EPA 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, Reuters reported. Frontex said 22,600 migrants were … Read More
Officers from the Romanian Police (Poliția Română) and Border Police (Poliția de Frontieră Română), supported by Europol, have dismantled an organized crime group involved in migrant smuggling across the so-called Balkan route. The action day on July 29 led to 22 … Read More
A new generation of audio weapons makes the latest offensive in a decades-long war of sound For the past year, Greece’s land border with Turkey, bounded by the fast-flowing Evros river, has been a focus for the country’s conservative government. … Read More
Faced with increasing protests against migrants’ vandalism, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis takes a tougher line against immigration, daily Magyar Nemzet writes Residents of Malacca in Greece are demanding the closure of a nearby asylum center in the face of … Read More
More than 700 people succeeded in crossing the English Channel on Monday and Tuesday, with many landing on Dungeness beach in Kent. A boat thought to be used in a migrant crossing is left on the beach in Kent, England. … Read More
The number of migrants crossing the Channel has been rising – EPA The home secretary pledged her “unwavering determination” to stop migrants crossing the English channel after nearly 600 people were intercepted over the weekend. On Sunday, 378 migrants crossed … Read More
Between the end of 2019 and 2020, 416,630 asylum-seekers arrived in the European Union. A large number, to be sure, but hardly sensational compared to 2015, when 1.2 million asylum-seekers arrived. AFTER TROOPS WITHDRAWAL, ASYLUM-SEEKER BOATS ARE LIKELY TO SET SAIL… FOR EUROPEAN SHORES … Read More
FILE – Migrants wait to be rescued by the Ocean Viking during a search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea, July 5, 2021. (Flavio Gasperini/SOS Mediterranee/Handout via Reuters) ROME – The International Organization for Migration said Wednesday that deaths … Read More
Many Syrian women in Germany are unable to get jobs because of childcare duties | Photo: Annegret Hilse/Reuters Syrians are the main beneficiaries of refugee protection in Germany, yet many are still forced to rely on state welfare to survive. … Read More
ROME, July 6 (Reuters) – A charity group asked the European Union on Tuesday to find a port where it can dock to disembark hundreds of migrants it has rescued in the central Mediterranean over recent days. Some 572 people, … Read More