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Female genital mutilation: Report shows 68,000 victims in Germany A report estimates that the number of victims of female genital mutilation in Germany has increased by 44% since 2017, and nearly 15,000 girls may be at risk. The minister responsible linked the increase to migration.

June 25, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Deutsche Welle) The amount of women and girls in Germany who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) has increased to 68,000, the families minister announced Thursday. The increase, up 44% from the last estimated total calculated in 2017, was attributed to greater […]

Six migrant boats intercepted off Kent coast

June 25, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Six boats carrying 82 migrants have been intercepted by Border Force vessels off the Kent coast. The first boats were spotted at about 06:30 BST on Wednesday, the Home Office said. Three women were among those onboard the small boats crossing […]

Political stagnation and virus galvanise Maghreb migrants

June 24, 2020 Amal Belalloufi and Aymen Jamli

(AFP) “Here, I don’t exist — I die little by little,” said Hamid, a young Algerian, his gaze fixed on Mediterranean waters he sees as his route to a better future. “My only hope is to leave for Europe.” Like thousands of […]

Edmonton school trustee resigns over comments about refugee students Cheryl Johner's comments 'unacceptable, racist and wrong,' board chair says

June 24, 2020 Unlisted Author

(CBC) Edmonton public school trustee Cheryl Johner has resigned from the board, less than a day after making comments about refugee students during a debate on police officers in schools. “My comments were inappropriate and immediately regrettable,” Johner, trustee for Ward A […]

EU says engagement needed to build trust with Turkey after migration dispute

June 24, 2020 Angeliki Koutantou and Michele Kambas

(Reuters) The European Union wants to rebuild trust with Turkey, its top diplomat said on Wednesday, after a standoff in March in which thousands of migrants attempted to force their way into Greece, triggering clashes on their border. Before the coronavirus pandemic […]

Authorities don’t have solid proof that man once jailed for terrorism is now a threat

June 23, 2020 Gary Craig

(Democrat and Chronicle) The upper echelons of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security paint Adham Amin Hassoun as a terrorist so dangerous he should not be set free on American soil. That said, federal officials have a dilemma with Hassoun, […]

Reading terror suspect was classified as ‘high mental health risk’ amid fears he was not getting help he needed (LINK ONLY)

June 23, 2020 EoI News

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Cyprus probes alleged groping of girls at migrant center

June 23, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) Cyprus’ interior minister said Tuesday that he asked police to launch a criminal investigation into allegations that girls staying at a migrants’ reception center were sexually harassed by other residents. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris told state broadcaster CyBC that he takes […]

Channel migrants: Border Force intercepts 28 people

June 22, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Twenty-eight migrants in dinghies and a kayak have been intercepted in the Channel. The Border Force found the people in three vessels between 07:40 and 11:30 BST on Sunday. There were 24 males and four females, but the Home Office no […]

Greece extends lockdown at migrant camps on World Refugee Day

June 20, 2020 Katerina Nikolopoulou

(AFP) Greece announced on Saturday another extension of the coronavirus lockdown on its teeming migrant camps, hours after some 2,000 people protested in central Athens to mark World Refugee Day and denounce the government’s treatment of migrants. The migration ministry said confinement […]

Migrant boat intercepted off Kent coast

June 20, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) A boat carrying three migrants has been intercepted off the Kent coast. The Home Office said Border Force sent a vessel into the Channel at Dover at about 11:00 BST. Three men who presented themselves as Iraqi, Kuwaiti and Libyan nationals […]

Greece culls migrant support groups in ‘transparency’ overhaul

June 20, 2020 John Hadoulis

(AFP) Dozens of groups helping asylum seekers in Greece risk being edged out in a government move to tighten what it calls “opaque” rules overseeing charities, sparking concern that crucial support will be cut. Critics warn that the new registration regulations will […]

Terrorism suspect arrested in Dutch refugee center

June 19, 2020 Zack Newmark

(NL Times) Police in the Netherlands arrested a 24-year-old Syrian man on Tuesday at a reception center for people seeking asylum in the country. The man was accused of involvement in a terrorist organization, and was taken into custody in Balk, a […]

Federal case will test authority to detain man for life under Patriot Act

June 18, 2020 Gary Craig

(Democrat and Chronicle) A federal courtroom in Rochester next week will be the battleground for a constitutional tug-of-war as authorities try to keep jailed a man once imprisoned for terrorism crimes and who is now facing deportation. The hearing will test the […]

Channel migrants: 41 intercepted by Border Force

June 18, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) More than 40 migrants were intercepted while attempting to [cross] the English Channel earlier. The Home Office said three boats were found in separate incidents, with 36 men and 5 women brought to Dover. A spokeswoman said: “These attempted crossings are […]

Cyprus says common EU migration deal ‘imperative’

June 18, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) The European Union must forge a common migration policy that obligates member states to take in a proportional number of asylum-seekers and restricts EU funding access to any country that refuses, Cyprus’ interior minister said Thursday. Nicos Nouris said it’s “imperative” […]

