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Refugees

Crime

People smugglers ‘using small boats as decoys for vessels carrying more than 80 migrants’ (LINK ONLY)

July 26, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

Nearly 600 migrants intercepted as attempted English Channel crossings continue (LINK ONLY)

July 25, 2021 EoI News  

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Crime

Kingpins in Channel smuggling operation ‘living and working freely’ in the UK (LINK ONLY)

July 24, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

French gendarmes find nothing but inflatable boat instructions on hopeless hunt for migrants (LINK ONLY)

July 24, 2021 EoI News  

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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)

July 23, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

Cap on fuel sales aims to limit migrant Channel crossings

July 22, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(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

July 22, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(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)

July 20, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

UK to pay £55m to French border patrols to fund migrant clampdown (LINK ONLY)

July 20, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

Number of English Channel crossings surpasses 2020 record five months quicker (LINK ONLY)

July 20, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

English Channel crossings continue as numbers approach 2020 record (LINK ONLY)

July 20, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

French navy dumps boat of migrants on baffled TV crew in English Channel (LINK ONLY)

July 20, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

On Belarus border, EU guards patrol amid migrant ‘crisis’

July 20, 2021 Marielle Vitureau  

(AFP) With a pair of binoculars, a German police officer working for the EU border agency Frontex scans an empty field crossed by the Belarus-Lithuania border on the lookout for migrants. The Baltic EU member state has seen more than 2,000 arrivals […]

Immigration

Afghans comprise 49% of asylum seekers on islands

July 19, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(Kathimerini) A survey by the United Nations Refugee Agency among migrants and refugees residing at camps on the Aegean islands of Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Kos, Leros, Rhodes and Tilos shows that nearly half (49%) come from Afghanistan, followed by Syria (14%), Somalia […]

Crime

Police uncover alleged migrant trafficking ring on Lesvos

July 19, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(Kathimerini) Police on the northern Aegean island of Lesvos said they have exposed a migrant trafficking ring that is also engaged in “espionage.” The ring allegedly comprises ten non-nationals, including four members of a non-governmental organization, namely a Norwegian, an American and […]

Government & Politics

EU border agency to police Lithuania-Belarus frontier from next week

July 19, 2021 Andrius Sytas and Janis Laizans  

(Reuters) European Union border agency Frontex will deploy 60 border guards with helicopters and vehicles to Lithuania’s frontier with Belarus next week, after a surge in migrants crossing illegally, which the EU says has been orchestrated by Minsk. In response to EU […]

Government & Politics

Hundreds of people cross English Channel to UK in new record for single day (LINK ONLY)

July 19, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

UK police chief warns of terrorist threat as lockdown eases Cressida Dick says officers are dealing with more than 800 cases

July 19, 2021 Nicky Harley  

(National-UAE) The head of London’s Metropolitan Police has warned of the risk of a terrorist attack as lockdown restrictions eased in England on Monday. Cressida Dick said her officers are dealing with more than 800 live cases and that they have seen […]

Immigration

Syrian refugee convicted of war crimes in Dutch court Ahmad al Khedr had settled with his family in the small Dutch town of Kapelle before his crimes in Syria were discovered.

July 16, 2021 Molly Quell  

(Courthouse News) A Dutch court on Friday found a Syrian asylum-seeker guilty of committing war crimes in Syria and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. The District Court of The Hague found that Ahmad al Khedr had participated in the execution […]

Immigration

Judge weighs sending US citizen accused of killings to Iraq

July 15, 2021 Jacques Billeaud  

(AP) A U.S. prosecutor trying to send a Phoenix driving school owner to Iraq to face charges in the 2006 killings of two Iraqi police officers acknowledged Thursday that statements made by people claiming to have witnessed the crimes contained inconsistencies but […]

Government & Politics

On Lithuania’s plea, Iraq to probe human smuggling to Europe

July 15, 2021 Samya Kullab  

(AP) Iraq’s foreign minister said Thursday his government would investigate trafficking networks responsible for smuggling hundreds of Iraqis into Europe, specifically via Belarus to Lithuania. Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein made the promise after a meeting in Baghdad with his visiting Lithuanian counterpart, […]

