Immigration
Nearly 600 people cross English Channel to UK in new daily record (LINK ONLY)
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Refugees
Immigration
More Syrians and Afghans entering EU via Western Balkans
(Reuters) The number of migrants illegally entering the European Union by crossing the Western Balkans has almost doubled this year, EU border agency Frontex said on Thursday, with the majority coming from Syria and Afghanistan. Frontex said 22,600 migrants were detected illegally […]
Government & Politics
Switzerland halts repatriations to Afghanistan
(Swiss Info) Switzerland has suspended repatriations to Afghanistan “until further notice owing to the changed situation in the country,” according to the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM). No new deportations of rejected asylum-seekers will be ordered, it said on Wednesday. Preparations for […]
Government & Politics
Ukraine sends barbed wire to Lithuania for Belarus border
(AFP) Ukraine has sent more than 38 tonnes of barbed wire to Lithuania as “humanitarian aid” as the EU country struggles to stem an influx of illegal migrants from neighbouring Belarus, authorities said on Thursday. In July, Lithuania’s military started to put […]
Crime
Channel migrants: Asylum seeker cleared of people smuggling was ‘scapegoat’
(BBC) An Iranian asylum seeker cleared of people smuggling has said he was made a “scapegoat” by British authorities. Fouad Kakaei, who steered a dinghy across the English Channel, was found not guilty at a second trial after appealing against his first […]
Immigration
Latvia starts pushing back migrants at tense Belarus border
(Reuters) Latvian border guards turned back dozens of migrants into Belarus overnight under a new state of emergency designed to stem a flow of arrivals the European Union says is orchestrated by Minsk. At daybreak on Wednesday some 30 migrants — including […]
Government & Politics
Germany, Netherlands suspend deportations to Afghanistan
(AP) Germany and the Netherlands have suspended any deportations of migrants to Afghanistan due to the tense security situation as Taliban insurgents make sweeping gains in the Central Asian country. Almost 30,000 Afghans in Germany, many of them failed asylum-seekers, are currently […]
Government & Politics
Latvia and Lithuania move to stop migrants arriving via Belarus
(Reuters) Latvia declared a state of emergency along its border on Tuesday and Lithuania decided to erect a fence in new measures to deter migrants they say Belarus is encouraging to cross illegally in order to pressure European states. Rising numbers of […]
Government & Politics
Six EU countries warn against open door for Afghan asylum seekers
(Reuters) Six EU member states have warned the bloc’s executive against halting deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers arriving in Europe despite major advances of Taliban militants in their country. The Taliban, fighting to reimpose strict Islamic law after their 2001 ouster, […]
Government & Politics
Hotel accommodation for migrants will cost up to £70m this year (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Poland reports record number of migrants at Belarusian border
(Reuters) A record number of migrants have crossed the Polish border with Belarus since Friday, the Border Guard said on Monday, amid accusations Minsk is using illegal crossings to pressure European Union states. Poland and Lithuania have seen a surge in illegal […]
Government & Politics
Temporary pop-up accommodation planned to house Britain’s record number of migrants crossing Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migrants who cross Channel in small boats should be sent straight back to France, say most Brits (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Fake Home Office website targeting asylum seekers probed by information commissioner (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
EU crisis meeting to discuss surge of migrants from Belarus to Lithuania
(Reuters) European Union home affairs ministers will discuss a surge of illegal border crossings from Belarus to EU member state Lithuania at an extraordinary meeting on Aug. 18, the Slovenian EU presidency said on Friday. Representatives of the EU border agency Frontex […]
Government & Politics
France under pressure to set up joint maritime brigade to turn back Channel migrants (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Poland says Belarus lets migrants cross border in ‘hybrid war’ with EU
(Reuters) Poland accused Belarus of sending a growing number of migrants over the border in retaliation for Warsaw’s decision this week to give refuge to Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, a Belarusian athlete who refused to return home from the Tokyo Olympics. A deputy interior […]
Immigration
Channel crossings: Hundreds more migrants reach UK after record day
(BBC) A further 475 migrants crossed the English Channel in 15 small boats on Thursday, following a record 482 arrivals on Wednesday. The Ministry of Defence earlier said an exercise on its firing range at Hythe had to be stopped on Wednesday […]
Government & Politics
Belarus to close border as Lithuania turns away migrants
(AP) The president of Belarus on Thursday ordered the country’s security forces to tighten control over the border with Lithuania, which earlier this week started turning away immigrants attempting to cross in from Belarus. Lithuania, a member of the European Union, has […]
Government & Politics
EU presses Iraq to halt migrant flights to Belarus A number of new flights have been announced between Iraq and Belarus.
(Politico) The EU is ramping up pressure on Iraq to stop its airlines from flying to Belarus, which helps Minsk send asylum seekers into the EU in retaliation against sanctions imposed by the bloc. On Thursday, there were signs that the pressure […]
Crime
Spain arrests Algerian man on trafficking, terror charges
(AP) Spain’s Guardia Civil said Thursday it has arrested an Algerian man suspected of leading a gang that trafficked people from North Africa to Europe and sent fighters to jihadist groups in Libya. The Guardia Civil’s intelligence service detained the man on […]
Immigration
English Channel crossings pass 10,000 as new daily record reached (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Priti Patel touring Greece to try to find a solution to foreign migrant-smuggling gangs (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Belarus migrant arrivals could reach 10,000 in weeks, warns Lithuanian minister Gabrielius Landsbergis urges EU to ‘step up’ pressure on Belarus as well as countries of migration origin like Iraq.
