4 Aug 2021

18 Arrests in Migrant Smuggling Operation on the Balkan Route

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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
12 Oct 2018

Migration: new map of Europe reveals real frontiers for refugees

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Photo by Calvin Hanson on Unsplash Since the EU declared a “refugee crisis” in 2015 that was followed by an unprecedented number of deaths in the Mediterranean, maps explaining the routes of migrants to and within Europe have been used widely … Read More
12 Apr 2018

Syrian refugees leaving Germany over family reunification policy

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Syrians granted limited asylum but denied the right to fetch relatives are departing Germany for Turkey by using smugglers, say German media. The cases, if confirmed, bizarrely reverse the “Balkan route” drama of 2015. Thousands of Syrian refugees are attempting … Read More