Government & Politics

Lithuania struggles with migrant influx opened by Belarus

July 14, 2021 Liudas Dapkus and Mstyslav Chernov  

(AP) Mustafa Hussein Hamad kicked a dirty ball between two old tires in the schoolyard where he spends most of his time. He and dozens of other migrants are fenced in at an old school after walking at night through the thick […]

Immigration

Afghan man gets life for March stabbing rampage in Sweden

July 14, 2021 Jan M. Olsen  

(AP) A 22-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker was convicted Wednesday of attempted murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for a knife attack that injured seven people in a southern Swedish town earlier this year. Tamin Sultani was shot by police and arrested after an […]

Immigration

Greek coastguards hit with new migrant pushback claim

July 13, 2021 Marina Rafenberg  

(AFP) Tchinda said the longed-for destination of his risky Aegean crossing — the island of Kos — was already tantalisingly in view when Greek vessels halted the boat he was sailing in along with 30 other migrants. “First a navy ship blocked […]

Government & Politics

Lithuania, EU say Belarus using refugees as ‘political weapon’

July 12, 2021 Robin Emmott, Sabine Siebold and Andrius Sytas  

(Reuters) Lithuania’s foreign minister and the EU’s top diplomat accused Belarus on Monday of using illegal migrants as a political weapon to put pressure on the European Union because of the bloc’s sanctions on Minsk. Belarus was flying in migrants from abroad […]

Crime

Afghan migrant injures four in knife attack in Hamburg

July 12, 2021 Chris Tomlinson  

(Breitbart) A 20-year-old Afghan migrant has been arrested by police in Hamburg after allegedly attacking four people in the outdoor area of a local restaurant with a knife. The incident is said to have taken place on Sunday evening in the St. […]

Immigration

Over 100 men jump fences into Spanish city in North Africa

July 12, 2021 Aritz Parra  

(AP) Authorities in Melilla said on Monday that 119 African men have entered the autonomous city from a group of over 200 who tried to jump over the double fence that separates the Spanish enclave in northern Africa from Morocco. At least […]

Government & Politics

Kabul urges Europe to halt forced deportations of Afghans

July 11, 2021 Elise Blanchard  

(AFP) Afghanistan has urged European countries to halt forced deportations of Afghan migrants for the next three months, as security forces battle a wave of violence triggered by a dizzying Taliban offensive. The United Nations said on Sunday the rising conflict is […]

Government & Politics

EU border agency to ‘significantly’ step up Lithuania help

July 11, 2021 Jari Tanner  

(AP) The European Union’s border agency is pledging to “significantly” step up its support to Lithuania in the coming days “due to the growing migratory pressure at Lithuania’s border with Belarus” that the Baltic nation is trying to contain. The decision by […]

Crime

Suspected people-smuggling kingpin arrested over Channel crossings (LINK ONLY)

July 10, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Lithuania builds border fence to stem migration from Belarus

July 9, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AP) Lithuania began Friday to erect a fence along its border with Belarus to deter third-country migrants from entering, a week after Vilnius declared a state of emergency to address a sharp rise in migratory flows — which it says Belarusian authorities […]

Government & Politics

Central European leaders worry over Afghan migration ‘wave’

July 9, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AP) Central European leaders on Friday voiced concern over what they said was a potential migration rush from Afghanistan as U.S. and NATO forces pull out from that country. They also complained that a small group of powerful countries within the European […]

Alcohol & Drugs

Teen allegedly raped and murdered by migrants had 11 ecstasy pills in her system

July 9, 2021 Chris Tomlinson  

(Breitbart) Austrian 13-year-old Leonie, who was found dead last week, is said to have been given at least 11 ecstasy tablets before she was allegedly raped and murdered by several Afghan migrants. A full autopsy of the teen is expected in the […]

Crime

Migrants crossing Channel to claim asylum in UK ‘will no longer be prosecuted’ (LINK ONLY)

July 8, 2021 EoI News  

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Children & Teens

Afghans accused of murdering teen had years-old deportation orders

July 7, 2021 Chris Tomlinson  

(Breitbart) Three of the four Afghan migrants suspected of raping and murdering a 13-year-old Austrian girl had their asylum claims declined. But due to appeal proceedings, they were not deported. Four Afghan asylum seekers are suspected of drugging, raping, and murdering 13-year-old […]

