Government & Politics
Migrants entering UK illegally to be liable for removal at any time (LINK ONLY)
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Refugees
Children & Teens
Mali toddler’s death puts human face on Canaries migrant crisis
(AFP) She was just two years old and she was from Mali. And her death this weekend after days fighting for her life puts a harrowingly human face on the migrant crisis in the Canary Islands. She was brought to Arguineguin port […]
Immigration
France rescues 72 migrants in Channel on way to UK
(AFP) French maritime authorities said they had rescued 72 migrants in the English Channel on Sunday whose vessels ran into difficulties as they tried to reach the UK. Early Sunday, the coastguard was alerted that several boats were in trouble off the […]
Government & Politics
War refugees have right to remain in Britain permanently under Priti Patel’s new legal pathway (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
5 nations demand better EU sharing of migration load
(AP) The interior ministers of the five Mediterranean countries on the front line of mass migration to Europe want their EU partners to share the burden more equitably. “We can no longer be punished for our geographical position,” Malta’s Byron Camilleri said […]
Government & Politics
Italian prosecutor seeks trial for Salvini on migrant kidnapping charges
(Reuters) An Italian prosecutor formally called on Saturday for right-wing League leader Matteo Salvini to be tried for kidnapping over his decision to prevent more than 100 migrants from landing in the country in 2019. Salvini’s decision, made when he was interior […]
Government & Politics
Mediterranean ministers to discuss EU migration policies
(AP) The interior ministers of the five Mediterranean countries on the front line of mass migration to Europe are meeting in Greece to discuss the European Union’s policies as the bloc works toward a new migration pact. Ministers from Italy, Spain, Malta, […]
Government & Politics
Cyprus beyond limit of migrant capacity, needs EU help — government
(Reuters) Cyprus has been stretched beyond its limits in accommodating asylum seekers and migrants and needs support from its European Union partners, a government official said on Friday. Previously overlooked as a migratory route, the eastern Mediterranean island has seen an increase […]
Children & Teens
94 per cent of foreign ‘minors’ identified by Paris police are adults
(Breitbart) After setting up a fingerprint database in cooperation with North African countries, the Paris police prefecture positively identified 229 “minor” migrants, of which 216 were revealed to be adults. The Directorate of Security of the Paris Metropolitan Area (DSPAP) implemented the […]
Government & Politics
Boris Johnson insists plans to process asylum [seekers] abroad is ‘humane’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Asylum seekers sent abroad under plans to deter migrants (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
5 years on, stalled EU-Turkey migrant deal remains a model
(AP) Five years after it was signed, the widely-criticized deal between the European Union and Turkey aimed at preventing migrants from entering Greece no longer works, but the Europeans insist it has served them well and will do so again. Not only […]
Government & Politics
Turkey eyes revision of 2016 migration deal with EU 5 years into agreement, Ankara urges constructive dialogue to fix deal, arguing Europe failed to fulfill promises
(Anadolu) Five years since signing a landmark migration agreement with the EU grappling with successive waves of asylum seekers fleeing conflict and persecution, Turkey now seeks to revise the deal, arguing that the bloc has failed to keep its promises. The deal […]
Immigration
14 hospitalized in Canaries after migrants rescued at sea
(AP) Scores of migrants have been rescued from several boats near Spain’s Canary Islands, with 14 — many suffering from hypothermia — requiring hospitalization, authorities said Wednesday. A baby girl was in critical condition, while one person was reported to have died […]
Government & Politics
Ministers accuse lawyers of abusing asylum system, as figures show 80 per cent of appeals fail (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Abandoning government camp, migrants shelter on Gran Canaria cliff side
(Reuters) More than 60 North African migrants are living in tents in the mountains of Spain’s Gran Canaria island with no access to running water after leaving a Red Cross centre which they say crammed dozens of them into squalid conditions. About […]
Crime
Afghan youths jailed over Greek migrant camp fire
(AFP) A Greek court has jailed two Afghan youths for five years for starting a fire that burnt down Europe’s largest migrant camp last year on the island of Lesbos, lawyers said on Wednesday. The Lesbos court handed down the sentences late […]
Children & Teens
Ten children rescued from boat in English Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Split Cyprus defends razor wire to halt migrant crossovers
(AP) The government of ethnically split Cyprus came under fire on Tuesday over a decision to lay razor wire along a section of a U.N.-controlled buffer zone. It says the move is needed to stem migrant inflows from the island’s breakaway north, […]
Immigration
Dozens of migrants scale fences into Spain’s Melilla enclave
(AP) Dozens of migrants scaled a double fence and entered the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco early Monday, authorities said. Officials said that 59 out of around 150 migrants were able to get through. Two of the migrants and three officers […]
Government & Politics
EU’s Schinas briefs Greek MPs on new migration deal
(Kathimerini) European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas on Friday briefed the committees on European affairs and public administration in the Greek Parliament on the EU’s continuing talks over the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, responding to criticism and concerns from all sides. […]
Crime
Jail for man who steered boat of asylum seekers across the Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Channel ‘armada’ plan blocked amid fears it would become ‘migrant magnet’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Syrian migrants in Greece received by Norway
(Kathimerini) The Norwegian Embassy confirmed in a statement on Thursday that 35 asylum seekers left Athens for Oslo on Wednesday in the context of protecting vulnerable groups and supporting Greece. The 35 comprise seven families from Syria who are applying for asylum […]
Government & Politics
Probe into EU border agency leaves some questions unanswered
