27

Mar

Kidnapping charges in SeaWatch standoff

  Rome prosecutors have come to the conclusion that there are elements to proceed with kidnapping charges in the case of the SeaWatch 3 migrant rescue ship The ship had…

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27

Mar

EU to phase out Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean

  The EU's political and security committee agreed to phase out the Mediterranean migrant rescue Operation Sophia's mandate during a prolonged six-month period. All will depend on the final confirmation…

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27

Mar

Survey shows most Africans prefer staying in their continent

New data from the Afrobarometer research organization based in Ghana, showed that contrary to narratives about African migration in the West, most Africans said they would rather go to another…

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20

Mar

Bus full of students hijacked and torched in Italy

Italian security forces arrested a 47-year-old man  after allegedly hijacking a bus he was driving  full of schoolchildren and subsequently starting a fire inside the vehicle. The suspect has been…

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20

Mar

Migrants on board the ‘Mare Ionio’ to disembark at Lampedusa

  The 49 migrants on board the Italian NGO rescue ship 'Mare Ionio' will be disembarking at Lampedusa on the orders of Guardia di Finanza. The 'Mare Ionio' was embroiled…

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20

Mar

Australia to cut its annual intake of immigrants by nearly 15 percent

Australia on Wednesday announced cuts to its annual intake of immigrants by nearly 15 percent, and barred some new arrivals from living in its largest cities for three years, in…

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07

Mar

Two children die as migrant boat sinks off Greek island

Two children were among three people who died early Thursday when a migrant boat, carrying at least 12 people, sank near the Greek island of Samos. The two young boys…

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06

Mar

Over 80 migrants rescued by AFM

An AFM patrol boat has rescued 87 migrants off the coast of Lampedusa and are on their way with them back to Malta. The AFM said it was informed by…

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04

Mar

Another mass attempt by migrants to board cross-Channel ferry to Dover

Police in the French port of Calais arrested more than 40 migrants on Sunday after an attempt to board a cross-Channel ferry bound for Dover. French police sprung into action…

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03

Mar

Spain reports drop in illegal immigration by sea

The New York Times reported that the Spanish Government announced that illegal immigration by sea dropped drastically during the mont of February - from 4,000 in January to 930 in…

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02

Oct

Post Brexit Immigration Policy announced

Britain will end preferential access for European Union workers after Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May announced on Tuesday, saying she wanted to attract high-skilled immigrants wherever they were from. In…

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05

Sep

Malta News Evening Roundup – Wednesday 5th September 2018

Good evening, The following are the leading stories as reported by Malta's news portals so far. The news today is mainly dominated by Adrian Delia's testimony in his constitutional case…

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17

Jul

Judge suspends deportations of immigrant families reunited following separation at the border

AP: A federal judge on Monday ordered a temporary halt to deportations of immigrant families reunited after being separated at the border, as the Trump administration races to meet a July…

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05

Jul

Thursday Morning Briefing

Good morning, Our Morning Briefing for today follows: Malta: Foreign Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela yesterday conceded that the Europe Union still had a lot of work to do when it came…

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29

Jun

Melania Trump travels back to US Border to see immigration centres

The Guardian: Melania Trump has travelled to the US border with Mexico for a second time in a week to see immigration centres housing apprehended migrant children, following widespread outcry over…

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28

Jun

MV LifeLine : Media angles

This is how some media outlets reported the arrival of the MV LifeLine Maltese Media   Times of Malta: The charity boat Lifeline docked at Malta on Wednesday evening, bringing to…

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26

Jun

Austrian’s EU Presidency to push hardline migration policy

Financial Times:  Syrians, Afghans and African nationals seeking refuge in the EU would have to file their asylum applications before entering the bloc under radical migration proposals put forward by Austria’s government.…

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25

Jun

Libyan coastguard reported to have saved nearly 1,000 migrants

Euronews: Nearly a thousand migrants were rescued on Sunday by the Libyan coastguard and ten bodies recovered from the sea. Mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, the 948 migrants had taken to sea…

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24

Jun

Iraqi Sister who fled Islamic State is denied entry to Britain for the second time

The Catholic Herald : An Iraqi Sister who was forced to flee Islamic State in 2014 has been denied entry to Britain for a second time. Sister Ban Madleen previously applied…

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24

Jun

25 bodies retrieved from the shores of western Libya

Libya Observer: The Libyan Red Crescent has recovered about 25 bodies of illegal immigrants from the shores of Maya town, the Tripoli Naval Base at Abu Sitta and Khoms city. The…

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22

Jun

Wikileaks has published professional information and LinkedIn profiles of thousands of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees

Sydney Morning Herald: Wikileaks has published professional information and LinkedIn profiles of thousands of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees in a searchable online database, as the fallout from the…

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21

Jun

Trump signs Executive Order to reverse illegal migrant family separation at borders

