By Kristina Cooke and Ted Hesson Blanca Figueroa and Severiano Martinez have known from the start of their eight-year marriage that she was at risk of deportation because she entered the United States illegally.

The incoming administration is counting on "self-deportation," the idea that life can be made unbearable enough to make people leave.

As many as 50 migrants, many of them Pakistanis, may have drowned in the latest deadly wreck involving people trying to make the crossing from West Africa to Spain's Canary Islands, migrant rights group Walking Borders said on Thursday.

A Spanish Coast Guard vessel tows a fibreglass boat with migrants onboard to the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, December 25, 2024. REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File Photo MADRID (Reuters) - As many as 50 migrants attempting to reach Spain by boat from West Africa may have drowned,

Over 10,457 migrants lost their lives in their attempts to reach Spain by boat from West Africa in 2024, a new report has found. ・Over 10,457 migrants died trying to reach Spain from West Africa in 2024 ・Majority of the fatalities were from Pakistan ・Migrant rights group Walking Borders had alerted authorities about the missing boat The report