Government & Politics
Home Office to house Channel migrants in military barracks (LINK ONLY)
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Refugees
Government & Politics
Greek PM says EU must show ‘tangible solidarity’ on migrants, Turkey
(Reuters) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Tuesday for “tangible solidarity” from the European Union in tackling the migrant crisis and tensions with Turkey in the east Mediterranean region. A fire destroyed Greece’s biggest refugee camp last week on the island […]
Children & Teens
Germany to take in 1,500 refugees from Greek islands
(AFP) Germany said Tuesday it will take in more than 1,500 refugees from Greece on top of the 150 unaccompanied minors whose camp burned down on the island of Lesbos as Berlin tried to rally a fresh EU response to a years-long […]
Crime
Greek government accuses migrants of ‘burning’ Moria camp
(AFP) Greece on Monday accused migrants of deliberately burning their overcrowded camp last week on Lesbos island, where hundreds reluctantly moved to a new temporary site with “no showers or mattresses.” Families, children, young men and pregnant women have been left wandering […]
Government & Politics
Greece sees end to Lesbos migrant crisis within a week
(AFP) Greece said Sunday it hoped thousands of asylum seekers left homeless by fires at Europe’s largest migrant camp could be rehoused within a week to end a crisis that has seen protesters clash with police. Asylum-seekers — including the elderly and […]
Children & Teens
Europe should take more minors from Moria migrant camp: Germany’s Scholz
(Reuters) Plans by European countries to take some 400 unaccompanied children from the burned-down Moria refugee camp in Greece should mark just the beginning of their efforts, German Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday. Fires destroyed Greece’s biggest refugee camp on […]
Government & Politics
Austria’s Kurz reiterates opposition to taking in asylum seekers from Moria
(Reuters) Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Saturday reiterated his opposition to taking in asylum seekers from the destroyed Moria refugee camp in Greece, prompting criticism from his government coalition partner the Greens and from the opposition. The fires at Europe’s largest refugee […]
Demonstrations
Teargas fired during migrant protests on Greek island of Lesbos
(AFP) Greek riot police fired tear gas at protesting asylum-seekers on the island of Lesbos Saturday, as thousands demanded help after being left homeless by fires that destroyed Europe’s largest migrant camp. Asylum-seekers — including the elderly and very young children — […]
Immigration
Coastguard dealing with ‘multiple’ migrant boats off Kent coast
(BBC) The coastguard says it is dealing with “multiple” small boats with migrants on board off the Kent coast. Dozens of people wrapped in blankets and wearing lifejackets have been seen being brought into the port of Dover as migrants take advantage […]
Government & Politics
Greece wants joint EU management of new Lesbos camp
(AFP) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday demanded more “active” participation from the EU in housing thousands of migrants on the island of Lesbos, as he said Athens will rebuild a notoriously overcrowded camp destroyed by fire. “A new facility will […]
Health & Medicine
For Greek camp migrants, COVID-19 quarantine was spark
(Reuters) For asylum-seekers trapped in the overcrowded facility on Greece’s island of Lesbos, Moria was hell most days. But a coronavirus quarantine was the final straw. It was just before midnight on Tuesday when eight migrants who tested positive for COVID-19 were […]
Children & Teens
Moria migrants: Germany, France will take in 400 children from Greece’s refugee camp Berlin and Paris said they plan to move 400 minors from the Greek migrant camp destroyed in a blaze. Angela Merkel said she hoped other EU nations would assume a 'shared responsibility' and accept some of the minors.
(Deutsche Welle) German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to a deal that would allow 400 unaccompanied minors from the Greek migrant camp to move to other parts of the European Union, Merkel confirmed on Thursday. Merkel, whose country […]
Government & Politics
Trump administration considers postponing refugee admissions, U.S. official says
(Reuters) U.S. officials are weighing whether to postpone or further cut refugee admissions in the coming year amid legal fights over President Donald Trump’s refugee policy and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior official said. The possible postponement — one […]
Government & Politics
Germany calls for ‘urgent’ EU migrant reform after Lesbos disaster
(AFP) Germany on Wednesday pushed for urgent reform of the EU’s migration policies, with its minister for Europe telling AFP it was all the more crucial to act quickly after a fire laid waste to the biggest refugee camp in Greece. “We […]
Gender Separation
‘Mental torture’: Muslim immigration detainees say they haven’t been given halal food for more than a year They are among more than 100 men detained in a Kangaroo Point hotel after they were evacuated from Nauru and Papua New Guinea for medical reasons.
