2021: Haitian Migrants and Afghan Refugees

Photographs showing border agents on horseback stopping Haitian migrants from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande in Texas, in September, sparked an investigation in the US. The images of the horseback charge on mostly black migrants was condemned by lawmakers and sparked comparisons to America's slavery era.

Hundreds of Afghans cram on board a US military cargo plane as they flee Kabul following the takeover of the country by the Taliban in August. US defence analysis website Defense One reported that a US official had said the crew had decided it was better to take off, than force people off the plane.

Source: the BBC