Topic: Immigration — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-27 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This undated photo provided by the U.S. District Court of Minnesota Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, shows Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz posing for a portrait in his Minneapolis courtroom. (U.S. District Court of Minnesota via AP)
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[2026-02-27 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The air strikes came hours after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops in what the Taliban government said was retaliation
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[2026-02-27 11:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A federal judge in the United States has ruled that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) broke the law by disclosing confidential taxpayer information “approximately 42,695 times” to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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[2026-02-27 11:41 UTC+10:00] [Afghanistan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Escalation of violence between the volatile neighbours makes a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly shaky
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[2026-02-27 11:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Afghan Taliban fighters patrol near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province. (Reuters)
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[2026-02-27 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Loud explosions were heard in Kabul, Afghanistan, early on Friday morning, Agence France-Presse reported.
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[2026-02-27 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Pakistan declared “open war” against Afghanistan on Friday after cross-border clashes killed dozens, followed by Taliban authorities announcing air operations against “key” Pakistani sites.
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[2026-02-27 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Pakistan declared “open war” against Afghanistan on Friday, bombing cities including Kabul after cross-border clashes that killed dozens.
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[2026-02-27 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Pakistan declared “open war” against Afghanistan on Friday, bombing cities including Kabul after cross-border clashes that killed dozens.
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[2026-02-27 09:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Multiple explosions shook the Afghan capital, Kabul, and several other regions early Friday morning as Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged military strikes across their volatile border, accusing each other of escalating the conflict.
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[2026-02-27 08:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Nurul Amin Shah Alam died after being released and temperatures fell below freezing. (Supplied)
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[2026-02-27 08:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he had a productive meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, discussing issues including housing and a federal immigration enforcement operation.
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[2026-02-27 08:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Via White Papers Policy Institute,
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[2026-02-27 08:02 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-02-27 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Condemnation has poured in after Columbia University in New York said United States immigration enforcement agents “made misrepresentations” to gain access to one of the school’s residential buildings to detain a student.
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[2026-02-27 08:01 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A white supremacist has gatecrashed a community event hosted by Goldstein MP Tim Wilson, claiming that immigration is an existential threat to Australia.
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[2026-02-27 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Afghanistan attacked Pakistani military positions along the border late on Thursday in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes, the Taliban said, adding to fears of a renewed escalation of violence between the neighbors.
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[2026-02-27 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Situated between Anuradhapura on one side and Kurunegala on the other, the Giribawa area still remains a stronghold of traditional chena (shifting) cultivation. In the border villages adjoining the forests, people cultivate a variety of crops in their chena lands, striving hard to sustain their livelihoods. It is a solitary struggle.
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[2026-02-27 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance and Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz take questions from reporters following remarks on the administration’s efforts to combat fraud during a news conference in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Washington.
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[2026-02-27 05:56 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Dateline travelled to Minneapolis for the first episode of this season, which will also take viewers to Austria, Nepal, Scotland and more. Credit: SBS Dateline
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[2026-02-27 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who disappeared after U.S. Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a Buffalo doughnut shop was found dead five days later, prompting a police investigation and complaints from city officials that he’d been abandoned without care for his safety.
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[2026-02-27 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The U.S. State Department has lifted its "shelter in place" alerts for Americans after Mexican special forces, aided by U.S. intelligence, killed a top drug cartel boss, sparking cartel-related chaos across at least one key tourism town in the third-world country just south of the U.S. southern border.
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[2026-02-27 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) participated in a classified status update meeting on the disappearance of young Ethiopian girl Haymanut Kasau at the Knesset’s Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-27 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NEW YORK (AP) — Federal immigration agents detained a Columbia University student early Thursday after gaining access to a residence hall by posing as investigators searching for a “missing person,” according to the school’s president.
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[2026-02-27 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Afghanistan has launched attacks againt Pakistani military positions along the border in response to Pakistani air strikes last week, Taliban authorities said.
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[2026-02-27 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Wednesday that Phnom Penh wanted de-escalation and a peaceful resolution to its border conflict with Thailand, after Bangkok this week accused its neighbor of violating a December truce.
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[2026-02-27 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Citi was recognized as the Philippines’ Best Transaction Bank in the Euromoney Transaction Banking Awards 2025, highlighting the strength of the franchise in supporting clients in the areas of e-commerce, bank-to-bank cross-border flows, and digital trade solutions. “As a global bank, Citi endeavors to consistently bring trends and best practices across industries.
