Immigration
Channel crossings resume following quiet weekend (LINK ONLY)
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Refugees
Citizenship
3 Houston-area men federally charged with providing material to ISIS
(KTRK) Three Houston-area men have been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, records show. Abdulrahman Mohammed Hafedh Alqaysi, 24, and his cousin Mohammed (aka Moe) Amer Faisal Al Qaysi, 26, another former Iraqi refugee, and […]
Immigration
More than 300 people crossed Channel in small boats to reach UK this weekend (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Attempted migrant Channel crossings from France to UK soar
(AFP) The number of migrants seeking to cross the Channel from France to England rose 68 percent in the first half of 2022, the French interior ministry said Monday. From January 1 to June 13, there were 777 attempted crossings involving 20,132 […]
Children & Teens
Syrian migrant indicted for getting 8-year-old step-daughter pregnant
(Breitbart) Prosecutors in Belgium are seeking ten years in prison for a Syrian migrant who is believed to have sexually abused his eight-year-old step-daughter and left her pregnant as a result of the abuse. The 27-year-old is said to have raped the […]
Crime
Egyptian migrant dies in France after police shootout
(AFP) An Egyptian migrant has died after being shot at by French police who tried to stop a van that had rammed through immigration controls on the Italian border, prosecutors said Thursday. The issue of police violence has been thrust into the […]
Immigration
233 people brought to UK after attempting to cross English Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Biden administration expands terrorism-related exemptions for Afghan evacuees
(Axios) The Department of Homeland Security and State Department announced on Tuesday that they would expand the number of terrorism-related exemptions to allow Afghan evacuees who worked with and supported the U.S. government to qualify for protection and immigration benefits. Why it […]
Immigration
444 people brought ashore after attempting to cross English Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Illegal migrant crossings to EU up 82 percent: Frontex
(AFP) Illegal migrant crossings into the European Union rose by 82 percent between January and May compared to the same period in 2021, the European border agency said on Monday. Frontex said there were 86,420 irregular crossings into the 27-nation bloc in […]
Crime
Truck crashes fleeing Greek police: Migrant killed, 17 hurt
(AP) A pickup truck trying to evade pursuing police in northeastern Greece slammed into a fence, killing one migrant and injuring 17 others, including the driver, Greek police said Sunday. The accident took place Saturday in the northeastern region of Thrace, police […]
Government & Politics
Prince Charles: Flying migrants to Rwanda is ‘appalling’ (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Number of Syrians becoming German citizens tripled in 2021
(Reuters) The number of Syrians who became naturalised German citizens was three times higher in 2021 than the year before, as many of those who fled between 2014 and 2016 fulfilled eligibility criteria, data showed on Friday. The overall number of foreigners […]
Immigration
Plan to foil mass migrant entry from Turkey Hellenic Police and Coast Guard elaborating scenarios in case of repeat of 2020 Evros incident
(Kathimerini) Amid rising acrimony with Turkey, plans are being drafted to deal with the possibility of an attempted mass entry of migrants into Greece at the instigation of Ankara in a repeat of the spring 2020 incident at the Evros land border. […]
Government & Politics
Reps. Jim Jordan, Tom McClintock demand answers from State Department, DHS over assassination plot against George W. Bush
(Daily Caller) Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan and Republican California Rep. Tom McClintock sent a letter Tuesday to the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) calling for information about the May assassination plot against former President George W. Bush. […]
Government & Politics
Home Office offers asylum seekers choice between war zones they fled and Rwanda (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Man ‘posted terror video’ after Liverpool hospital bombing
(BBC) An asylum seeker posted Islamic State (IS) propaganda on social media after the bombing at a Liverpool hospital, a jury has heard. Ahmiri Ahmedi Azizi, 24, from Sheffield, is said to have shared the footage the day after the attack. The […]
Government & Politics
Mediterranean nations criticize EU solidarity on migrants
(AP) Five European Union nations on the Mediterranean who fear possible waves of refugees driven by hunger out of Africa called Saturday for an end to the EU’s “voluntary” solidarity on migrants and a better way to redistribute the burden of caring […]
Crime
2 killed as Greek police chase stolen car carrying migrants
(AP) Two people, one believed to be a migrant and the other the alleged trafficker, died Saturday in northern Greece while trying to evade a police checkpoint, police in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki said. Twelve more people riding in the […]
Immigration
Europe’s south expects over 150,000 migrant arrivals this year, minister says
(Reuters) Mediterranean countries on major migrant routes into Europe expect over 150,000 arrivals this year as food shortages caused by the Ukraine conflict threaten a new migration wave from Africa and the Middle East. “This year the frontline member states are expected, […]
Immigration
Migrant arrivals nearly hit 10,000 in UK for this year (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Afghans with western links among rising number trying to cross Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Demonstrations
Afghans evacuated to Albania protest for faster move to US
(AP) A group of people evacuated from Afghanistan as the Taliban returned to power last year held a protest Wednesday in Albania over the failure to expedite their move to the United States. A small group of families in Shengjin, a town […]
Government & Politics
Home secretary ‘absolutely determined’ to proceed with Rwanda deportation plan (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
First Rwanda deportation flight to leave UK on 14 June, says Priti Patel (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Women and young children among latest small boat arrivals in UK (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Greece planning major wall extension on border with Turkey
