Immigration
More than 20,000 people have crossed Channel to UK this year, figures show (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
France offers accommodation to migrants in Calais after hunger strike pressure
(Radio France) The French government will “systematically” offer accommodation to migrants at the Calais migrant centre after three activists staged a collective hunger strike for 23 days. “We will systematically offer accommodation, which will be mainly in Pas-de-Calais, in Hauts-de-France, but not […]
Immigration
Channel crossings continue as more migrants arrive in Kent (LINK ONLY)
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Germany: Over 5,000 migrant arrivals from Belarus in October
(AP) German police said on Monday that they registered more than 5,000 unauthorized border crossings last month by people who had arrived from Belarus, marking a significant uptick in the number of arrivals through a new and politically sensitive migration route. Federal […]
Immigration
Bulgaria sends troops to tackle migrant influx from Turkey
(AFP) Bulgaria on Monday deployed 350 soldiers to the border with Turkey to help police cope with the growing influx of migrants, the defence minister announced. “Soldiers arrived at the Bulgarian-Turkish border since today to back up the border police,” Georgi Panayotov […]
Immigration
Calais migrants facing ‘very dangerous’ conditions as temperatures drop (LINK ONLY)
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CAIR-San Diego helps newly arrived Afghan families acclimate to life in U.S. An estimated 500 families are expected to resettle in San Diego in the near future
(SD Union-Tribune) Dozens of Afghans who have recently resettled in San Diego in the months since the United States pulled its troops from Afghanistan attended a workshop Saturday to support their transition to life in the U.S. The event, hosted by the […]
Government & Politics
Polish lawmakers approve Belarus border wall
(AFP) Polish lawmakers on Friday gave the go-ahead to build a controversial wall on the EU member’s eastern border with Belarus, in response to an unprecedented wave of migrants, mostly from the Middle East. The wall will cost an estimated 353 million […]
Government & Politics
Official slams claims of terrorists infiltrating US from Mexico
(VOA) Fears the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan could reinvigorate terror groups like al-Qaida and Islamic State, and lead to a surge of attempted infiltrations along the southern U.S. border have not been realized, a top counterterrorism official said, dismissing claims to the […]
Government & Politics
People crossing Channel ‘not genuine asylum seekers’ and just want to stay in hotels, Priti Patel says (LINK ONLY)
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Refugee gets four years in prison for plotting terror attacks in Iran
(NL Times) An Iranian refugee living in Delft was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday. The court in Rotterdam found 42-year-old Eisa S. guilty of plotting and encouraging attacks in Iran carried out by resistance group ASMLA. “Terrorist activities for […]
Immigration
Cold shouldered in Greece, migrants try to escape
(AFP) Pakistani asylum seeker Mohamed Bilal was 15 when he arrived in Greece. Five years later, he’s lost all hope and is on the road again, desperate for a better life elsewhere. Since the conservative government took office in 2019, Greece has […]
Immigration
Desperate Algerians ready to die at sea to reach Spain
(AFP) Cutting through the black night waters of the Mediterranean, a boat carrying Algerian migrants is speeding towards Spain, all of them ready to risk death if it means escaping the despair of their homeland. “I’d rather die at sea than stay […]
Government & Politics
Poland to increase troop numbers on Belarus border to around 10,000
(Reuters) Poland is increasing the number of troops on its border with Belarus to around 10,000, its defence minister said on Monday, as the country tries to stem a surge in migration which it blames on Minsk. Hundreds of people from places […]
Government & Politics
US immigration agency overwhelmed by 20,000 Afghan humanitarian requests
(VOA) As recently as last week, the U.S. immigration service was using six officers to process about 14,000 humanitarian requests for Afghans seeking relocation to the United States following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August. That’s what the U.S. Citizenship and […]
Arts & Entertainment
Italy’s Salvini slams migrant trial, Richard Gere to testify
(AFP) Italy’s former interior minister and far-right leader Matteo Salvini went on trial Saturday for allegedly illegally blocking over 100 migrants in dire sanitary conditions from disembarking from a rescue ship. On the opening day of the trial in Palermo, Judge Roberto […]
Immigration
Secrecy shrouds Afghan refugees sent by US to base in Kosovo
(AP) The U.S. is welcoming tens of thousands of Afghans airlifted out of Kabul but has disclosed little publicly about a small group who remain overseas: dozens who triggered potential security issues during security vetting and have been sent to an American […]
Government & Politics
EU to keep fighting Belarus’s ‘weaponization’ of migrants
(AP) European Union leaders pledged on Friday to “keep up the pressure” on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to halt the flow of migrants from his country and raised the prospect of new sanctions amid calls by some bloc members to build walls […]
