BBC News The Migrants included citizens of countries including Iraq, Yemen and Syria who had arrived legally in Russia but were not authorised to enter Finland, which is an EU member state...
Channel deaths: Government orders inquiry into mass drowning
... The report also found the vessel used by The Migrants to make the crossing had been " wholly unsuitable"...
Europe migrant crisis: Italy to build migrant centres in Albania
... The Migrants will stay in the centres while Italy examines their asylum requests, Ms Meloni said, adding that the plan would not apply to pregnant women, children and vulnerable people...
Migrant caravan heading through Mexico to US grows in numbers
... One of the organisers of the caravan, Irineo Mújica of the NGO People without Borders, said that The Migrants had set off together after having been left " stranded" by the Mexican authorities in increasingly dangerous Chiapas state...
Migrants to Europe dying in gun battles and car crashes
... Police say the smugglers are armed, never The Migrants...
EX-PM Truss wanted stranded migrants brought to UK
... The email sent to the private secretary of then Prime Minister Boris Johnson five months after the first group s arrival, states that while Ms Truss " strongly supports the government s overall posture on migration" she " feels that the unique circumstances and severity of risks in this situation require us to take extraordinary action and bring The Migrants to the UK for processing"...
Bibby Stockholm: Migrants return to barge amid protest at port gates
... A coach carrying The Migrants arrived at the Bibby Stockholm in Portland, Dorset, shortly before 13:00 BST...
Migrant caravan heading through Mexico to US grows in numbers
By Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC News
A group of thousands of migrants who have set off on foot for the United States from southern Mexico is steadily growing in size.
Its organiser says around 7,000 people now Make Up this migrant caravan, up from 5,000 just days ago.
Most of them are from Central and South America , local aid groups say.
US President Joe Biden is due to meet leaders from the region on Friday to discuss How To curb the flow of migrants to the United States .
President Biden has come Under Attack for his handling of migration, in particular on the US-Mexico border.
Republicans say he is not doing enough to stem the flow and Democrat mayors, whose cities have seen an influx after Republican governors bussed newly arrived migrants there, have joined in the criticism, saying that their cities cannot house and feed them.
The Number of people apprehended at the US's southern border exceeded 2 million both in the 2022 and the 2023 fiscal years.
In September 2023 alone, US Border Patrol apprehended More Than 200,000 migrants crossing the US-Mexico border unlawfully, according to US Homeland Security figures.
Those who have joined the migrant caravan, which left The City of Tapachula on Monday, say they are determined to make it to the US.
" In Venezuela things are very tough, we can't live with The Money we get, it's not enough for us, and that's why we're going to the United States , " a Venezuelan father who was embarking on the long walk with his wife and two daughters told Reuters news agency.
One of the organisers of the caravan, Irineo Mújica of the NGO People Without Borders , said that The Migrants had set off together after having been left " stranded" by The Mexican authorities in increasingly dangerous Chiapas state.
" Organised Crime is already Taking Over Chiapas, violence is everywhere. We Are trying to save lives with these kinds of actions, " He Said of the caravan.
A migrant from Honduras told Mexican newspaper La Jornada that he decided to join The Trek north after having waited In Vain for a transit permit to cross Mexico.
" I could not keep on waiting without money, sleeping in The Street , that's not A Life . Better that we should head up [northwards] and let's hope the [Mexican] government helps us, doesn't stop us".
Some previous caravans have clashed with Mexican police, which tried to stop them from walking along major highways.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
