The industries profiting off Chinese asylum seekers in the US

101 East investigates alleged human traffickers, scammers and middlemen profiting from the desperation of Chinese asylum seekers in America.

Reaching the United States has long been the dream for would-be migrants travelling across Latin America.

Thousands of Chinese have embarked on the dangerous route this year.

But reaching their final destination is no guarantee that their troubles will be over.

"Shadow armies": Investigation finds illegal, violent pushbacks at EU border

 

Would-be asylum-seekers, who try to cross the border into the European Union, are reportedly facing illegal and violent pushbacks. New investigations using video recordings and documents show an alleged orchestrated campaign by special police units in Croatia, Greece and Romania to forcibly keep migrants out.

No Shelter: Family Separation at the Border (video)

Fault Lines investigates how the Trump administration is closing its doors to asylum seekers.

In May, the Trump administration announced a "zero tolerance" immigration policy, resulting in the separation of thousands of families who crossed the US border from Mexico - with no clear plan to reunite them. In hundreds of cases, parents were deported without their children; back to the same country and the same violence they were fleeing.

In Honduras, we tracked down two fathers who were deported without their children. They told us they were denied the right to claim asylum.

No Shelter: Family Separation at the Border

Fault Lines investigates how the Trump administration is closing its doors to asylum seekers.

In May, the Trump administration announced a "zero tolerance" immigration policy, resulting in the separation of thousands of families who crossed the US border from Mexico - with no clear plan to reunite them. In hundreds of cases, parents were deported without their children; back to the same country and the same violence they were fleeing.

In Honduras, we tracked down two fathers who were deported without their children. They told us they were denied the right to claim asylum. 

Afghanistan: Asylum Denied

Europe is deporting thousands of Afghans back to a country which has been embroiled in chaos and war for decades.

With the war intensifying in Afghanistan, hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing to Europe in the biggest influx of migrants seen there since World War II.

Faced with increasing opposition to immigration, the EU has drafted a plan to deport 80,000 Afghan asylum seekers back to their country.

Leaders in Germany say parts of Afghanistan are safe to return to, but the facts point to a different reality.  

The UN says a record number of civilians are being killed, with the Taliban and ISIL gaining ground across the country.