(SBS) Muslim immigration detainees in Brisbane have filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission saying they have not been given certified halal food for more than 12 months. They are among more than 100 men detained in a Kangaroo Point […]
Health & Medicine
Greece’s main migrant camp gutted after huge blaze
(AFP) Greece’s largest migrant camp on the island of Lesbos was gutted by a huge fire early Wednesday, leaving over 12,000 fleeing asylum seekers homeless, with reports that the blaze was started by migrants revolting against coronavirus isolation rules. Firemen said the […]
Demonstrations
Hundreds of migrants call for freedom at camp on Gran Canaria
(Reuters) A group of migrants being held at a dockside camp on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria chanted “freedom” on Tuesday as they tried to force open a police fence and the coast guard brought in more people rescued from boats […]
Health & Medicine
Greece finds 35 COVID-19 cases in Moria migrant camp
(Reuters) Coronavirus infections in Greece’s overcrowded migrant camp Moria on the island of Lesbos nearly doubled since Monday to 35 confirmed cases, the migration ministry said on Tuesday. The facility was placed under quarantine last week after authorities confirmed that a 40-year-old […]
Health & Medicine
Greece reports 17 coronavirus cases in Moria migrant camp
(Reuters) Greece has registered at least 17 cases of coronavirus in the overcrowded migrant camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos so far, a migration ministry official said on Monday. Last week, the facility was placed under quarantine after authorities confirmed […]
Children & Teens
Migrant baby taken into care as 200 cross Channel to reach Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Cyprus worried as 4 migrant boats reach island in 48 hours
(AP) Cypriot authorities are alarmed over the arrival of four boats carrying Syrian and Lebanese migrants in waters off the east Mediterranean island nation’s coastline within a 48-hour span. Cyprus police said Sunday that four vessels appeared off Cyprus’ eastern and southern […]
Demonstrations
Dover immigration protesters and police clash at port
(BBC) Police and anti-immigration protesters have clashed outside the entrance to Dover harbour. At one point, several officers restrained a person on the ground and in total 10 people were arrested. It came as rival protests over migrants reaching the UK in […]
Government & Politics
Migrants are moved from overcrowded Italian island facility
(AP) With the help of a local fishing boat, hundreds of migrants were transferred on Saturday to a ferry from a tiny Italian island to relieve severe overcrowding during the pandemic at a residence for asylum-seekers. After their transfer on Saturday, they […]
Immigration
Britain heading for record 10,000 Channel migrants this year (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
EU’s Michel says relocation no silver bullet to migration feuds
(Reuters) Europe must improve migration procedures on its external borders, seal more deals with foreign countries and synchronise asylum policies in the bloc before it tackles the thorny issue of hosting asylum seekers, a top EU official said on Friday. European Council […]
Government & Politics
MP blames French politicians for migrants coming to UK ‘on false premise’ (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Syracuse man from Iraq charged with lying about membership in Iran-backed militia
(Syracuse.com) A Syracuse man with Iraqi citizenship is facing at least five years in prison for allegedly lying to immigration officials about his association with an Iran-backed militia as part of his application for a green card here, according to the United […]
Crime
People-smugglers using social media to organise migrant crossings, MPs told (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Legal challenges blocking migrant removals, even though most have claimed asylum elsewhere (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migrants trying to reach Europe pushed to deadly Atlantic
(AP) Migrants are increasingly crossing a treacherous part of the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago near West Africa, in what has become one of the most dangerous routes to European territory. About 4,000 people have survived the […]
Health & Medicine
First coronavirus case in Greece’s main migrant camp
(AFP) Greece on Wednesday announced a first coronavirus infection in its largest migrant camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos, where nearly 13,000 asylum seekers live in unsanitary conditions. “A 40-year-old Somali man has tested positive,” a migration ministry source told […]
Immigration
Record 400-plus migrants cross Channel in one day
(BBC) More than 400 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats — a record for a single day. Border Force has intercepted 416 people, including young children, on board 28 boats, the Home Office has confirmed. Some of the migrants […]
Government & Politics
Minister: Over 10,000 migrants stopped from entering Greece
(AP) Greek authorities have prevented thousands of migrants from entering Greece clandestinely by sea this year despite a recent lack of cooperation from the Turkish coast guard, the country’s shipping minister said Wednesday. Giannis Plakiotakis, whose ministry is also in charge of […]
