Government & Politics
Priti Patel plans for migrants to be held in offshore hub (LINK ONLY)
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Refugees
Immigration
People smugglers packing more migrants on military-style inflatable boats to beat shortage of dinghies (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Germany: Würzburg holds vigil for knife attack victims At an emotional memorial service, Würzburg mourned the deaths of three women who were killed in a knife attack. With the motive still unclear, officials urged against responding to the attack with 'hate and revenge.'
(Deutsche Welle) Bavarian State Premier Markus Söder attended a memorial service on Sunday for the victims of the knife attack in the city of Würzburg, around 120 kilometers (74.5 miles) east of Frankfurt. “We cannot answer such a hateful deed with hate and revenge,” […]
Demonstrations
Police clear central Paris of hundreds of protesting migrants
(Reuters) French police on Friday herded onto buses hundreds of migrants who 24 hours earlier had pitched tents in front of the Paris City Hall to protest lack of accommodation. There were no incidents as the migrants were cleared. But Yann Manzi, […]
Crime
Greek migrant traffickers arrested in Italy-bound speedboat
(AP) Three suspects have been arrested in Greece on migrant smuggling charges after a speedboat bound for Italy was intercepted by the coast guard, authorities said on Friday. The coast guard said the boat transporting seven migrants was stopped Thursday in the […]
Government & Politics
EU greenlights major funding plan for refugees in Turkey
(AP) European Union leaders greenlighted plans on Friday to give Turkey another 3 billion euros ($3.6 billion) over the next few years to provide fresh assistance to Syrian refugees on its territory and to help the country boost border controls. “It’s about […]
Government & Politics
Cyprus wants EU border agency to stop migrants from Turkey
(AP) Cyprus wants the European Union’s border agency Frontex to step in and prevent the flow of migrant arrivals from Turkey that authorities say have stretched the eastern Mediterranean island nation’s asylum system to its limits. It’s also asking the EU to […]
Government & Politics
Belarus leader: We won’t stop migrants from heading to EU
(AP) Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has warned that his country will not try to stem a flow of illegal migrants to the European Union, a move that comes after the EU tightened its sanctions on the country. The EU and the […]
Immigration
Pushbacks ‘de facto’ Greek border policy: Amnesty
(AFP) Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Greek authorities of the “torture, ill-treatment and illegal pushbacks” of refugees and migrants to Turkey, arguing that the practice had become “de facto” border policy. In a new report, the rights group described 21 incidents it […]
Government & Politics
Germany will fully support a European migrant pact — foreign minister to paper
(Reuters) Germany will fully support a European pact on migrants, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told Italian daily la Repubblica in an interview published on Monday, adding that progress on the distribution of the burden was finally needed. “We should find a key […]
Crime
Officials had been warned about assassination of Iranian activist in The Hague
(NL Times) An asylum seeker from Iran had warned the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) and possibly also the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) that an Iranian-Dutch activist would be murdered, investigative journalists from Argos and the Danish broadcaster DG discovered. […]
Demonstrations
Activists protest EU migration policies at Croatian border
(AP) Dozens of human rights advocates briefly blocked Croatia’s border with Bosnia on Saturday to protest the European Union’s migration policies. The protesters demanded that [the] EU’s border agency, Frontex, be dismantled and countries end their pushbacks of migrants trying to reach […]
Crime
English Channel crossings: Prosecutors drop charges against 11 migrants for steering small boats (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
U.S. suspects 4,000 cases of fraud in Iraqi refugee program — documents
(Reuters) U.S. authorities pursuing a sweeping fraud investigation suspect some 4,000 Iraqis of filing fraudulent applications for resettlement in the United States as refugees, and they are re-examining cases involving more than 104,000 others, according to State Department reports reviewed by Reuters. […]
Government & Politics
Italy at crisis point as Mediterranean migrant numbers surge nine-fold (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Ahmad Al K: Dutch court tries refugee over Syria murder video