Crime

Spanish police arrest 2 for migrant tragedy in Atlantic

July 7, 2021 Joseph Wilson  

(AP) Spanish police said Wednesday that they have arrested two people for their alleged responsibility in the deaths of more than 20 migrants who perished last month while trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands. Police said in a […]

Government & Politics

Lithuania says Belarus is flying in migrants, plans border barrier

July 7, 2021 Andrius Sytas  

(Reuters) Lithuania on Wednesday accused Belarus of flying in migrants from abroad to send to the European Union and said it would build a barrier on the border and deploy troops to prevent them crossing illegally into its territory. Belarus decided to […]

Government & Politics

EU condemns Belarus ‘pressuring’ Lithuania with migrants — Michel

July 5, 2021 Andrius Sytas  

(Reuters) The European Union “speaks with one voice” in condemning a decision by Belarus to allow illegal migrants to cross into Lithuania in response to EU sanctions, European Council President Charles Michel said on Monday. The Lithuanian government declared a countrywide emergency […]

Government & Politics

More than 200 migrants attempt Channel crossing as tougher penalties announced (LINK ONLY)

July 5, 2021 EoI News  

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Crime

Priti Patel to reveal proposals for offshore centres for asylum seekers (LINK ONLY)

July 5, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

Dozens of migrants rescued while trying to cross English Channel

July 4, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) French maritime authorities came to the aid of 47 migrants this weekend in separate incidents in the English Channel off the northern French coast. Those rescued had been trying to reach southern England in a number of makeshift vessels. The […]

Crime

Serbia police find illegal migrant camp, people smugglers

July 4, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AP) Serbian police on Sunday said they have discovered an illegal migrant camp near the borders with Hungary and Romania, and detained suspected people smugglers. The makeshift camp was discovered in the village of Srpski Krstur, by the bank of the Tisa […]

Crime

Migrants face arrest on arrival after crossing the Channel (LINK ONLY)

July 3, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

EU’s von der Leyen says flow of illegal migrants from Belarus ‘politically motivated’

July 2, 2021 Andrius Sytas  

(Reuters) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday pledged support for Lithuania, which is experiencing a quickly growing flow of migrants though its 679-kilometre border with Belarus. The Lithuanian government declared a country-wide emergency on Friday as 150 migrants crossed […]

Immigration

Syrian should be jailed for 27 years for killing, public prosecutor says

July 2, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(Dutch News) A Syrian man who has been a refugee in the Netherlands since 2014 should be jailed for 27 years for his role in the killing of a Syrian army officer, the Dutch public prosecution service said on Friday. Ahmad al […]

Crime

Channel migrants: How people smugglers in Calais orchestrate the soaring number of ‘small boat’ crossings (LINK ONLY)

July 1, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

Acquitted of terrorism but still considered a threat, this man’s status in Canada hangs in limbo Released after 4 years of imprisonment, Othman (Adam) Hamdan doesn't feel free

June 30, 2021 Mia Sheldon  

(CBC) Since his release from immigration detention almost two years ago, Othman (Adam) Hamdan has been living in limbo. The Canada Border Services Agency has been trying to deport him, calling him a risk to Canadians. He says he has been trying […]

Immigration

Channel crossings: June sees record number of migrants

June 29, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More than 2,000 migrants have crossed the Channel on small boats in June, setting a new record. The previous highest monthly total was set in September 2020, when 1,951 people made the crossing. Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke said the dangerous crossings […]

Immigration

EU asylum applications drop due to COVID, not lower demand

June 29, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AP) The European Union’s asylum agency said Tuesday that the number of people seeking international protection in Europe hit its lowest level last year since 2013, but that the drop was due mostly to coronavirus travel restrictions. The European Asylum Support Office, […]

Government & Politics

Belarus cuts cooperation on migration with EU over sanctions

June 28, 2021 Yuras Karmanau  

(AP) Belarus on Monday retaliated to the European Union sanctions by halting cooperation on stemming illegal migration and denying entry to EU officials. The EU on Thursday slapped new bruising economic sanctions on Belarus over last month’s diversion of a passenger jet […]

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