Latest news and press releases.
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Five Country Ministerial 2024 - Joint statement on Irregular Migration
The Five Countries have a long and proud tradition of welcoming migrants and providing protection to the most vulnerable people across the world. We remain committed to promoting and protecting the human rights of all migrants, including refugees, and will continue to offer protection in line with our international obligations.
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Five Country Ministerial 2024 - Joint Communique
We, the Home Affairs, Interior, Security and Immigration Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States (the ‘Five Countries’) remain steadfast in our commitment to uphold and promote shared liberal democratic values, and in working collaboratively to protect our citizens, communities, and governments from evolving national security threats in an increasingly contested world.
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DHS Offers Protections for Lebanese Nationals Currently in the United States
DHS is announcing new actions to provide temporary immigration reprieve to eligible Lebanese nationals currently in the United States and allowing them the opportunity to request work authorization.
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Statement from Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas on the Independent Review Panel Report of the July 13, 2024 Assassination Attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued the following statement on the Independent Review Panel report released regarding the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt against former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Recognizes 320 Employees at Secretary’s Award Ceremony in Washington D.C.
On October 15, DHS held an awards ceremony hosted at DHS headquarters located at St. Elizabeths campus in Southeast Washington, D.C. where 320 employees received a Secretary’s Award in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the Department’s mission.
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Call for a G7 Action Plan to Prevent and Counter the Smuggling of Migrants
The Interior and Security Ministers of the G7, in the context of the G7 Coalition to Prevent and Counter the Smuggling of Migrants launched by our Governments at the G7 Apulia summit as part of an approach ‘to enhance border management and enforcement and curb transnational organized crime involved in migrant smuggling and trafficking in persons’, reiterate and confirm our determination to intensify our efforts to prevent, counter and eradicate organized crime groups engaged in migrant smuggling, also in its connection with trafficking in persons, and strip them of the proceeds generated by these heinous crimes while always providing protection and assistance to migrants and victims of trafficking in persons, particularly women and girls.
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G7 Interior and Security Ministers’ Communiqué
The Interior and Security Ministers of the G7 and the Vice President of the EU Commission and the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, met on 2 to 4 October 2024 in Mirabella Eclano, Italy. Under the chairmanship of Italy, we discussed the complex challenges to the security of our nations and renewed our commitment to fighting threats to our societies and democratic values.
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Recognizes 350 Employees at Secretary’s Award Ceremony in Washington D.C.
On October 7, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) held an awards ceremony hosted at DHS headquarters located at St. Elizabeths campus in Southeast Washington, D.C. where 350 employees received a Secretary’s Award in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the Department’s mission.
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DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement During Hurricane Milton
DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement During Hurricane Milton.
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Statement from Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas Marking One Year Since the October 7th Attack
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued the following statement marking one year since the October 7, 2023 terrorist attacks on Israel.