Government & Politics
Priti Patel’s immigration bill suffers multiple defeats in Lords (LINK ONLY)
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Refugees
Immigration
Extradition bid certified for man accused in Iraq killings
(AP) A judge has certified the Iraqi government’s extradition request for a Phoenix driving school owner on charges that he participated in the killings of two police officers 15 years ago in the Iraqi city of Fallujah as the leader of an […]
Government & Politics
Ex-Taliban torturer can’t be booted out of Britain as it may breach his human rights (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Polish pushbacks to Belarus go on as Ukrainians welcomed
(AFP) Poland has welcomed two million refugees from war-torn Ukraine at lightning speed and with open arms. Yet just north of that border, the EU member continues to push back those crossing from Belarus. Since last summer, thousands of migrants and refugees […]
Immigration
More than 500 migrants intercepted crossing the Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Greek independent authority rejects migrant pushback claims
(AP) Greece’s independent authority for transparency said Tuesday that after an in-depth investigation it has found no basis for reports that Greek authorities have illegally turned back asylum-seekers entering the country from Turkey. The National Transparency Authority said in a statement that […]
Immigration
Omar Ameen’s attorneys say judge has rejected efforts to return Sacramento man to Iraq
(Sacramento Bee) Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen has won a ruling from a federal immigration judge that bars the government from sending him back to Iraq because of the possibility he could face torture there, but the Sacramento resident’s legal fight is continuing […]
Government & Politics
Boris Johnson could sack Home Secretary Priti Patel after losing grip of Channel migrant crisis (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel migrants: Almost 200 migrants cross Channel in small boats
(BBC) A total of 190 people crossed the English Channel to the UK on Thursday, the Home Office said. They arrived in Kent in six boats. The French authorities stopped a further 85 people from making the crossing in three boats. Crossings […]
Children & Teens
Babies and young children carried to safety as migrant crossings continue (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel crossings continue as more migrants arrive in Kent (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Osama Bin Laden’s ‘spokesman’ back in Britain after police quiz lasting just one hour (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migrant crossings: Boats with 279 people on board intercepted
(BBC) Almost 280 people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Wednesday, the Home Office has confirmed. The nine boats with 279 people on board were brought to Dover, with French authorities stopping one boat with 25 people on board from […]
Immigration
More than 900 people intercepted attempting to cross Channel in single day (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Afghan refugees in US to receive temporary protected status
(AP) Afghan refugees in the United States will be allowed to stay for at least 18 months under temporary protected status, the government said Wednesday, a move that will help some of the thousands who arrived following the chaotic American withdrawal from […]
Children & Teens
Baby is among latest group of people to cross Channel in small boats (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Police in northern Greece net migrant smuggling gang
(Kathimerini) In an operation carried out with help from the European police agency Europol, law enforcement authorities in northern Greece have dismantled what they believe to be a large migrant smuggling ring. According to an announcement released by the Hellenic Police (ELAS) […]
Government & Politics
Euro MP claims African migrants exploiting Ukraine war to enter EU
(Breitbart) African migrants, along with a host of other nationalities, are exploiting the war in Ukraine to enter France, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) has claimed. Nicolas Bay MEP has claimed that African migrants are using refugee channels aimed at […]
Children & Teens
Cyprus rights official: Young migrants in ‘miserable’ camp
(AP) The war in Ukraine has focused the world’s attention on the plight of millions fleeing the country. But migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and elsewhere continue to reach ethnically divided Cyprus, where authorities say they’re overwhelmed. On the outskirts of the […]
Immigration
1,000 migrants fail in attempt to reach Spanish enclave
(AP) Around 1,000 migrants tried unsuccessfully to climb over the barrier separating Morocco from one of Spain’s African enclaves on Tuesday, authorities in Spain said. The representative for Spain’s government in Melilla said that Moroccan border guards repelled the attempt while Spanish […]
Government & Politics
Experts raise doubts over plan for Royal Navy to control Channel crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
RNLI and Border Force bring 99 people to safety as they cross English Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
U.S. plans to complete resettlement of Afghan refugees by August
(Bloomberg) The U.S. is hoping to complete in August the resettlement of Afghan refugees stranded by its exit from the country last year as the Taliban surged back to power, a senior State Department official said. So far, 85,000 Afghan refugees have […]
Immigration
Channel crossings continue as more migrants arrive in Kent (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Hundreds of Africans cross into Spain’s Melilla for 2nd day
(AP) Hundreds of people tried for a second day to climb over the fences that separate a Spanish city in North Africa from Morocco, authorities said Thursday. The Spanish government’s delegation in Melilla said 1,200 migrants attempted to scale the 6-meter (20-foot) […]
Immigration
Nearly 500 migrants push into Spanish North African enclave
(AP) A record number of 491 migrants crossed the fences separating the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco Wednesday, authorities in the North African city said. Dozens were injured, including border patrol agents. The Spanish government representative in Melilla, Sabrina Moh, told […]
Government & Politics
Concerns grow over unvetted Afghan ‘suspected terrorists’ let into US
(Washington Examiner) As the Biden administration moves to ship tens of thousands of Afghan refugees into American communities to live, there is growing concern that the vetting process to weed out “known or suspected terrorists,” including those involved in IED attacks on […]