Government & Politics
Local Arab group calls on Supervisor Anderson to apologize for remarks linking CAIR to terrorism
(East County Magazine) The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination (ADC) Committee’s San Diego chapter has issued a press release denouncing Supervisor Joel Anderson for his statement linking the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to terrorism. During an Oct. 7 hearing on his proposal to fund […]
Children & Teens
Migrants who claim to be children may be refused asylum by Home Office if they don’t take age test (LINK ONLY)
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Germany proposes more border patrols to stem Belarus migrant flow
(AFP) Germany has suggested increasing joint patrols along its border with Poland in response to increasing numbers of migrants arriving via Belarus, according to a letter seen by AFP on Tuesday. The presence of border forces should be “noticeably” increased, German Interior […]
Immigration
Migrant crossings: More than 800 migrants cross Channel in three days
(BBC) More than 800 people have crossed the English Channel to Kent over three days, the Home Office has said. On Saturday 410 people were intercepted in 11 boats, followed by 102 migrants in three boats on Sunday and another 294 in […]
Government & Politics
EU mulling ways to end jet lease to Belarus’ airline
(AP) European Union foreign ministers looked at ways on Monday to stop the illegal migration into the 27-nation bloc from neighboring Belarus, including stopping companies from leasing jets to Belarusian airline Belavia. The EU has accused the government of Belarusian President Alexander […]
Government & Politics
UN refugee agency concerned by Polish law allowing pushbacks
(AP) The United Nations refugee agency on Friday expressed deep concern about legislation Poland adopted this week allowing the arbitrary rejection of migrants’ asylum applications. The new legislation, approved by parliament on Thursday, came in response to the presence of hundreds of […]
Government & Politics
Biden admin blocks bipartisan lawmakers from accessing Afghan evacuee holding site
(Free Beacon) The Biden administration on Thursday blocked a bipartisan delegation of House lawmakers from entering and inspecting a U.S.-run military facility near Doha, Qatar, where thousands of Afghan evacuees are being stationed prior to their possible relocation to America, according to […]
Government & Politics
Risks related to terrorist-linked migrants brought under control — Lithuanian officials
(Baltic Times) Migrants suspected of being linked to terrorist organizations have been isolated and pose no threat, Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas and Laurynas Kasciunas, chairman of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, said on Friday. Speaking with journalists in […]
Government & Politics
Poland passes law allowing migrants to be pushed back at border
(AFP) Poland’s parliament on Thursday passed a legal amendment allowing migrants to be pushed back at the border and for asylum claims made by those who entered illegally to be ignored. Lawmakers also gave the green light to a government plan to […]
Government & Politics
German minister faults airlines on Belarus migrant arrivals
(AP) Germany’s foreign minister says airlines that fly would-be migrants to the European Union to Belarus should ask themselves whether they want to be part of a “smuggling ring” run by the country’s authoritarian leader. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas’ comments Thursday to […]
Immigration
Germany sees spike in migrants arriving via ‘Belarus route’
(AP) German authorities said Wednesday that the number of migrants arriving in the country via Poland and Belarus has gone up during the months that several European Union nations have accused the Belarusian government of encouraging people to cross into the EU […]
Government & Politics
Poland plans to spend over $400 million on wall on Belarus border
(Reuters) Poland plans to spend over 1.6 billion zlotys ($404 million) on building a wall on its border with Belarus, according to a draft bill lawmakers are due to discuss on Wednesday, in a bid to stem the flow of migrants trying […]
Government & Politics
French minister praises ‘Greek model’ of migration control
(Kathimerini) French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has praised the “Greek model” of migration control and vowed France’s support in bolstering border security when it assumes the European Union’s six-month rotating presidency on January 1. “We ask other southern EU countries to do […]
Employment
Channel migrants: French politicians call on UK to overhaul ‘lax’ labour laws to deter crossings
(Euronews) French politicians hit back at the UK and at their own government on Monday as a surge in the number of migrants trying to cross the English Channel in small boats heightened tensions between the two countries. Politicians from the region […]
Immigration
Migrant crossings: Channel boats bring 364 more people
(BBC) Eleven boats with 364 migrants on board crossed the English Channel to reach Kent on Sunday, the Home Office said. French authorities also stopped 16 vessels, preventing over 500 further migrants from making the crossing. It follows 40 boat crossings on […]
Government & Politics
Greece boosts border guards over Afghan migration fears
