(Im)migration News Recap, Aug. 12-18  | Voice of America - English
Editor's note: We wanted a way to keep you updated with the top immigration, migration and refugee stories every week — the ones that will most affect you, our international readers, viewers and listeners. We want you to know what's happening, why and how it could impact your life, family or business, so we created a weekly digest of the top original immigration reporting from across VOA.
More clandestine travelers are reaching Europe from Africa through Spain rather than Italy, a  that is also resulting in fewer migrant deaths, according to the U.N. Despite thousands more arrivals on the Iberian peninsula this year, the highest number of fatalities continues to be the stretch of Mediterranean en route to Italy. are becoming increasingly common at the U.S.-Mexico border. They are now the fifth-largest group after immigrants from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, forcing U.S. officials to make accommodations. Three people have been arrested in the slaying of a female pastor at a . A police spokeswoman tells VOA jealousy from other religious leaders at the success of Bunia Margaret's congregation is at the root of her killing. As an increasing number of residents from where Ebola is present flee violence in their home country to neighboring Uganda, health agencies are trying to keep up with the need to monitor for the disease. Dozens of Ebola deaths have been reported in eastern DRC. Hundreds of local and federal lawmakers and elected officials are pleading for the Trump administration to in the coming fiscal year. But there's little chance the president will budge. A U.S. charity is connecting travelers who want to donate airline reward miles with  who couldn't afford to be reunited otherwise. ? the case of an undocumented science teacher in Kansas facing deportation — and this week, he learned he will have the chance to argue his case in front of an immigration judge.