(BBC) A refugee in the Netherlands has gone on trial for war crimes over a killing carried out during the Syrian conflict. Ahmad Al K, 49, and his family arrived in the Netherlands in 2014. He was arrested in 2019 after he […]
Immigration
Italian island in plea for help after 600 migrants arrive in 24 hours
(Arab News) The Italian island of Lampedusa is struggling to cope after more than 600 migrants landed on its shores in less than 24 hours. Eight boats carrying 634 people, including a five-month-old baby, from North Africa have arrived at the Mediterranean […]
Crime
Four Afghans get 10-year jail terms for Greek migrant camp fire
(AFP) A Greek court on Saturday sentenced four Afghan asylum seekers convicted of starting fires that burnt down Europe’s largest migrant camp last year to 10 years in prison each. The court in Chios found the defendants guilty of arson while their […]
Government & Politics
Macron calls for more effective deportations of radicalised illegals
(Breitbart) French President Emmanuel Macron has ordered his ministers to do more to ensure the deportation of illegal migrants, particularly those involved in terrorist activities and who have been radicalised. President Macron made the order on Wednesday during a meeting with several […]
Crime
Young Afghans on trial over fire at Greek migrant camp
(AFP) Four young Afghan asylum-seekers went on trial in Greece on Friday accused of starting the devastating fires that burnt down Europe’s largest migrant camp last year. The Moria camp on the Aegean island of Lesbos was home to more than 10,000 […]
Immigration
In migration lull, Greece bolsters border arsenal
(AFP) As the sun dips into the wetlands of northeastern Evros, Greece’s river border with Turkey, two Greek guards climb into a boat to begin their daily lookout for irregular migrants. Siren blaring, and with flamingos flying overhead, the guards sail past […]
Immigration
Illegal migrant wave swells, with nearly 1,000 crossing Channel already in June (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Work on Greek migrant camp yet to begin 9 months after fire
(AP) Almost 9 months after a fire gutted a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, work on a new reception center has still not begun despite pledges to have the facility built before next winter, Greece’s migration minister confirmed Wednesday. […]
Government & Politics
Public backs ban on illegal migrants claiming asylum (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Greece says many migrants in Turkey could seek asylum there
(AP) Greece on Monday designated neighboring Turkey as a safe country in which to seek international protection for the majority of asylum-seekers departing its shores for Greece. A joint decree from the Greek foreign and migration ministries said the designation applies to […]
Government & Politics
Lithuania says Belarus could be behind recent migrant influx
(AP) Lithuania has detained nine Iraqi asylum-seekers who had entered the Baltic country from Belarus, officials said Monday, pointing a finger at Belarus for allegedly being involved in sending repeated groups of immigrants into Lithuania. “It is obvious that a hybrid war […]
Government & Politics
UK failing to deport ‘inadmissible’ migrants because EU countries will not take them (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Bring in Army to solve migrant crisis, former Border Force boss says (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Priti Patel blames Facebook, Twitter and TikTok for the soaring number of migrants trying to reach the UK (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Nearly 600 migrants intercepted crossing the Channel in 72 hours (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Italy expects 30,000 migrant arrivals from Libya this year
(Arab News) Officials from the Italian Ministry of the Interior in charge of migration policies expect 30,000 migrants to arrive from Libya by the end of 2021, part of a total of 70,000 expected to reach the coasts of Sicily from the […]
Government & Politics
EU concerned about Greek use of anti-migrant sound cannon
(AP) The European Union expressed concern Thursday about Greece’s use of a sound cannon to scare migrants away from its borders, raising questions over whether the device contravenes the 27-nation bloc’s laws on fundamental rights. The Associated Press reported on Monday that […]
Government & Politics
Danish lawmakers approve plan to locate asylum center abroad
