Government & Politics
Hundreds more make dangerous Channel crossing to UK (LINK ONLY)
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Refugees
Government & Politics
Keir Starmer attacks government record on migrant crossings
(BBC) Sir Keir Starmer has accused the government of failing to deliver on pledges to reduce migrant Channel crossings. The Labour leader said the UK had not secured “strong” agreements with France to prevent journeys from taking place. Crossings have hit record […]
Government & Politics
Afghans seeking humanitarian relief anxious over long delays
(AP) More than 28,000 Afghans have applied for temporary admission into the U.S. for humanitarian reasons since shortly before the Taliban recaptured Afghanistan and sparked a chaotic U.S. withdrawal, but only about 100 of them have been approved, according to federal officials. […]
Government & Politics
Belarus’s Lukashenko tells BBC: We may have helped migrants into EU
(BBC) Belarus’s authoritarian leader has told the BBC it is “absolutely possible” his forces helped migrants cross into Poland but denies they were invited. Thousands of migrants, mainly from the Middle East, have been trying to get into the EU via Belarus […]
Government & Politics
Migrants to be held in Albania (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
France to push migrant issue during EU presidency, Macron says
(Reuters) France will push for action on migration when it hosts the European Union presidency from January, President Emmanuel Macron was quoted as saying on Thursday, and he vowed to quickly crack down on illegal migrant camps in northern France. France takes […]
Government & Politics
Migrants held at sea for weeks accuse Malta of rights breach
(AP) Some 32 migrants who were held for weeks at sea on tourism boats chartered by the Maltese government during the early phase of the coronavirus pandemic have filed a constitutional complaint in a Maltese court claiming their human rights were violated. […]
Government & Politics
Iraqi migrants caught in border crisis in Belarus fly home
(AP) Hundreds of Iraqis returned home Thursday from Belarus after abandoning their hopes of reaching the European Union — a repatriation that came after tensions at Poland’s eastern border, where thousands of migrants became stuck in a cold and soggy forest. Many […]
Government & Politics
Belarus says around 7,000 migrants now in the country
(AFP) Belarus on Thursday said there were around 7,000 migrants in the ex-Soviet country, with around 2,000 of them camped on the border with EU member Poland. Thousands of mainly Middle Eastern migrants are camped around the border in what the West […]
Apostasy
Liverpool bomb: Church not aware of converts abusing asylum system
(BBC) The Church of England says it is not aware of any link between conversion and asylum system abuse after it emerged Liverpool bomb attacker Emad Al Swealmeen had become a Christian. Al Swealmeen, who died in the attack on Sunday, was […]
Government & Politics
France rejects British claims they agreed to prevent ‘all migrant boat crossings’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Belarus brings some migrants in from cold at Polish border
(AP) Hundreds of migrants who were camped in the cold on the Poland-Belarus border have been moved to a nearby warehouse in Belarusian territory, reports said Wednesday, with some still harboring hopes of entering the European Union. The move came a day […]
Government & Politics
EU should prepare for more migrant crises: border chief
(AFP) The European Union should be prepared for more migrant crises like the ones on the Greece-Turkey and Poland-Belarus borders, the head of the EU’s border agency told AFP in an interview. Frontex chief Fabrice Leggeri also said the agency was working […]
Children & Teens
Hate speech trial for French far-right pundit Zemmour
(AFP) French far-right pundit Eric Zemmour, who is widely expected to run for the presidency next year, went on trial Wednesday charged with racist hate speech over a televised tirade against unaccompanied child migrants. He told the CNews channel in September last […]
Immigration
Judge finds Omar Ameen can be removed from US, rejects claims Sacramento resident was terrorist
(Sacramento Bee) A federal immigration judge in Van Nuys ruled Tuesday that Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen lied on his application forms seeking entry to the United States and can be removed from the country, but she said the government had not proven […]
Immigration
Decathlon stops sale of canoes in northern France to curb migrant crossings
