MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Hungarian government is unlikely to reverse its tough stance on migration and asylum policies, despite pressure from the European Union, though it may resort to minor concessions, Tibor Bana, the deputy chairman of Hungary’s parliamentary committee … Read More
Migrants stranded on a boat, thirty miles off the Libyan coast as they are rescued by Royal Marines, on 7 June 2015. Photo Rowan Griffith/Daily Mirror. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), as of 12 June 2015, an estimated 1,865 … Read More
Pope Francis has offered prayers to the migrants who have lost their lives in the Mediterranean Sea and called on the international community to prevent more deaths. The new Italian government is looking to limit the number of migrants it … Read More
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is a fierce critic of European migration policy. Budapest has repeatedly stressed the necessity to strengthen the protection of the EU’s external borders and to create migration transit centres outside the bloc. Hungary’s Foreign Minister … Read More
Despite toughening its stance to stem the flow of people, the Italian government says it will allow 450 rescued migrants to disembark in Sicily. Euronews correspondent Anelise Borges found herself at the heart of the cirsis when she spent ten … Read More
A German federal police report says that deportation orders were up 17 percent, but that actual deportations were down 4 percent. Meanwhile, the labor minister argues that some of those being deported shouldn’t be. More than half of the ordered … Read More
A rescuer pushes a migrant dinghy intercepted in the Strait of Gibraltar, July 11, 2018. | Photo: Reuters As long as Europe continues to operate with a skewed definition of the crisis, it will continue to grow, leading to far … Read More
A BOTTLENECK of 700,000 migrants is waiting in Libya to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, the National Crime Agency has said. The number – greater than the population of Leicester – highlights the difficulties facing the EU in controlling migrants … Read More
ITALY has refused to allow a commercial vessel flying an Italian flag to bring ashore rescued migrants, apparently keeping up a hardline policy on new arrivals as it presses European allies to share the burden of hosting an influx of … Read More
Charity workers and volunteers arrive in London after retracing the steps of refugees and migrants heading through France to reach Great Britain. A solidarity march for migrants has reached its final destination in London, 10 weeks after setting off from … Read More