(AP) Greece will increase the number of border guards on the country’s border with Turkey, fearing a spike in illegal migration linked to the crisis in Afghanistan, officials said Monday. An additional 250 officers will join the 1,500-strong border force over several […]
Government & Politics
France to get migrant patrol funds soon, says UK minister
(BBC) Payments to France to help tackle migrant Channel crossings should be finalised in “the coming weeks,” Security Minister Damian Hinds has said. The UK promised France £54m in July to boost police patrols at its beaches. But on Saturday, a French […]
Government & Politics
More than 1,000 cross Channel as UK urged to honour £54m pledge to France (LINK ONLY)
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France urges UK to pay promised money for migrant policing
(AP) France’s interior minister on Saturday urged Britain to fulfill its promises to provide tens of millions of pounds (dollars) to help France stop migrants from trying to cross the English Channel. Visiting the northern port of Dunkirk, French Interior Minister Gerald […]
Government & Politics
France calls for an EU-UK treaty on migrants
(AFP) French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Saturday called for the start of negotiations for a migration treaty between the European Union and Britain. Darmanin also urged the British government to “uphold its promise” to finance the fight against the illegal immigrants […]
Government & Politics
EU warns of security risks linked to migration from Afghanistan
(Reuters) Europe must take the security threats that might arise from migration out of Afghanistan more seriously, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson warned on Friday. “On the terrorist threat from Afghanistan, I must say that my assessment is that the alert […]
Government & Politics
Biden formally commits US to 125,000 refugees in coming fiscal year
(Hill) President Biden on Friday signed a declaration committing the U.S. to accept up to 125,000 refugees for the coming fiscal year, formalizing an earlier promise that allows funds to be released to help resettle them. The ambitious announcement comes as the […]
Crime
Migrant-smuggler jailed for 10 years for plot to carry people on dinghy in English Channel (LINK ONLY)
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EU executive demands probe into alleged migrant pushbacks in Greece, Croatia
(Reuters) The European Union’s executive called for an investigation on Thursday into illegal migrant pushbacks after a report by German media outlets Der Spiegel and ARD documented what they said were Greek and Croatian officials carrying out such operations. The joint report […]
Government & Politics
Poland’s president urges EU to stop Belarus migrant ‘push’
(AP) The European Union should take “specific actions” to stop Belarus “pushing” migrants across its border into Polish territory, Poland’s president said on Thursday. President Andrzej Duda didn’t outline what those actions might be, but said he’s hoping for assistance beyond what […]
Immigration
French police cause misery for migrants in Calais: HRW
(AFP) French police are inflicting misery on migrants in the northern port of Calais, routinely tearing down their tents and forcing them to wander the streets as part of a deterrence policy, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Thursday. The […]
Government & Politics
Belarus opposition leader warns of border migration crisis
(AP) Belarus’ exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Wednesday urged the global community to stop a “humanitarian catastrophe” which she said is being created by the Belarusian regime facilitating largescale migration into the European Union. Thousands of migrants from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan […]
Government & Politics
Poland warns potential migrants Belarus border is closed
(AP) The government of Poland is working to warn potential migrants that the country’s border with Belarus is sealed and is not a passage into the European Union, a deputy foreign minister said Tuesday. Poland’s diplomats in Middle Eastern and African countries […]
Government & Politics
US says record-low refugee admissions partly due to pandemic
(AP) The Biden administration said Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic and the difficulty of reversing Trump administration policies were responsible for the record-low number of refugees admitted to the United States during the 2021 budget year. The State Department, in an email […]
Government & Politics
Belarus parliament votes to suspend readmission of migrants
(AP) Lawmakers in Belarus have voted to suspend an agreement with the European Union obliging the ex-Soviet nation to take back migrants that crossed its territory into the EU. The vote late Monday in the upper house of the Belarusian parliament formalizes […]
Immigration
IS suspect to face prosecutor in Athens
(Kathimerini) An Iraqi asylum-seeker who was arrested in Athens on Monday on suspicion of being a member of the Islamic State terror group is to be formally charged by a prosecutor on Tuesday. The 34-year-old was taken into custody in his home […]
Government & Politics
Senators alarmed after Afghan refugees walk off military bases by the hundreds Senators worry 'hastily developed' Afghanistan evacuation created 'gaps' in criminal vetting
(Fox) Senate Republicans are demanding answers from the Biden administration amid reports that hundreds of Afghan evacuees are walking off U.S. military bases without completing the resettlement process. In a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of Defense […]