EU slams Bosnia over its treatment of migrants

June 17, 2020 Sabina Niksic

(AP) The European Union has threatened to reconsider helping Bosnia to provide for thousands of migrants stuck in its territory over the Balkan country’s failure to take responsibility of the already established EU-funded reception centers. The warning has been delivered … in […]

Channel migrants: Border Force and RNLI intercept boats

June 17, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) More than 30 migrants have been brought ashore at Dover after Border Force vessels intercepted three small boats in the Channel. The Home Office said the alerts came in the early hours between 04:50 BST and about 06:15 BST. Thirty-four men […]

Channel migrants try to cross English Channel in fog

June 16, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Migrants have tried to cross the Channel to the UK amid thick fog over the Kent coast. Border Force teams were seen earlier with a group of people thought to have attempted the crossing, and officials were spotted towing a rowing […]

Channel migrants: Border Force intercept five boats

June 15, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Five boats carrying migrants have been intercepted by Border Force vessels in the English Channel. The Home Office said 49 men and women were brought to Dover and transferred to immigration officials. The attempted crossings started at about 06:25 BST and […]

Migrant crossings into Europe spiked in May: report The number of migrants seeking to enter the EU tripled in May compared to the previous month. It's a sign traffic along Europe's migration routes is picking up again after a lull brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

June 14, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Deutsche Welle) European border agency Frontex recorded a sharp increase in migrants hoping to enter the EU last month, German media reported Sunday. The spike comes after coronavirus lockdowns and widespread border closures cut the number of potential asylum-seekers able to reach […]

Knife crime looms larger than virus in Greek refugee camp

June 11, 2020 Natasa Papanikolaou

(AFP) Inside Greece’s largest asylum-seeker camp on the island of Lesbos, the coronavirus is an oft-heard threat that has kept migrant facilities around the country under lockdown since March. But knife crime is the real killer. Whereas COVID-19 has yet to surface […]

Channel migrants: Windsurfing boards used as makeshift raft

June 10, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Four migrants have tried to cross the English Channel on a makeshift raft made from two windsurfing boards tied together, and using shovels as paddles. They were spotted in difficulty by a DFDS ferry off Calais at about 06:25 local time, […]

Applications for asylum in EU plummet during pandemic

June 10, 2020 Lena Masri

(Reuters) Asylum applications in Europe fell to the lowest level in April for over a decade as borders closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, European Union figures show, compounding the challenges of people fleeing conflict and persecution. The number of […]

Border Force staff ‘will face violence’ when fingerprinting migrants

June 9, 2020 Ben Robinson and Paul Kenyon

(BBC) UK Border Force officers will face violent attacks after the government told them to take the fingerprints of migrants who try to board Eurotunnel trains, a trade union has said. The Home Office order was made to staff at the terminal […]

Court orders dismissal of Trump Muslim travel ban challenges

June 8, 2020 Denise Lavoie

(AP) A federal appeals court on Monday ordered a lower court to toss out legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s 3-year-old ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim countries, finding that a judge misinterpreted a Supreme Court ruling that found the ban has […]

Stranded migrants grabbed knives, threatened to blow up gas cylinder — Abela 'They gave me 30 minutes or else they would kidnap the crew'

June 7, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Times of Malta) Migrants on board a government-chartered tourist boat off Malta occupied the kitchen, grabbed knives and threatened to blow up a gas cylinder and burn rubbish, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Sunday. “They gave us half an hour to […]

Migrants allowed to disembark from tourist boats amid takeover fears Government 'not willing to endanger lives of crew' after 'commotion' on board

June 6, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Times of Malta) Some 425 migrants who were being held offshore on four tourist boats were finally allowed to disembark on Saturday-Sunday night amid fears of a takeover on one of them. Some of the migrants had been held at sea for […]

Europe rights body urges Malta to stop keeping rescued migrants offshore

June 4, 2020 Chris Scicluna

(Reuters) Europe’s leading human rights body urged Malta on Thursday to allow disembarkation of more than 400 migrants being held on four former tour group boats just outside the Mediterranean island’s territorial waters. Some of the migrants have been held at sea […]

Migrant crossings hit single day record

June 3, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) More than 160 migrants travelled across the Channel in small boats in 24 hours — a record for a single day. The Border Force intercepted seven boats on Wednesday, while 11 men were detained on a beach at Samphire Hoe in […]

Rescued migrants stranded on chartered Maltese tourist boats

June 3, 2020 Frances D'Emilio and Rene Rossignaud

(AP) More than 400 migrants are living aboard pleasure cruise vessels bobbing in the sea off Malta, many of them for weeks now. But for them, it’s no pleasure, only uncertainty over their fate and they aren’t cruising anywhere. Rescued from human […]

Tents and razor wire: Cyprus struggles with migrant influx

June 2, 2020 Paul Raymond

(AFP) In the thick of the coronavirus lockdown in Cyprus, authorities gave a group of asylum seekers a stark choice: move to an overcrowded camp or go home. The Mediterranean island deemed it a necessary step to save money — the tiny […]

