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migrant

[mahy-gruhnt] / ˈmaɪ grənt /


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The Guardian says Shabana Mahmood has "rowed back" on her "most hardline plans" for migrant care workers.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

US labor leader and civil rights campaigner Dolores Huerta, whose union work with Cesar Chavez changed the lives of migrant workers, has died, her family said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

He continued to face criticism for the disappearance of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children who were supposed to be monitored by the agency’s Office of Refugee Resettlement after entering the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Decorated pots were also produced using higher quality clay, suggesting that the migrant potters were allowed access to scarce, superior materials for their work.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Sometimes he slips the shoes off his feet and hands them to a migrant.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

The paper notes that MPs were warned by the home secretary that some migrants would still face "retrospective rule changes to make them wait a decade" before granting them leave to remain, the paper reports.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Then there was a sudden influx of migrants from Morocco this summer to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

She had proposed to extend the wait for permanent settlement from the current five years to 10 with some lower-paid migrants facing a 15-year wait.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

"This is a very sensitive issue for us, since we want to give dignity to human beings, to migrants, to refugees," he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

He has slept on the ground; in a sewage culvert, curled up with other migrants; on top of gravestones.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario


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