Children & Teens
Migrant woman with coronavirus gives birth on board a helicopter
(Reuters) A migrant woman who tested positive to coronavirus has given birth to a baby on board a helicopter as she was flying to Sicily from the small southern Italian island of Lampedusa, the Sicilian regional government said on Tuesday. The woman […]
Immigration
Migrants resume risky Channel crossings as calm seas return
(AFP) As dawn broke Tuesday over the Channel, a small black dot on the horizon slowly morphed into an increasingly familiar sight: a dinghy overloaded with people desperate to reach Britain. Those aboard, all wearing orange life jackets and including at least […]
Demonstrations
‘Cry for help’: Migrants pitch tents in central Paris
(AFP) Hundreds of migrants pitched tents in central Paris on Tuesday to call attention to their plight on the streets, where they scrape by in often dire hygiene conditions. Families, single women and unaccompanied minors were among the 218 migrants who set […]
Immigration
Nearly 1,500 migrants made journey to UK in small boats during August (LINK ONLY)
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Demonstrations
Fears grow over planned far-right protest in Dover against asylum seekers (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
More migrant arrivals fuel local anger in Italy’s Lampedusa
(AFP) A fishing boat carrying nearly 370 migrants landed overnight on the Italian island of Lampedusa, the country’s news agencies said on Sunday, fueling anger from local officials over a recent rise in illegal arrivals. Italy has been struggling in recent months […]
Government & Politics
Doors slamming shut in Hungary for asylum seekers
(AFP) “It’s difficult in a new way for us. There is hardly anyone left to talk to,” Karzan Mohamed Sharif Amin, an Iraqi Kurd, told AFP at a government-run shelter in western Hungary. A father of four, the 37-year-old is one of […]
Health & Medicine
Nigerians attack medics at Rome coronavirus centre
(AFP) Three Nigerian migrants attacked staff in a military hospital in Rome after testing positive for the new coronavirus, the defence ministry said Saturday. The incident at the Celio military hospital, now turned into a COVID-19 treatment centre, occurred when they saw […]
Government & Politics
Europe still mired in division after migrant crisis
(AFP) Since taking in more than a million people fleeing war and poverty in 2015, Europe has stepped up border controls but still falls short on common migration and asylum policies. At the time, the migrant crisis “laid bare Europe’s structural flaws […]
Government & Politics
Five years after refugee influx, Merkel ‘would do the same’
(AFP) Five years after Germany controversially took in hundreds of thousands of migrants, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday she would do the same again as she rides a wave of popularity for her handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “I would make essentially […]
Government & Politics
Asylum-seeker returns flight is halted by legal challenges
(BBC) A plane due to remove asylum-seekers from the UK has been cancelled after legal challenges. The Home Office said the charter flight was “paused” to allow time for the applications to be considered. On Wednesday, 12 migrants were returned to France […]
Immigration
Tensions grow as Bosnian authorities crack down on migrants
(AP) Tensions are growing in the northwestern Bosnia after local authorities launched a widespread crackdown on thousands of migrants stranded in the area and set up police roadblocks to prevent more Europe-bound newcomers from arriving. Authorities in Bosnia’s Krajina region, which borders […]
Children & Teens
Greece sends 28 more ailing migrant children to Germany
(AP) Another group of children with medical needs who have been living in migrant camps in Greece arrived in Germany on Wednesday with their close relatives, a transfer that was delayed by coronavirus cases in two families, the German government said. In […]
Government & Politics
Asylum seekers in last-minute UK legal bid to prevent removal (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migrants return to dangerous Canary Islands route
(AFP) Heightened security in the Mediterranean is pushing more migrants seeking a better life in Europe to try the longer — and more dangerous — Atlantic crossing to Spain’s Canary Islands, which have seen a surge in arrivals. Use of the route […]
Crime
Austria arrests Syrian over attacks on Jewish leader, synagogue
(Reuters) Austria has arrested a 31-year-old Syrian refugee suspected of carrying out attacks last week on a Jewish community leader and a synagogue in Austria’s second city Graz, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said on Monday. The leader of Graz’s Jewish community association, […]
Government & Politics
Greece to extend fence on land border with Turkey to deter migrants
(Reuters) Greece will proceed with plans to extend a cement and barbed-wire fence that it set up in 2012 along its northern border with Turkey to prevent migrants from entering the country, the government said on Monday. The conservative government made the […]