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 head of the Border Force said. Tony Smith said it would be the only way…
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 deal. The numbers were released following a question to the interior ministry from a member…
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 boat are in quarantine after testing positive for coronavirus, the group Mediterranea said. The eight…
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 the Emerald Isle? The Focus spoke to representatives from Abolish Direct Provision, the Movement of…
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 reason to hold asylum seekers in jail, the European Union’s highest court ruled Thursday. The…
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 on their border. It also comes after a series of recent disputes over airspace and…
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 Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, who explained what was driving such high figures. “It is…
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 Libya’s brutal detention centers. In 2020, back home in Benin City, Edo State, James has…
(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. The number of asylum applications declined to 8,730 during April, an 86% drop from 61,421…
File photo Cyprus is launching a multilingual SMS campaign to head off more migrant arrivals by dispelling the mistaken belief it is a gateway to the rest of the EU, interior minister Nicos Nouris told the Cyprus Mail on Monday. The message will be seen by all who enter the roaming area of Cyprus, he…