Debris from a dinghy that was supposedly carrying over 100 migrants are seen floating in the Mediterranean Sea northeast of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, Thursday, April 22, 2021. SOS Mediterranee, which operates the rescue vessel Ocean Viking, said late Thursday that the wreck of a rubber boat, which was initially carrying around 130 people, was…
European affairs undersecretary says ‘we need to change the system.’ (ANSAmed) – ROME, APRIL 26 – Italian undersecretary for European Affairs, Enzo Amendola, told RAI’s Agorà program that “this is a present we need to change because there are no European missions, we are negotiating, the talks aren’t easy, we don’t like the agreement that…
Asylum requests accepted by EU down 5%, Eurostat ROME – Nearly 17 child and teen unaccompanied migrants have vanished every day since 2018 in European countries including Italy, Greece, and Germany, according to an investigation by the Guardian published on Wednesday. The report by the Guardian and cross-border journalism collective Lost in Europe highlighted how…
Tareq Alaows stands in front of the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, in Berlin. Alaows came to Germany as an asylum-seeker from Syria in 2015. He launched a campaign to run in Germany’s federal election in September for the Green Party but recently withdrew his candidacy. —Markus Schreiber/AP BERLIN — Tareq Alaows was hoping to become the…
Heba Alrejleh and Radwan Jomaa with children Aya, 11, Lilian, 4, and Mohamed, 10. “The words ‘to send us back to Syria’ means to destroy our lives,” says Jomaa. – Sidsel Overgaard In 2019, Danish authorities issued a report stating that the security situation in some parts of Syria had “improved significantly.” Last year, that…
On April 2, 2021, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, issued a statement condemning atrocity crimes in Tigray and called for comprehensive responses: “We condemn the killing of civilians, sexual and gender-based violence, indiscriminate shelling and the forced displacement of residents of Tigray and…
Home secretary says she will make ‘no apology’ for tougher rules when she sets out new plan for immigration. Priti Patel will set out new plan for immigration on Wednesday. – Luke Dray / Stringer via Getty Images The home secretary has said she will make “no apology” for tougher immigration rules as she announces…
Migrants erect tents near Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, March 2021 | Photo: Reuters Frightened of being sent back to their country of origin, migrants are leaving their accommodation centers in Gran Canaria to sleep on the streets of the Spanish island. Sometimes they find refuge high up on the edge of the cliffs. For the…
Since October 1,500 have been intercepted – and some left with permanent injuries, such as amputated fingers, due to extreme cold. Migrants and asylum seekers are resorting to dangerous night hikes through the Alps to reach France, aid workers are reporting. As borders within Europe become increasingly difficult to cross due to pandemic restrictions, some…
Austria’s right-wing FPÖ party says 50 percent of welfare recipients and 35 percent of unemployed are foreigners. Over 50 percent of all prisoners in Austria have a foreign background, according to data from the Austrian Judiciary. The shockingly high foreign prison population has prompted the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) to argue that it is time…