(AFP) Sports equipment retailer Decathlon said Tuesday it would no longer sell canoes in the north of France to prevent migrants from attempting to use them to cross to England. “The purchase of canoes will no longer be possible” in Decathlon stores […]
Apostasy
Concerns raised about asylum seekers in Liverpool ‘pretending to convert’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Liverpool bomb: Judges had refused attacker permission to appeal to stay in UK
(BBC) The Liverpool bomb attacker was a failed asylum seeker who had been refused permission by judges to appeal to stay in the country. It had been reported — but unconfirmed — that Emad Al Swealmeen lost his asylum claim as long […]
Government & Politics
Poland uses water cannons against migrants at Belarus border
(AP) Polish forces at the border with Belarus used water cannons and tear gas Tuesday against stone-throwing migrants, as Warsaw accused Belarusian authorities of giving smoke grenades and other weapons to those trying to cross the frontier. The events marked an escalation […]
Crime
French police evacuate migrants from makeshift camp
(AP) French police on Tuesday have evacuated migrants from a makeshift camp near Dunkirk, in northern France, where at least 1,500 people gathered in hopes of making it across the English Channel to Britain. The prefecture of the region said more than […]
Government & Politics
UK and France reach agreement to ‘prevent 100% of Channel crossings’ (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migrants stuck on Poland-Belarus border vow to stay put
(AFP) Aryan Wali Zellmi, a 25-year-old Iraqi Kurd, had tried twice to enter the European Union through Belarus. This time, he got stuck on the freezing border with Poland, joining hundreds in a crisis that the EU blames on Minsk. Zellmi is […]
Government & Politics
France ‘needs no lesson from the British’ over Calais migrant crisis French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the UK is using it as a ‘punching bag’ for British domestic policies.
(Politico) France “needs no lesson from the British” on the dispute between Paris and London over the handling of migrants attempting to cross the Channel to reach British shores, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told French media on Monday. “The British must […]
Immigration
Kurds, others converge in French camp, seeking to reach UK
(AP) At least 1,500 migrants are living in tents on a muddy lot in northern France as growing numbers of people fleeing Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries seek to traverse the English Channel and reach the U.K., according to aid workers. In […]
Government & Politics
France’s far-right Zemmour under fire over Bataclan tirade
(AFP) French far-right presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour came under fire on Sunday for delivering a blistering attack on ex-president Francois Hollande’s migration policy during commemorations marking the November 2015 Paris attacks. Zemmour, an ultra-nationalist TV pundit who has made no secret of […]
Immigration
Number of migrants crossing Channel to UK tops 1,000 in new daily record
(BBC) A further 1,185 people crossed the English Channel by boat to reach the UK on Thursday, a new record for migrant crossings in a single day — as mild weather made the journey less risky. Four Border Force vessels intercepted boats […]
Immigration
Spain seeks to curb migrant arrivals to Canary Islands
(AP) More than 400 migrants arrived by sea in Spain’s Canary Islands over a 24-hour period, emergency services said on Thursday, as the Spanish government discussed with Algerian officials ways of fighting illegal migration from North Africa to Europe. Most of the […]
Immigration
Migrant crossings: Almost 700 cross the English Channel
(BBC) Almost 700 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Wednesday, the Home Office has confirmed. The French authorities stopped 255 people in seven boats with UK authorities intercepting or rescuing 695 people in 22 small boats. Children were among […]
Government & Politics
Cyprus wants EU support for migrant crackdown as flows rise
(AP) Cyprus said Wednesday it will seek European Union approval to stop processing asylum claims from migrants illegally entering the east Mediterranean island nation. Government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said a surge of new migrant arrivals is fueling serious crime, taxing state coffers […]
Government & Politics
Michel opens door to EU funding for border walls The EU has long refused to allow such financing, but is under increasing pressure to relent amid the Belarus migrant crisis.