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[2026-02-27 00:19 UTC+10:00] [Immigration and asylum] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: She left the Netherlands for Britain in the 1970s at just 17. Now, after receiving a short suspended sentence, she faces removal to a country she hasn’t lived in for five decades or visited since 1999
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[2026-02-26 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The number of people seeking asylum in the UK has fallen, according to February's official figures.
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[2026-02-26 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The number of people claiming asylum in the UK fell by 4% in 2025, according to new Home Office figures - as the number of people arriving on small boats rose by 13%.
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[2026-02-26 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: British travellers to Gibraltar will show their passports to Spanish border officials, under a deal with the EU to remove the Rock's land border with Spain.
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[2026-02-26 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: New data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) project showed that various jihadist groups, such as Al-Qaida and JNIM have recently expanded their activity in the border region between Nigeria, Niger and Benin, turning the zone into a flashpoint of violence.
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[2026-02-26 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Immigration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: When guards appeared earlier this month outside the room Christian Hinojosa shared with her son and other women and children at the immigrant detention center in Dilley, Texas, she guessed what they might be after. She quickly donned her puffy winter jacket, then slipped a manila envelope inside it. “Thank God the weather was cool,” she said — the jacket didn’t raise suspicions.
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[2026-02-26 19:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Authorities have linked the attack on Mohd Nasaruddin Mohd Nasir’s car to the mounting smuggling crackdown along the porous border
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[2026-02-26 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A nearly blind Rohingya refugee from Myanmar has been found dead in Buffalo, New York, days after the United States Border Patrol left him miles away from his home following his release from a county jail, authorities said.
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[2026-02-26 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Migration debates and the rise of anti-immigration sentiment are jeopardising Australia’s $54 billion international student market, multiple experts have warned, as the sector braces for fallout from a crackdown on non-genuine students from South Asia.
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[2026-02-26 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The couple joined a World Health Organization delegation led by Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for a two day trip centred on mental health and conflict trauma. In Amman, they met children receiving treatment after being medically evacuated from Gaza and spoke with doctors dealing with long term injuries linked to the war.
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[2026-02-26 19:23 UTC+10:00] [Home Office] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: MPs raise cases of honeymooners and other Britons caught out by new passport requirements as minister rejects calls for a grace period
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[2026-02-26 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese nationals warned not to assume the country is ‘filled with gold’ after some were detained and deported for working illegally
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[2026-02-26 17:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- The Marine Corps said Thursday it staged live-fire drills on islands near the tensely guarded inter-Korean maritime border in the Yellow Sea, in what marks the first such drills this year.
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[2026-02-26 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks during a rally ahead of a mandatory check at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Baltimore, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)
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[2026-02-26 15:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: As immigration raids intensify, migrant workers describe injuries, family separation and the contradictions of Korea’s labor system
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[2026-02-26 15:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Buffalo Mayor Sean Rhyan blamed Shah Alam’s death on ‘unprofessional and inhumane’ decision making by federal immigration officials
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[2026-02-26 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Snippet: Thursday 26 February 2026 Calendar ? February 2026 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Latest February 18, 2025 Border Crossings: Will Moseley February 05, 2025 Border Crossings: Gino Vannelli January 24, 2025 Border Crossings: Lonestar December 26, 2024 Border Crossings: Gavin Rossdale December 09, 2024 Border Crossings: Brenda Lee December 05,
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[2026-02-26 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Snippet: Follow Us Languages Previous Next Breaking News Border Crossings Episodes About Thursday 26 February 2026 Calendar ? February 2026 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Latest February 18, 2025 Border Crossings: Will Moseley February 05, 2025 Border Crossings: Gino Vannelli December 26, 2024 Border Crossings: Gavin Rossdale December 09, 2024 Border
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[2026-02-26 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
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[2026-02-26 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
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[2026-02-26 13:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Four people who entered Cuban waters on a US-registered speedboat have been shot dead by border guards, Cuba’s government said.
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[2026-02-26 13:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaks as he attends a news conference regarding his May 9th arrest at Delaney Hall, outside U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on June 3, 2025, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Kena Betancur, File)
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[2026-02-26 13:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Backers argue tougher measures are needed to curb unauthorised employment, but migrant advocates fear unintended social consequences
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