(AP) Greek authorities say they are planning a major extension of a wall along the country’s border with Turkey and are seeking European Union financial support for the additional construction. Notis Mitarachi, the migration affairs minister, said the steel wall would be […]
Government & Politics
Asylum seekers to receive Rwanda deportation notices within days with No10 hoping first flight will take off in June (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Greece blocked 40,000 migrants at Evros this year: govt
(AFP) Greece said Saturday some 40,000 illegal migrants had been blocked from entering the country along the northern border with Turkey since the beginning of the year. Greece is often the country of choice for migrants fleeing Africa and the Middle East […]
Immigration
Kurdish asylum seekers on hunger strike in Poland
(AFP) Ten Kurdish asylum seekers in Poland on Friday entered their third week of a hunger strike to protest what they described as prison-like conditions and a slow immigration process. “The strike began on May 4,” said Dagmara Bielec, a spokeswoman for […]
Government & Politics
Detention hearing waived in plot to kill George W. Bush
(AP) An Iraqi man behind bars following his arrest on a charge of plotting to assassinate former President George W. Bush has waived his right to a detention hearing and will remain behind bars for now, according to a court document filed […]
Immigration
Afghans ‘largest group’ fleeing to the UK by crossing the Channel — figures (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Rights group: Bulgaria uses police dogs in migrant pushbacks
(AP) An international rights group said Thursday that Bulgarian authorities are attacking Afghan and other asylum-seekers, using police dogs and other violence to illegally push them back over the border into Turkey. Human Rights Watch said that the migrants reported being beaten, […]
Crime
French police clear Channel migrant camps after violence leaves one dead
(AFP) Police dismantled a camp housing hundreds of migrants near Dunkirk in northern France on Wednesday after one person was killed and three wounded in suspected score-settling between smugglers, authorities said. Around 500 people, mainly Iraqi Kurds, had been living at the […]
Government & Politics
Greece says it won’t allow illegal entry of migrants by land or sea
(Reuters) Greece warned on Tuesday that it would not allow the illegal entry of migrants by land or by sea, after a sharp increase in attempted entries through its Aegean islands and land border with Turkey over the past few days. The […]
Immigration
Greece says hundreds of migrants stopped from crossing Aegean
(AFP) Greece said on Monday it had prevented around 600 migrants from crossing the Aegean Sea into its territorial waters from neighbouring Turkey, in the largest attempted entry this year. A spokesman for the Greek coastguard said five sail boats and four […]
Immigration
Channel crossings exceed 9,000 for the year (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Afghan migrant accused of sexually abusing two Ukrainian refugee children
(Breitbart) An Afghan migrant who worked as security at German asylum accommodation has been accused of sexually abusing two Ukrainian refugee children aged six and seven. The alleged abuse is said to have taken place at asylum accommodation in the town of […]
Crime
Sicily judge weighs trial of migrant rescue NGOs
(AFP) Charities running migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean faced a pre-trial hearing in Sicily Saturday over alleged collusion with people traffickers after a controversial probe that involved mass wiretapping. Twenty-one suspects, including crew members of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Save the […]
Government & Politics
Rwanda says UK asylum seekers to arrive ‘in next few weeks’
(AFP) The first batch of asylum seekers sent to Rwanda from the UK under a controversial new deal will likely arrive in the East African nation “in the next few weeks,” officials in Kigali said Thursday. Since being announced last month, the […]
Government & Politics
Britain, Rwanda defend asylum-seekers plan at UN agencies
(AP) Britain and Rwanda on Thursday faced down two United Nations agencies that have sharply criticized their controversial plan in which Britain expects to send some asylum-seekers from the U.K. to the African country. In an interview with the Associated Press before […]
Children & Teens
Syrian migrant suspected of raping 15-year-old Ukrainian refugee girl
(Breitbart) A 19-year-old Syrian migrant has been accused of rape by a 15-year-old Ukrainian refugee girl but has not been kept in custody, in what some are claiming is a scandal. The alleged rape took place in the late evening last Wednesday […]
Government & Politics
Channel crossings continue for a fourth consecutive day (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel crossings exceed 8,000 for the year (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Passengers on German train overpower knife attacker
(AP) An off-duty police officer and two other passengers on a regional train in Germany overpowered [an] Iraq-born man who wounded five people including the officer with a knife on Friday, authorities said. A top law enforcement official said the 31-year-old attacker […]
Immigration
Erdogan opponents allege Greek border pushbacks
(AFP) For years Greece has been accused of illegally pushing asylum-seekers back to Turkey, a practice it strenuously denies. But according to witnesses and rights groups, the summary deportations are also hitting vulnerable opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Kurdish writer […]
Crime
Austria police smash int’l ring smuggling Syrians
(AFP) Police have smashed a group believed to have smuggled tens of thousands of Syrians with two of them found suffocated in a van last year, Austria’s interior ministry announced on Thursday. A total of 205 people suspected to be linked to […]
Government & Politics
Linton-on-Ouse asylum centre an ‘open prison in middle of nowhere’
(BBC) Villagers have branded a planned asylum centre on an ex-RAF station site an “open prison in the middle of nowhere.” The Home Office wants to place up to 1,500 male asylum seekers at Linton-on-Ouse near York. Residents have flooded the prime […]
Government & Politics
Rwanda plan ‘sends clear signal but will take time,’ says Patel (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
First refugees to be told this week of their relocation to Rwanda (LINK ONLY)
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