CNN - The Independent (UK): President Donald Trump has backed down to widespread criticism of an immigration policy that split families at the US border by signing an executive order that will put a stop…

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20

Jun

Tv anchor breaks down during report on ‘tender age’ detention centres

The Guardian : T MSNBC host struggles to get through a segment on her nightly show, describing babies being forcibly removed from their parents and taken to shelters under Trump's hardline immigration…

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20

Jun

Hungary is to step up its anti-immigration measures with a new 25 percent special tax on aid groups which support migration

Euronews: Hungary is to step up its anti-immigration measures with a new 25 percent special tax on aid groups which support migration. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government has been among…

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19

Jun

Republican Senators seek passage of legislation to bring an end to Trump’s practice of separating children from parents when families cross US borders illegally

The New York Times: Republican senators moved on Tuesday to defuse a political crisis by seeking passage of legislation that would swiftly bring an end to President Trump’s practice of separating…

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19

Jun

“Papa! Papa!” – The plea of child calling for his parents

The Telegraph: An audio recording that appears to capture the heartbreaking voices of small children crying out for their parents at a US immigration facility is fuelling fury over the Trump administration’s policy…

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18

Jun

Asylum seeking applications in Europe down by 44% compared to 2016. Approximately 15% of asylum seekers come from Syria – EASO

The total number of asylum applications throughout all of the EU, plus Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein, last year, was 728,470, or some 44 percent less when compared to 2016,…

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18

Jun

Children separated from parents at US border held in cages in Texas warehouse

The Guardian: Inside an old warehouse in south Texas, hundreds of children wait away from their parents in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20…

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18

Jun

Matteo Salvini meets Cardinal Raymond Burke, the Pope’s fiercest critic in the Vatican

The Guardian: Matteo Salvini, the far-right Italian interior minister who once questioned Pope Francis’s legitimacy, has met Raymond Burke, the Argentinian pontiff’s fiercest critic in the Vatican, signalling an unprecedented…

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16

Jun

Trump’s see-saw immigration policy creates confusion in The House of Representatives

The New York Times: Conflicting messages from President Trump and his aides over whether he would support a compromise immigration bill sent House Republicans into fits of confusion on Friday, further…

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11

Jun

Spain to allow Aquarius dock in Valencia

The Spain Report : The new Spanish government is to allow the Gibraltar flagged migrant rescue ship Aquarius, currently waiting in international waters between Malta and Sicily (Italy), to dock in…

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11

Jun

Monday’s Morning Briefing

Good morning A rather hot day as temperatures are expected to reach the 30 degree mark on the Celsius scale, which at times will feel like 34 degrees. The main…

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10

Jun

Malta should stick to its position on immigration – Dr Tonio Borg

The Sunday Times of Malta Migrants should be taken to the closest port of call, even if they were saved in the search and rescue zone of a neighbouring country,…

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08

Jun

UN Security Council imposes sanctions on six leaders of human trafficking in Libya

The UN Security Council has imposed sanctions on six leaders of human trafficking networks operating in Libya - the first time traffickers have been put on an international sanctions list.…

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04

Jun

Salvini pledges to press EU for asylum law reform

The new Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini pledged on Sunday to press EU officials for asylum law reform that allows stricter controls on illegal immigration. During a visit to one…

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03

Jun

Libya signs agreement to secure joint borders with its southern neighbours

Libya’s Foreign Ministry announced that Libya had signed an agreement with its southern neighboring countries Niger, Chad and Sudan to secure the joint borders against human trafficking and weapons smuggling.…

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03

Jun

Elections underway in Slovenia

The Slovenian Democratic Party looks set to win the most votes in the election taking place today. The party let by Led by Janez Janša, seen an increase in support, mainly…

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03

Jun

Sunday’s Morning Briefing

Good morning, Malta's newspapers cover a myriad of topics. The salient points include the ongoing investigations in Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder and the investigations carried by Magistrate Aaron Bugeja on…

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24

May

Three Libyans arrested in Zuwara, accused of trafficking migrants, 20 injured in gun fire from trafficker

Zuwara Security Directorate said Tuesday it had foiled an illegal immigration attempt by over 200 illegal immigrants from different African countries, who were arrested in a farm west of the…

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07

May

476 migrants saved in the strait of Gibraltar

Spain’s maritime rescue service has said it saved 476 migrants who were attempting to cross the Mediterranean from Africa. The migrants were pulled from 15 small boats on Friday and…

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17

Apr

Windrush – A dark page in the UK’s Commonwealth history, today.

As the UK is hosting Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) where leaders gathered in London and Windsor to "address the shared global challenges we face and agree actions on…

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12

Apr

Woman accused of faking illness to avoid UK deportation died five days later

The Guardian reveals that a South African woman who collapsed during an attempted removal from the UK was accused by immigration officials of faking illness to avoid being put on…

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