Children & Teens
Babies wrapped in blankets brought to safety after Channel crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Refugees
Government & Politics
Villagers decry UK plan to house 1,500 asylum seekers
(AFP) The village of Linton-on-Ouse is usually a sleepy place, but its residents are up in arms at a UK government plan to house up to 1,500 asylum seekers, whose numbers will dwarf local residents. In mid-April, 43-year-old Steve says he was […]
Government & Politics
EU lawmakers delay approval of border agency’s budget over illegal pushbacks European Parliament postpones decision due to ongoing investigation against Frontex
(Anadolu) EU lawmakers on Wednesday withheld approval on the EU border and coast guard agency’s (Frontex) budget over “illegal pushbacks of migrants” as they signed off [on] the bloc’s budget for 2020. With 492 votes in favor, 145 against, and eight abstentions, […]
Children & Teens
Number of child asylum seekers in EU soared in 2021, with many from Afghanistan
(Reuters) The number of unaccompanied children who sought asylum in the European Union in 2021 jumped by 72% as the number of refugees arriving from Afghanistan rose sharply, the bloc’s statistics office said on Wednesday. Overall, however, the number of asylum seekers […]
Crime
UK arrests suspected migrant boat ‘kingpin’
(AFP) The UK’s National Crime Agency announced Wednesday it had arrested the suspected leader of an international criminal operation supplying small boats to people smugglers taking migrants across the Channel. The numbers of migrants crossing the busy shipping lane from northern France […]
Government & Politics
Channel migrants: At least 350 intercepted in two days
(BBC) At least 350 migrants have been brought ashore from the English Channel in the past two days, according to witnesses and official figures. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it found seven boats carrying 254 migrants on Sunday — witnesses said […]
Immigration
‘More than 200 people arrive in Dover after 11-day pause in Channel crossings’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
EU border agency boss quits over alleged mismanagement
(AFP) Fabrice Leggeri, a figurehead for impenetrable European frontiers who was frequently accused of tolerating illegal “pushbacks” of migrants, has resigned as head of Frontex, the border agency said Friday. The Frontex board made the announcement after holding a two-day meeting “in […]
Government & Politics
‘Too soon to tell’ if Rwanda deal is deterring Channel crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Cyprus detains 2 for smuggling after 24 Syrians land in boat
(AP) Cyprus police on Friday detained two men on suspicion of helping two dozen Syrian asylum-seekers reach the east Mediterranean island nation aboard a rigid-hulled inflatable boat. A court ordered the two men — aged 30 and 28 — held in police […]
Government & Politics
Number of migrants crossing Channel falls to zero since Rwanda scheme was announced (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Priti Patel will hire private jets to send illegal migrants to Rwanda after ‘woke’ airline chiefs refuse to run flights (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Vast majority of Afghans turned away by U.S. entry program
(Hill) The Biden administration has denied roughly 85 percent of the applications it has processed from Afghans seeking to come to the U.S. through a program that allows for temporarily waiving immigration requirements. New figures obtained by the Hill show the administration […]
Fasting
North Texas group using billboard to educate people about Ramadan WhyIslam is hoping the billboard will help dispel misconceptions about the Islamic faith, organizers said.
(Dallas Morning News) WhyIslam Dallas, an Islamic group based in Plano, is using a billboard in Dallas to help educate people about Ramadan as part of a program that will also provide holiday gifts to 300 refugee families. The billboard is located […]
Crime
North London barber who used shop as front for people smuggling plot convicted (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Police find 18 migrants in North Macedonia, nab car driver
(AP) Police in North Macedonia say a patrol discovered 18 migrants in the south of the country and arrested the driver after a brief chase. A police statement released Monday said the 18 migrants, 14 Syrians and 4 Pakistanis, were discovered late […]
Health & Medicine
Somali man on trial in Germany over fatal stabbings
(AFP) A Somali man went on trial in Germany on Friday accused of stabbing three people to death and injuring several others, with prosecutors seeking to have him placed in psychiatric care. The suspect, an asylum seeker with a history of mental […]
Government & Politics
Denmark in talks with Rwanda on transfer of asylum seekers
(Reuters) Denmark is in talks with Rwanda about setting up a new procedure for transferring asylum seekers to the East African nation, mirroring a similar move by Britain announced last week. A deal with Rwanda would make Denmark the first European Union […]
Immigration
Greece: Syrian asylum-seekers found on sailboat near Athens
(AP) Greek authorities say they are searching for the captain of a small Polish-flagged sailboat found moored in a bay on the island of Salamina, near the country’s largest port of Piraeus, carrying five Syrian nationals who had been smuggled into the […]
Immigration
Frontex sees big rise in EU migrant entries, no Ukraine link
(AP) The number of migrants trying to enter the European Union without authorization in the first three months of this year has risen to its highest level since 2016, even excluding refugees arriving from Ukraine, the EU’s border and coast guard agency […]
Government & Politics
Cyprus plans surveillance system to stem migrant crossings
(AP) Cyprus will install an electronic surveillance system along the buffer zone that divides the island nation along ethnic lines, to stem a surge in illegal immigration through the breakaway north, the government said Tuesday. Government spokesman Marios Pelekanos announced the plan […]
Government & Politics
Law change to allow deportation of potential terrorists, refugees on the cards
(Radio NZ) The government is looking into whether it will change the law to make it possible to send would-be terrorists, or refugees who have been serious offenders, back to their home countries. And former justice minister Andrew Little has defended how […]
Immigration
Greek police: Migrant shot dead while crossing from Turkey
(AP) A migrant was killed by gunfire at the Greece-Turkey border while she and several others attempted to cross a river separating the two countries, Greek police said Sunday. It wasn’t immediately clear who fired the shot that killed the woman on […]
Immigration
More than 6,000 migrants have crossed Channel to UK in small boats this year (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Johnson puts Navy in charge of Channel as he defends Rwanda migration plan (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Tens of thousands of asylum seekers could be sent to Rwanda, says Johnson (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Hundreds cross English Channel as PM announces Rwanda migration plan (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
UK to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
5,000-plus migrants thought to have reached UK this year after crossing Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Women and children among latest small boat arrivals in the UK (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Police on Rhodes arrest suspected migrant traffickers
(Kathimerini) Police on Rhodes announced on Monday that they arrested four foreigners suspected of involvement in a criminal organization that trafficked migrants to the island. Those arrested come from Lebanon, Egypt and Syria. The group allegedly collected migrants from beaches and transported […]
Government & Politics
Rights group: Greece used migrants to expel asylum seekers
(AP) Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused authorities in Greece of allegedly using migrants to help carry out summary, illegal deportations of asylum seekers at the country’s border before they are able to register their claims. The New York-based rights group based […]
Government & Politics
Silence over why mall attacker’s request to leave NZ ignored
(Radio NZ) Government agencies which battled to detain and deport the LynnMall attacker Ahamed Samsudeen are remaining silent on why they did not agree to his request to lose New Zealand residence. Officials were moving to cancel Samsudeen’s refugee status and detain […]
Crime
Greece: 2 arrested from sailboat in distress with 70 aboard
(AP) Two people were arrested on suspicion of migrant smuggling and endangering lives for steering a sailboat carrying 68 others that ran into trouble off Greece’s western coast last week, the coast guard said Tuesday. The coast guard said the two — […]
Government & Politics
‘Outsourcing’ of migrants to Rwanda edges closer (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Priti Patel’s immigration bill suffers multiple defeats in Lords (LINK ONLY)
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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 […]