(Politico) The number of migrants crossing into Lithuania from Belarus could top 10,000 by the end of the summer, Lithuania’s foreign minister warned as he urged the EU to “step up” actions to stop the arrivals. Gabrielius Landsbergis told POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook […]
Immigration
Migrant Channel crossings: 281 people reach the UK
(BBC) Small boats carrying 281 people were intercepted trying to cross the Channel on Tuesday. Border Force officials stopped seven boats, while French authorities intercepted one crossing carrying a further 20 migrants. So far this year more than 9,700 people have reached […]
Government & Politics
Human rights court stops Austria from deporting Afghan — NGO
(Reuters) The European Court of Human Rights has temporarily halted the imminent deportation from Austria of an Afghan whose request for asylum was turned down, a relief group supporting the man said on Tuesday. The ECHR decision, published on the website of […]
Government & Politics
Lithuania to turn migrants crossing in from Belarus away
(AP) Lithuania has ordered its border guards to turn away, by force if needed, migrants attempting to enter the Baltic country, as a surge of Iraqis and others coming in from neighboring Belarus has emerged as a major foreign policy issue. Lithuania […]
Government & Politics
U.S. to begin new Afghan refugee program — sources
(Reuters) U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration will launch a new program to resettle certain Afghans as refugees in the United States, an administration official and two knowledgeable sources said on Sunday. The U.S. State Department was expected to announce the setting-up of […]
Government & Politics
EU to aid Lithuania as migrants pour in from Belarus
(AP) European Union officials on Monday pledged millions of euros to help Lithuania tackle a migrant crisis that it blames on the government of neighboring Belarus and its authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko. Ylva Johansson, the EU commissioner of home affairs, arrived in […]
Government & Politics
Tunisian leader: Young are paid to migrate, harm Europe ties
(AP) Tunisia’s leader claimed Sunday that some desperate youths are being paid to try to leave Tunisia illegally for Europe, saying the goal is to damage the country from within and hurt its ties with Europe. President Kais Saied made the remarks […]
Immigration
At small Serbia border village, migrants describe pushbacks
(AP) At first sight, this tiny village in Serbia seems sleepy and almost abandoned, like many others across the Balkan country. But a closer look reveals a parallel reality lived by its temporary migrant residents, who are struggling to cross from Serbia […]
Immigration
Anti-terror prosecutor concerned jihadists are among illegal migrant wave
(Breitbart) An Italian anti-terrorism prosecutor has expressed concerns that radical Islamic jihadists are among the wave of illegal migrants coming to Europe from North Africa. National anti-mafia and anti-terrorism prosecutor Federico Cafiero de Raho expressed concern about the link between illegal migration […]
Government & Politics
Home Office set up fake website to deter asylum seekers from crossing Channel with ‘misleading’ claims (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Afghan wanted in connection with 13-year-old Austrian girl’s gang rape and murder is arrested in London (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Priti Patel urged to force councils to take share of child migrants (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
EU says sanctions an option to tackle Belarus people smugglers
(Reuters) The European Union will consider sanctions against migrant smugglers and those involved in human trafficking to address a surge in “irregular” border crossings from Belarus, the bloc’s top diplomat on Friday said. Lithuania, an EU member state, has reported an uptick […]
Children & Teens
MPs decry ‘shocking conditions’ at facilities for asylum seekers (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
I will try until I die — Migrants in France determined to seek better life in UK (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
EU calls for action to beef up Lithuania’s Belarus border
(AP) The European Union’s top migration official is urging member countries to help Lithuania beef up surveillance on its border with Belarus and not to give in to political pressure from Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Lithuania’s border guard service said it detained […]
Crime
People smugglers ‘using small boats as decoys for vessels carrying more than 80 migrants’ (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Nearly 600 migrants intercepted as attempted English Channel crossings continue (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Kingpins in Channel smuggling operation ‘living and working freely’ in the UK (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
French gendarmes find nothing but inflatable boat instructions on hopeless hunt for migrants (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
France can’t stop every migrant — no matter how much it is paid by the UK, warns Calais MP (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Cap on fuel sales aims to limit migrant Channel crossings
(AFP) Towns along France’s northern coast on Thursday limited takeaway sales of fuel to 10 litres per customer to curb illegal migration across the Channel, a local newspaper reported Thursday. “Buying or selling more than 10 litres of fuel — petrol or […]
Immigration
Over 230 migrants enter Spain’s Melilla enclave
(AFP) More than 230 migrants crossed the Moroccan border into Spain’s Melilla enclave before dawn on Thursday, in one of the largest influxes into this tiny North African territory in recent years. The incident occurred two months after an unprecedented 10,000 people […]
Government & Politics
MPs back immigration reforms amid concerns over Channel crossings (LINK ONLY)
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UK to pay £55m to French border patrols to fund migrant clampdown (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Number of English Channel crossings surpasses 2020 record five months quicker (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
English Channel crossings continue as numbers approach 2020 record (LINK ONLY)
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