Immigration
Channel crossings continue as more migrants arrive in Kent (LINK ONLY)
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Refugees
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. […]
Demonstrations
Marchers in Athens protest reported Greek migrant pushbacks
(AP) Hundreds of people marched through central Athens on Sunday to protest what they say are Greece’s pushbacks of migrants and refugees at the border with Turkey. The marchers carried an inflatable dinghy, like those migrants use to cross the sea from […]
Government & Politics
EU nations agree step-by-step approach to migration reform
(AP) European Union interior ministers on Thursday agreed to create a new decision-making body amid efforts to beef up the 27-nation bloc’s borders, and to kick-start desperately needed reforms to the EU’s malfunctioning asylum system on a step-by-step basis. The EU has […]
Government & Politics
Home Office admits cost of housing asylum seekers in hotels almost four times figure given to MPs (LINK ONLY)
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Patel: Macron’s criticism of British immigration system ‘just wrong’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Government spending £1.2 million a day housing asylum seekers in hotels (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Macron takes aim at migration with eye on French election
(AP) French President Emmanuel Macron is taking aim at migration — a core issue in the country’s presidential campaign — by pushing to strengthen the European Union’s external borders against people illegally entering the bloc’s passport-free area. Macron is expected to run […]
Government & Politics
Let asylum seekers apply from France or there’s no Channel migrants deal, say Macron allies (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Bern and Vienna vow to boost cooperation on migrants and terrorism
(Swiss Info) Switzerland and Austria want to strengthen cooperation on migration and security, they said on Tuesday. This came at a meeting in Vienna between Swiss Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter and her new Austrian counterpart Gerhard Karner. Their talks focused on European […]
Government & Politics
Cyprus streamlines migrant returns with EU help
(AP) The European Union and [its] border agency Frontex have helped Cyprus streamline procedures to return migrants who have had their asylum applications rejected amid soaring numbers of arrivals, the country’s interior minister said Tuesday. The Standard Operation Procedures for Returns have […]
Demonstrations
About 500 persons demonstrate against centre for asylum seekers in Sint-Laureins
(Brussels Times) About 500 people demonstrated on Saturday afternoon in Sint-Laureins, East Flanders, against a plan to set up a centre for asylum seekers in the Godshuis, a former monastery that has been empty for many years, Belga news agency reports. The […]
Crime
Kos: Four arrested for migrant smuggling
(Kathimerini) Coast guard[s] on Kos have arrested four people — two Greeks and two non-nationals — on suspicion of smuggling migrants from the Turkish coast to the island for €4,000 a person. The arrests followed the discovery of a speedboat on January […]
Government & Politics
Channel migrants: Navy ships would be ‘migrant honeypot’
(BBC) Royal Navy vessels would be a “honeypot” for migrants crossing the English Channel as they would make the journey safer, MPs have been told. The Ministry of Defence is to begin working with the Home Office to address Channel crossings, which […]
Government & Politics
White House plans expedited resettlement for Afghan refugees
(Axios) President Biden’s advisers are crafting a plan to accelerate bringing potentially thousands of Afghans to the U.S. from Qatar, according to a source with direct knowledge of the administration’s internal deliberations on the subject. Why it matters: As U.S. military leaders plan […]
Immigration
Poland begins work on new EU-Belarus border wall
(AFP) Polish contractors began work on Tuesday on a 353-million-euro wall along the Belarus border aimed at deterring migrant crossings following a crisis in the area last year. The 5.5-metre-high wall will run along 186 kilometres (115 miles) of the border — […]
Children & Teens
Afghan refugee convicted of assaulting girl, 3, at Quantico
(AP) A federal jury has convicted an Afghan refugee housed at Quantico Marine Corps Base after he fled the country with a sexual assault. The jury in U.S. District Court in Alexandria on Friday found Mohammed Tariq, 24, guilty of abusive sexual […]
Demonstrations
Protest against migrant camp extension
(Kathimerini) The municipal council of Orestiada in northeastern Greece is convening Tuesday to discuss controversial plans by the government to expand a migrant reception and identification center on the outskirts of the border village of Fylakio. The plan for the center is […]
Immigration
Liverpool bomber lied to stay in UK, documents released to BBC show
(BBC) New details have emerged about the Liverpool bomber Emad Al Swealmeen’s failed asylum attempts — and the false information he used to make his cases. A previously confidential 2015 asylum judgment, released to the BBC, reveals how his claim of being […]
Government & Politics
Migrants at Hungary border become part of election campaign
(AP) A group of migrants huddles beside a small, smoky fire inside an abandoned building in northern Serbia, the last moments of warmth before they set out into the driving snow toward the razor wire, cameras and sensors of Hungary’s electrified border […]
Government & Politics
All male migrants face detention if intercepted at sea (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
EU nations urge stronger borders to ease migration pressures
(AP) Ministers from European Union nations under pressure from unauthorized border crossings asked Friday for more action to protect the bloc’s external borders as well as for rules to return migrants to their homelands or where they started their journeys. Interior ministers […]
Government & Politics
Home Office ‘burying bad news’ with plan to scrap daily Channel migrants data (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migrant crossings: More than 150 people cross English Channel
(BBC) More than 150 people were intercepted or rescued attempting to cross the English Channel on Tuesday, the Home Office said. Six boats, carrying 168 people, were found by Border Force officials and brought to the Port of Dover. French authorities intercepted […]
Government & Politics
Emmanuel Macron calls on Britain to change policies to tackle migrant crossings (LINK ONLY)
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