The elections results suggest that European states will set stricter policies on immigration, raising levels of despair among asylum seekers and hundreds of thousands of people living without official status across Europe.

Both the United States and the European Union are experiencing a period when double-digit percentages of foreign-born people have been able to achieve legal residency.

In a message to Rome's government officials, Pope Francis expressed the importance of the city staying close to its nature of welcoming hospitality as it prepares to enter the Holy Year in 2025.

López Obrador says he plans to go quietly into political retirement, but AMLO playing Benedict to Claudia Sheinbaum’s Francis will be just one of the incoming Mexican president’s major challenges.

Voting in the E.U. parliamentary elections, which begins on June 6, is expected to result in a strong swing to the political right, as parties running on anti-immigration platforms have surged across Europe in recent years.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Tuesday dramatically limiting the number of immigrants who may apply for asylum at the southern United States border.