(Politico) European Council President Charles Michel turned heads Wednesday when he claimed the EU could legally fund border barriers — calling into question a long-standing EU refusal to allow such financing. “Based on an opinion of the Legal Service of the Council, […]
Government & Politics
EU accuses Belarus of ‘trafficking’ migrants toward border
(AP) European Union officials on Wednesday accused Belarus of state-sponsored “trafficking” of human lives by luring desperate migrants to the Polish border — the edge of the EU — where many are now stuck in makeshift camps in freezing weather. As the […]
Immigration
Migrant crossings: More than 500 people cross the Channel
(BBC) More than 500 people crossed from France to the UK in 16 small boats on Tuesday, the Home Office has confirmed. French authorities also prevented 307 people in eight boats from making the crossing. So far this year 21,649 migrants have […]
Government & Politics
Greece claims Turkish coast guard pushes migrants its way
(AP) Greece accused Turkey on Tuesday of acting like a “pirate” in waters between the two regional rivals, claiming that its coast guard escorted and tried to push into Greek waters a boat of migrants who were trying to illegally reach Greece. […]
Government & Politics
Tensions rise in migrant standoff at Poland-Belarus border
(AP) Poland reinforced its border with Belarus with more riot police on Tuesday, a day after groups of migrants tried to storm through a razor-wire fence on the eastern frontier where thousands have camped on the Belarusian side in the tense standoff. […]
Government & Politics
Germany’s Merkel on 2015 migrant influx: ‘We managed it’
(AP) Chancellor Angela Merkel has a positive verdict on the influx of migrants to Germany in 2015 and 2016 as she prepares to step down: “We managed it.” Merkel became the face of a welcoming approach to migrants as people fleeing conflicts […]
Government & Politics
Migrants aided by Belarus try to storm border into Poland
(AP) Hundreds if not thousands of migrants sought to storm the border from Belarus into Poland on Monday, cutting razor wire fences and using branches to try and climb over them. The siege escalated a crisis along the European Union’s eastern border […]
Immigration
North Macedonia police find 42 migrants packed in a truck
(AP) Police in North Macedonia say they have discovered 42 migrants in a truck in the southeastern part of the country near the border with Greece. A police patrol car followed the truck Saturday near the town of Star Dojran, 160 kilometers […]
Government & Politics
Cyprus: France to help migration talks with African nations
(AP) France has agreed to help initiate talks between Cyprus and French-speaking African countries for a deal to take back their citizens whose asylum applications have been rejected, the Cypriot interior minister said Saturday. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said his French counterpart […]
Government & Politics
Athens wants to extend Evros border fence
(Kathimerini) The government wants to extend the fence on the Greek-Turkish border in Evros, recent diplomatic initiatives by Greek officials in Brussels have demonstrated. Kathimerini understands that Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis sent a letter to the European Union’s home affairs commissioner, Ylva […]
Immigration
Record 853 migrants cross English Channel in small boats in single day (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Lithuania starts building first European wall to ward off migrants from Belarus
(Reuters) Lithuania has built the first stretches of a steel wall on its border with Belarus since migrants from the Middle East and other areas began entering from Belarus this year. The European Union accuses Belarus of deliberately encouraging the migrants to […]
Government & Politics
English Channel: Priti Patel accused of ‘incompetence’ as crossings pass record of 20,000 this year (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
More than 20,000 people have crossed Channel to UK this year, figures show (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
France offers accommodation to migrants in Calais after hunger strike pressure
(Radio France) The French government will “systematically” offer accommodation to migrants at the Calais migrant centre after three activists staged a collective hunger strike for 23 days. “We will systematically offer accommodation, which will be mainly in Pas-de-Calais, in Hauts-de-France, but not […]
Immigration
Channel crossings continue as more migrants arrive in Kent (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Germany: Over 5,000 migrant arrivals from Belarus in October
(AP) German police said on Monday that they registered more than 5,000 unauthorized border crossings last month by people who had arrived from Belarus, marking a significant uptick in the number of arrivals through a new and politically sensitive migration route. Federal […]
Immigration
Bulgaria sends troops to tackle migrant influx from Turkey
(AFP) Bulgaria on Monday deployed 350 soldiers to the border with Turkey to help police cope with the growing influx of migrants, the defence minister announced. “Soldiers arrived at the Bulgarian-Turkish border since today to back up the border police,” Georgi Panayotov […]
Immigration
Calais migrants facing ‘very dangerous’ conditions as temperatures drop (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
CAIR-San Diego helps newly arrived Afghan families acclimate to life in U.S. An estimated 500 families are expected to resettle in San Diego in the near future
(SD Union-Tribune) Dozens of Afghans who have recently resettled in San Diego in the months since the United States pulled its troops from Afghanistan attended a workshop Saturday to support their transition to life in the U.S. The event, hosted by the […]
Government & Politics
Polish lawmakers approve Belarus border wall
(AFP) Polish lawmakers on Friday gave the go-ahead to build a controversial wall on the EU member’s eastern border with Belarus, in response to an unprecedented wave of migrants, mostly from the Middle East. The wall will cost an estimated 353 million […]