Citizenship
Lords reject clause in bill criminalising refugees who arrive by irregular route (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel migrants: Four boats with 132 people make the crossing
(BBC) Four small boats with 132 people on board crossed the English Channel on Saturday, the Home Office said. The Home Office has released figures showing that 28,526 people made the crossing from France in small boats [in] 2021, treble the number […]
Government & Politics
Ankara steps up unfounded pushback allegations
(Kathimerini) Ankara has taken its allegations of human rights violations by Greece to the United Nations, accusing it of pushbacks and refugee and migrant deaths in the Aegean. The Turkish allegations are included in the letter sent by the permanent representative of […]
Government & Politics
Channel crossings topped 28,500 in 2021, official figures reveal (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Hungary’s FM lauds Egypt effort to stem migration to Europe
(AP) Hungary’s foreign minister on Wednesday praised Egypt’s efforts to stem the flow of Europe-bound migrants through its Mediterranean Sea shores. Speaking at a news briefing in Cairo, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto urged the European Union to step up support, including funding, […]
Government & Politics
UN alarmed at increasing reports of Greek migrant pushbacks
(AP) The U.N. refugee agency on Monday voiced alarm at increasing reports of “horrific incidents” where asylum-seekers and migrants trying to slip into Greece and other European countries are allegedly being forced back. Athens denied the claims, and said the UNHCR appeared […]
Government & Politics
EU agrees to help Cyprus manage record migrant influx
(AFP) Cyprus struck a deal Monday with the European Union to help it handle a large migrant influx to the divided Mediterranean island, which Nicosia says is the highest per capita in the EU. The agreement will make it easier for Cyprus […]
Government & Politics
EU official: Turkey will gain by curbing migration to Cyprus
(AP) Turkey “has much to gain” if it works with the European Union to stem migrant arrivals from its airports and shores to the ethnically divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus, a top EU official said Sunday. European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas […]
Immigration
Liverpool bomber got thousands of pounds from taxpayers to fight deportation (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
EU states and Macron throw up obstacles to easing Channel migrant crisis (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Pentagon IG report says 50 Afghan evacuees brought to US had ‘potentially significant security concerns’ US agencies 'did not use all available data when vetting Afghan evacuees,' Pentagon watchdog finds
(Fox) A Pentagon inspector general report released this week found that officials identified at least 50 Afghan evacuees who were brought to the United States in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan whose information indicated “potentially significant security concerns” — […]
Government & Politics
Biden weighs temporary protected status for Afghans
(Hill) The Biden administration is considering offering temporary protected status (TPS) to Afghans already in the United States, three sources familiar with the matter told the Hill, as the clock winds down on how to find a way for thousands to legally […]
Government & Politics
Military planning 10-ship taskforce to intercept illegal migrants in Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
EU border agency to help Cyprus with migrant repatriations
(AP) The chief of the European Union’s Frontex border agency said Wednesday that the repatriation of migrants is Cyprus’ “most urgent need” and that his organization is ready to facilitate flights to return home people who had asylum claims rejected in Cyprus. […]
Government & Politics
Priti Patel’s ‘unworkable’ asylum reforms will cost taxpayer £2.7bn a year, report finds (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Cyprus minister pins blame for migration ’emergency’ on Turkey
(AFP) The small Mediterranean island of Cyprus has an outsized problem with irregular migration, says the interior minister of the EU member state located closest to the Middle East. “For us, this is a state of emergency,” Nicos Nouris told AFP, adding […]
Government & Politics
More than 500,000 Afghan migrants are heading for Europe and the Channel coast (LINK ONLY)
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Demonstrations
Afghan refugees in UAE protest for third day, call for U.S. resettlement
(Reuters) Afghan refugees held in the United Arab Emirates for months since fleeing Afghanistan last year protested for a third day on Friday, calling for resettlement in the United States. The demonstrations by hundreds of Afghans began on Wednesday at the centre […]
Government & Politics
EU seeks to deploy border agency to Senegal
(AFP) European Commissioner Ylva Johansson on Friday offered to deploy the EU’s border agency to Senegal to help combat migrant smuggling, following a surge in perilous crossings to Spain’s Canary Islands. At a news conference in the Senegalese capital Dakar, Johansson said […]
Demonstrations
Afghan refugees in UAE protest months-long wait for resettlement
(Reuters) Hundreds of Afghans have launched a rare protest at a United Arab Emirates facility where they have been housed since fleeing their homeland last year, holding banners pleading for freedom and demanding to be sent to the United States to be […]
Children & Teens
Cyprus: Migrant repatriations are key to easing overcrowding
(AP) The repatriations of migrants who have had their asylum applications rejected is essential to easing overcrowding and reducing violence at a migrant reception camp, Cyprus’ interior minister said Wednesday. Minister Nicos Nouris told state broadcaster CyBC that 35 migrants suffered minor […]
Crime
Greek protesters torch equipment at island migrant camp
(AP) Four people have been arrested on the Greek island of Lesbos after violence broke out during a protest against plans to build a new migrant camp, authorities said Tuesday. Following a peaceful march to the site in heavy rain Monday, a […]
Crime
Well-known Wausau Afghan refugee facing sexual assault charge
(WMTV) A 40-year-old man who openly shared his experiences of coming to Wausau from Afghanistan as part of the refugee resettlement project has been arrested following an investigation in[to] sexual assault. Police are recommending Matiullah Matie be charged with fourth-degree sexual assault. […]