(AP) An inquiry into claims that the European Union’s border and coast guard agency was involved in illegally pushing back migrants has found no link to Frontex in any of the incidents but has been unable to establish what happened in five […]
Demonstrations
France bans far-right group that blocked migrants
(AFP) The French government on Wednesday banned far-right group Generation Identity, which gained notoriety through several attempts to block migrants from entering the country. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin posted the decree dissolving the group on Twitter, saying it “incites discrimination, hatred and […]
Immigration
Channel crossings: Four boats with 66 migrants on board intercepted
(BBC) Four small boats with 66 people on board have been intercepted by Border Force in the English Channel on Tuesday, the Home Office says. French authorities also stopped 22 migrants in two boats from making the crossing, a government spokesman said. […]
Government & Politics
Number of Channel migrants reaching UK doubles but no deportation flights since Brexit (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Denmark strips 94 Syrian refugees of residency permits deeming Damascus ‘safe’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Channel migrants seeking UK asylum are smuggling themselves back to France, says charity (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Life sentences for people smugglers considered as 100 migrants reach UK (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Man faces trial over Napier barracks assault
(BBC) A man is to face trial over an assault on a security guard at a former barracks where asylum seekers are held. Mohammed Ali, 22, pleaded not guilty at Canterbury Crown Court earlier to three charges over a disturbance at Napier […]
Immigration
Children among 87 people to cross Channel into UK on Saturday (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Army sends drones to France to catch migrants crossing Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
EU court urged to rule against Hungary’s asylum policy
(AP) The advocate general for [the] European Union’s highest court on Thursday urged the court to rule that Hungary violated the bloc’s laws on asylum when it passed legislation narrowing the possibilities for asylum-seekers to receive international protection. The non-binding opinion from […]
Immigration
Channel crossings: Migrant boats with 77 people on board intercepted
(BBC) Four boats with 77 people on board have been intercepted as they crossed the English Channel. The Home Office said the incidents took place on Tuesday, with the French authorities not reporting any interceptions in their waters. According to Home Office […]
Immigration
Slovenia police find 13 migrants lacking air hidden in truck
(AP) Police in Slovenia have discovered 13 migrants from Iraq, including two children, who were hidden in a cargo truck, suffering from dehydration and a lack of oxygen. Some of the migrants needed medical attention after they were found on Tuesday during […]
Government & Politics
‘EU failed to do its share for 4M refugees in Turkey’ Turkish President Erdogan criticizes EU for giving €3B to Greece but not sharing responsibility for 4M refugees in Turkey
(Anadolu) Turkey’s president on Monday criticized the EU’s double standard of supporting Greece on the issue of migrants but not sharing responsibility for 4 million refugees hosted by Turkey. “While the EU gives Greece €3 billion [$3.65 billion] for 100,000 refugees, it […]
Immigration
Europe-bound migrants found amid broken glass, toxic ash
(AP) Something seemed wrong to the guard inspecting sealed bags of toxic ash in the port of Melilla, one of Spain’s two small territories in North Africa. So he pulled a knife, cut the bag open and found a motionless leg, confirming […]
Immigration
Channel crossings: Migrant boats with 49 people on board intercepted
(BBC) Four small boats with 49 people on board have been intercepted as they crossed the English Channel, the Home Office has confirmed. French authorities, meanwhile, stopped 126 migrants in eight boats from crossing, a government spokesman said. Immigration minister Chris Philp […]
Crime
Sudanese asylum seeker who killed French official had no terrorist motives — prosecutor
(Reuters) A Sudanese asylum seeker who fatally stabbed an employee at a migrant reception centre in the southern French city of Pau on Friday had no terrorist motives, the Pau prosecutor said on Saturday. Prosecutor Cecile Gensac said that the assailant was […]
Crime
Sudanese refugee kills French immigration official after asylum request rejected
(Reuters) A Sudanese refugee stabbed and killed an employee at a centre for asylum seekers in the southern French city of Pau on Friday after his request for political asylum was rejected, authorities said. A police source said the Sudanese asylum seeker […]
Government & Politics
Cyprus slams Turkey over asylum-seeker ‘burden’
(AFP) Cyprus hit out at Turkey on Friday for acts it said were behind the creation of a new migration route that had “disproportionally burdened” it with the EU’s highest percentage of asylum-seekers. The Republic of Cyprus, a member of the European […]
Government & Politics
EU commissioner tells Bosnia to manage migration better
(Reuters) The European Union’s migration commissioner [Ylva] Johansson urged Bosnia on Thursday to manage migration properly and share the burden of its migrant crisis equally across the country if it is to stay on course for EU membership. About 9,000 migrants from […]
Government & Politics
More than 70pc of Channel migrant crossings prevented in post-Brexit crackdown (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Over 100 refugees flown to Germany
(Kathimerini) A total of 116 refugees from Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq, including 30 families with children, departed from the island of Lesvos on a charter flight to Hannover in Germany on Wednesday morning. It was the first direct flight from an Aegean […]
Government & Politics
Plan to use force in fingerprinting Channel asylum seekers will spark violence and self-harm, Priti Patel warned (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Convicted terrorist on verge of winning 27-year legal battle to remain in Britain as a ‘refugee’ (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Aegean Sea a ‘lawless space’ for migrants as abuses soar: NGO
(AFP) There was an “unprecedented escalation” of human rights violations against migrants in the Aegean Sea last year, a campaign group said Friday, accusing Greece and the EU’s border patrol agency Frontex of being behind a soaring number of illegal returns to […]
Immigration
Conditions in barracks housing refugees in UK to be investigated (LINK ONLY)
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