(AP) Danish lawmakers voted Thursday in favor of Denmark establishing a refugee reception center in a third country that is likely to be in Africa, a move that could be a first step toward moving the country’s asylum screening process outside of […]
Immigration
Small boats carrying migrants across Channel hit record levels in May (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Force the French to take back Channel migrants, urge MPs after 700 arrive over five days (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel crossings: Migrant crossings continue amid good weather
(BBC) More migrants crossed the English Channel by boat on Tuesday. Six boats carrying 132 people were intercepted mid-Channel by the UK Border Force, in sea conditions described by the Coastguard as smooth and slight, with good visibility. The bank holiday weekend […]
Immigration
Illegal channel migrants threaten ‘mob unrest’ on arrival over housing delays (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
In post-pandemic Europe, migrants will face digital fortress
(AP) As the world begins to travel again, Europe is sending migrants a loud message: Stay away! Greek border police are firing bursts of deafening noise from an armored truck over the frontier into Turkey. Mounted on the vehicle, the long-range acoustic […]
Immigration
Channel migrants crossings see 568 people reach UK
(BBC) More than 500 migrants have crossed the Channel in four days, the Home Office has confirmed. UK authorities dealt with 336 people in 19 boats on Friday and 144 in seven boats on Saturday. A further 17 crossed in one boat […]
Government & Politics
Hungarian PM Orban defends anti-migrant remarks on UK visit
(BBC) Hungary’s Viktor Orban has ended a controversial visit to Boris Johnson by acknowledging he is anti-immigration and standing by an earlier condemnation of Muslim migrants as “invaders.” He said they had destroyed the border and marched through the country. Downing Street […]
Government & Politics
PM Johnson challenges Orban’s ‘divisive and wrong’ views on Muslims in London talks
(Euronews) Britain’s government has condemned comments made by Viktor Orban about Muslims and migrants on the eve of a bilateral meeting between the Hungarian leader and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In a statement, No. 10 Downing Street said that Orban’s 2018 […]
Children & Teens
Asylum seeker who gang-raped girl, 14, avoids deportation from Sweden to Afghanistan by refusing to take a Covid test (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Home Office drops plan to evict thousands of migrants during pandemic (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Thousands continue to cross English Channel as crime gangs target high profits (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Migration lawsuit launched against EU’s border agency
(AP) Human rights lawyers said Tuesday that they have launched legal action against the European Union’s border and coast guard agency at the bloc’s top court, accusing Frontex of violating the rights of people trying to seek asylum and other breaches of […]
Immigration
Sweden: Alleged Afghan stabber first applied for asylum in Norway, gave different ages
(Breitbart) An Afghan migrant accused of going on a stabbing rampage in Sweden first tried to claim asylum in Norway and claimed to be a minor after applying for refugee status in Sweden a year later. The Afghan is suspected of seven […]
Children & Teens
Spain returns 6,600 to Morocco, families look for loved ones
(AP) Officials in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa, faced complications Friday in reuniting worried Moroccan parents with hundreds of children and teenagers swept up in a diplomatic standoff between Madrid and Rabat over migration and the disputed territory of Western […]
Government & Politics
Cyprus says ‘state of emergency’ over Syria migrant inflow
(AFP) Cyprus said Friday it is in a “state of emergency” because of an inflow of Syrian migrants that has flooded its reception centres, appealing for help from the European Union. Cyprus has this week faced a “daily wave of migrant arrivals” […]
Government & Politics
Greece to EU: Don’t let countries use migrants as leverage
(AP) Greece’s prime minister says Europe should be “very, very strict” when dealing with countries that he said are seeking to use migrants and refugees as a means of pressuring the European Union. Speaking Friday during a meeting in Athens with the […]
Immigration
Syrian refugee gets life for fatal attack on gay couple in Dresden
(DPA) A 21-year-old Syrian refugee was handed a life sentence by a German court on Friday for a fatal knife attack against a gay couple on a Dresden street in October last year. A 55-year-old man died, while his partner survived. Both […]