Greece says it won’t allow illegal entry of migrants by land or sea

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ATHENS, May 24 (Reuters) – Greece warned on Tuesday that it would not allow the illegal entry of migrants by land or by sea, after a sharp increase in attempted entries through its Aegean islands and land border with Turkey … Read More

Turkey’s plan to draw refugees back to Syria: Homes for 1 million

BEIRUT — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey this week announced a dramatic expansion of his country’s plan to entice refugees from Syria’s civil war to return to their home country by building homes for them in Syria near the … Read More

EU immigration is broken. Brussels is unlikely to be able to fix it

Brussels wants to create more legal pathways for skilled migrants to move to the European Union in order to curb illegal migration, but experts are sceptical about whether it goes far enough. Between two and three million third-country nationals (TCNs) … Read More

Migrants live in ‘misery’ as Cyprus suffers overwhelm with migrant influx

For tens of thousands of asylum seekers, living in Cyprus is a daily struggle. Isiaka and Christelle are just two out of thousands of migrants and refugees battling with meeting basic needs ranging from housing to employment to having food … Read More

About 10,000 Refugees From Ukraine Arrive in Hungary Every Day

About 9,000 -10,000 refugees from Ukraine are reaching Hungary every day, according to the figures provided by the Chief Security Advisor György Bakondi. The number of refugees from Ukraine has surpassed 601,000 since the start of the war, according to … Read More

Many migrants at higher risk of homelessness than Irish-born – report

Housing needs to be considered as an important part of integration policy, according to the Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman. His comments mark the publication of findings by the Economic and Social Research Institute, which used 2016 Census microdata to … Read More

White House: US to Take In 100,000 Ukrainian Refugees

The White House announced Thursday plans for the United States to welcome as many as 100,000 Ukrainians and others fleeing the Russian invasion of the eastern European nation. In a statement on its website, the White House said the plan … Read More

Eastern Europe Under Strain as Ukraine Refugees Keep Coming

MEDYKA, Poland/PRAGUE (Reuters) -Eastern Europe’s efforts to aid Ukrainians came under strain on Friday, with some cities running out of accommodation as the number of refugees passed 2.5 million and fighting in their homeland. Relief work in frontline states – … Read More

Some Irish families ‘unable to cope’ with housing Ukrainian refugees

Some Irish families who have taken Ukrainian refugees into their homes in recent weeks have already “returned them” to facilities such as the new temporary accommodation centre in Citywest, Co Dublin, telling volunteers they’re “unable to cope”. Citywest conference centre … Read More

‘Russia hopes the Ukrainian refugees will disrupt Europe’

Russia would like to undermine the EU by the massive arrival of Ukrainian refugees, creating additional problems in EU countries’ economies and societies writes Roman Rukomeda. Roman Rukomeda is a Ukrainian political analyst. This is his 28th account of Russia’s … Read More

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