Police in Murcia are still looking for 45 escaped migrants from the group of 454 migrants, of which 34 people tested positive for COVID-19 Since Friday, 435 migrants from Africa have arrived at the Spanish coast in small boats, with … Read More
Migrants intercepted by Border Force are usually bought to Dover where they can apply for asylum – PA Media Migrants who cross the Channel in small boats should be returned to France before they can apply for asylum, the former … Read More
Some of the Syrians who have received subsidiary protection in Germany| Photo: picture-alliance /dpa / H. Schmidt The German newspaper Die Welt reported that Germany accepted almost 10,000 migrants and asylum seekers between 2016 and March 2020 under the EU-Turkey … Read More
Charity group Mediterranea’s Mare Jonio ship rescued 43 migrants on Wednesday, eight of whom tested positive for coronavirus Handout MEDITERRANEA/AFP/File – Rome (AFP) Eight migrants who disembarked in Sicily this week after being rescued in the Mediterranean by a charity … Read More
One of the promises Ireland’s new coalition government has made is a commitment to abolish Direct Provision, the state’s controversial system for accommodating asylum seekers. But what new regime will be put in place to protect those seeking shelter on … Read More
Refugees disembark the SOS Mediterranee’s Aquarius ship after its arrival at the eastern port of Valencia, Spain, in June 2018. (Kenny Karpov/SOS Mediterranee via AP) LUXEMBOURG (CN) — Lack of space in a refugee center is not a good enough … Read More
The European Union’s top diplomat said the EU’s determined to protect its external borders during his visit to Greece on Wednesday after a standoff in March in which thousands of migrants attempted to force their way into Greece, triggering clashes … Read More
The UN refugee agency revealed that the number of people fleeing war and persecution was more than 79 million last year — the highest such figure since the agency was founded 70 years ago. Euronews spoke to the UN High … Read More
By the time James boarded a flight from Libya to Nigeria at the end of 2018, he had survived a Mediterranean shipwreck, traveled through a half dozen African states, been shot, and spent two years being abused and tortured in … Read More
(Reuters) – Asylum applications in Europe fell to the lowest level in April for over a decade as borders closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, European Union figures show, compounding the challenges of people fleeing conflict and persecution. … Read More