Thousands face homelessness in Greek refugee relocation push

June 1, 2020 Marina Rafenberg

(AFP) Abdelkader Rahmoun hasn’t slept in days. The 44-year-old Syrian and his family are among thousands of recognised refugees about to lose the temporary homes they were given under Greece’s asylum seeker housing scheme. On Monday the first departures began, with dozens […]

Cyprus to launch SMS campaign to stem migrant arrivals

May 31, 2020 Menelaos Hadjicostis

(AP) Cyprus is launching a multilingual SMS campaign to head off more migrant arrivals by dispelling the mistaken belief the European Union member country is a gateway to the continent, the Cypriot interior minister said Sunday. Nicos Nouris told the Associated Press […]

Inquiry into migrant deaths clears prime minister of homicide claims

May 30, 2020 Ivan Martin

(Times of Malta) A magisterial inquiry into whether the prime minister, the brigadier, and the crew of an Armed Forces of Malta patrol boat were responsible for the deaths of at least five migrants at sea has cleared them of homicide. The […]

Iranians and Iraqis dominate attempts to enter UK via perilous cross-Channel route

May 29, 2020 Dominic Dudley

(Forbes) Iranian and Iraqi nationals accounted for almost all the migrants intercepted while trying to cross the English Channel to enter the UK in the first three months of this year, according to statistics from the UK government. In a written answer […]

People smugglers exploit legal loophole as French Navy escorts them into British waters (LINK ONLY)

May 27, 2020 EoI News

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Channel migrants: Boats carrying 60 people intercepted

May 27, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Four boats carrying 60 migrants have been intercepted off the Kent coast. The Home Office said 57 men and three women had crossed the English Channel on Wednesday in small boats. A spokesman said they were alerted to the first incident […]

Priti Patel wants new powers to curb illegal migrants sneaking into UK (LINK ONLY)

May 26, 2020 EoI News

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Channel migrants: Boats and kayak carrying 80 people intercepted

May 26, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Six boats and a kayak carrying 80 migrants have been intercepted off the Kent coast. The Home Office said 65 men and 15 women had crossed the English Channel on Tuesday in small boats. A spokesman said the migrants travelled from […]

Italy Senate panel votes down Salvini probe over stranded migrants

May 26, 2020 Angelo Amante

(Reuters) An Italian Senate committee on Tuesday rejected a request by magistrates to investigate Matteo Salvini, head of the rightwing League party, for refusing a migrant rescue boat permission to land last year when he was interior minister. Salvini refused to allow […]

Wave of migration strains Spain’s Canary Islands amid pandemic

May 26, 2020 Borja Suarez and Paola Luelmo

(Reuters) About 80 African migrants packed aboard two fishing boats landed on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria on Tuesday, adding to the hundreds of new arrivals now stuck there while the coronavirus lockdown prevents transfers to the mainland. The first boat […]

Home Office approaches Australian Border Force chief who helped mastermind return of sea migrants (LINK ONLY)

May 25, 2020 EoI News

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Cyprus to deport 17 migrants suspected of terror links

May 25, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) Cyprus will deport 17 migrants who are being held on suspicion of having links to extremist groups or involved in acts of terror, the country’s interior ministry said Monday. The men are currently being held in a migrants’ detention facility and […]

Libya stops nearly 400 migrants attempting to cross to Europe: IOM

May 25, 2020 Angus McDowall

(Reuters) Libya’s coastguard has stopped nearly 400 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean in five boats in the past two days, the United Nations migration agency said on Monday. That brings to more than 1,000 the number of people who have attempted […]

Italian police downgrade migrant influx to Sicily from 400 to 70: ANSA

May 24, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Italian police on Sunday corrected a report that a record 400 migrants had landed on a beach in Sicily, saying the number was only around 70, the ANSA news agency reported. A single wooden fishing boat some 10 metres (35 feet) […]

Man jailed for smuggling migrants in dinghies

May 22, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) A people smuggler who helped to bring people into the UK on dinghies has been jailed for nine years. Albanian national Vladimir Bardoshi, 36, led a gang that ferried illegal migrants across the Channel from France in dangerous conditions, police said. […]

Channel migrants: Lone children ‘could overwhelm council services’

May 22, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) The rising number of child migrants crossing the Channel by boat risks overwhelming social services, the leader of Kent County Council has said. Roger Gough appealed to Priti Patel to “prevent a crisis escalating into something unmanageable and unsafe.” More than […]

Malta rescues 140 migrants but holds them on tourist boats offshore

May 22, 2020 Chris Scicluna

(Reuters) Malta on Friday rescued a group of 140 migrants from a sinking dinghy but refused to bring them to land, holding them instead on a chartered tourist harbour cruise boat just outside territorial waters. The rescue was conducted by a Maltese […]

Channel migrants: Small boats ‘major threat to UK’

May 22, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Small boat migrant crossings are becoming “a major threat” to the UK, MPs have been told. The Home Affairs Select Committee was hearing evidence after Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage claimed French ships were “escorting” migrant boats. The Home Office said […]