Migration

Over 1,150 migrants rescued off Italy as new govt mulls ban on 2 NGO ships

ROME (Reuters) - Two migrants were found dead and more than 1,150 were rescued off Sicily, the coast guard said on Wednesday, as the new nationalist government in Rome threatened…

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Germany sets cornerstones for liberal migration reforms

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's ruling coalition has put the cornerstones in place to change the immigration system to make the country more attractive for skilled workers and fill hundreds of…

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Two children found dead on migrant boat off Italy – coastguard

MILAN (Reuters) - Two children were found dead and a woman was still missing following the rescue of migrants from a boat off the southern coast of Italy on Friday,…

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Turkey denies involvement with migrant incident at Greek border

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey denied involvement in an incident where Greece found 92 illegal migrants close to its northern border with Turkey, Turkish Deputy Interior Minister Ismail Catakli said. "As…

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Greek police find dozens of naked migrants at border with Turkey

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police have rescued a group of 92 illegal migrants who were discovered naked, and some with injuries, close to its northern border with Turkey, police said.…

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Tunisia coast guard retrieves bodies of 15 migrants off Mahdia coast

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian coast guard recovered the bodies of 15 migrants off the coast of Mahdia, the state news agency reported. Authorities will work to identify the bodies, including…

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U.S. to expel Venezuelan migrants to Mexico under joint plan

MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Mexican officials have agreed to a plan to curb rising numbers of Venezuelans crossing their shared border that will enable the United States to…

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Migrants face tougher times in Meloni’s Italy

ROME, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Life is tough for asylum seekers in Italy - most are denied refugee status, barred from legal employment and, polls suggest, face discrimination. Now things…

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NYC mayor declares state of emergency amid migrant busing crisis

NEW YORK, Oct 7 (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency in response to thousands of migrants bused to the city in recent months…

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Libya authorities find 15 bodies, some burned in boat, on shore

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan rescue workers have recovered at least 15 bodies found on the coast in Sabratha including a number burned in a boat and others on the beach,…

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Serbia’s police prevent 200 migrants from entering Hungary, seize money, weapons

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian police prevented 200 migrants from crossing into the country's northern neighbour Hungary and seized money and weapons, the interior ministry said. The number of illegal migrants…

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Eritrean alleged human trafficker extradited to the Netherlands

#(Reuters) - A 38-year-old Eritrean man accused of being a key figure in the large-scale trafficking of Eritreans to Europe was extradited to the Netherlands, Dutch prosecutors revealed. The suspect,…

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Border-crossing asylum-seekers hit six-year high in Canada

TORONTO, (Reuters) - The number of asylum-seekers entering Canada between formal border crossings has surged to the highest point since the government started tracking them in 2017, as dropped pandemic…

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Malta football head coach suspended after sexual conduct allegations emerge / Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 27 September 2022

Updated 1600 - Afternoon Briefing The Times of Malta reports that the head coach of Malta’s national football team Devis Mangia has been suspended after a player reported him over…

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Asylum applicants in Europe up 4% in June 2022, largest group are Syrians

In June 2022, 65 645 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in the EU Member States, up 66% compared with June 2021 (39 515) and 4% compared…

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UPDATED: Death toll from sunken Lebanon migrant boat rises to 86

CAIRO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The death toll from a migrant boat that sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week has risen to 86, Syrian…

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Six Syrian refugees found dead on boat reaching Sicily

Six Syrian refugees, including three children, were found dead on a migrant boat that arrived on Monday in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said.…

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Australia raises migration target amid labour squeeze, global talent race

SYDNEY, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Australia on Friday increased its intake of permanent migrants to 195,000 this financial year, up by 35,000, in a bid to help businesses and industries…

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After rescue by Open Arms, 99 migrants wait to dock in Europe

ABOARD THE OPEN ARMS UNO, off Sicily, (Reuters) - Around 30 nautical miles off the coast of Italy's Sicily, 99 migrants are awaiting an update on their future after nine…

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Canada on track to exceed lofty 2022 immigration target

Canada is on track to exceed its immigration goal of granting permanent residency to more than 430,000 people in 2022, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said. Fraser, speaking to reporters in…

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Google to start campaign against misinformation on Ukrainian refugees

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Google's Jigsaw subsidiary will next week launch a campaign aimed at tackling disinformation about Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic based on research by…

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Netherlands investigates infant’s death at overcrowded asylum seeker centre

AMSTERDAM, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Dutch authorities are investigating the death of a 3-month-old baby at the country's overcrowded main registration location for asylum seekers, the government's Central Agency for…

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Britain to work with Albania to deport migrants who cross Channel

Britain said on Thursday it would work with Albania to quickly process and repatriate the large number of Albanians who cross the English Channel in small boats, after a surge…

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UK sees biggest rise in foreign workers since COVID pandemic

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain recorded its biggest rise in foreign workers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the year to June, driven overwhelmingly by workers from outside the…

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Photo story: People smuggling tragedy on Austrian-Slovak border

Emergency services at the scene where at least three people were killed and several seriously injured after an accident on the A6 near the Kittsee border crossing, Austria, 13 August…

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Photo Story: 317 persons rescued off Lanzarote island, Spain

Migrants arrive in the port in Arrecife, Lanzarote island, Canary Islands, Spain, on Friday. Spanish Sea Rescue Unit rescued 317 people in seven boats in a frenetic night of rescues…

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Dozens missing after Greece rescues 29 migrants from capsized boat

ATHENS, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Dozens of migrants are reported missing from a sunken boat after Greece's coastguard rescued 29 in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday. The rescued migrants said…

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Six Tunisians die after a boat carrying illegal migrants capsized

(Reuters) - Six illegal migrants died off the coast of Tunisia after a boat carrying 30 Tunisian nationals capsized, news agency TAP reported. The drowned included three women and three…

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Officials can detain migrant rescue ships if they pose risk – EU Court

The EU's top court said on Monday that officials can detain migrant rescue ships, but only if they can prove there is a real risk to health, safety or the environment,…

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Lampedusa migrant hotspot close to collapse after 6 more landings

Lampedusa immigration centres are close to collapse after the last 6 small boats arrival with 159 migrants on board. The number of arrivals in the last 18 hours has risen…

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Large amount of migrants land in Sicily and Lampedusa, five found dead

A drifting fishing boat with over 600 migrants was rescued, about 124 miles from Calabria, by a merchant ship, 3 Coast Guard patrol boats and a unit of the Guardia di Finanza.…

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UK’s handling of migrants arriving by boat is unacceptable – official report

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Britain's handling of migrants who arrive by small boats from Northern France has been unacceptable, ineffective and inefficient, an independent inspection published on Thursday said.…

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Mexico says U.S. will increase work visas for Mexicans, Central Americans

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) - The United States agreed to increase the number of work visas for Mexicans and Central Americans during high-level talks in Washington this week, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez…

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Number of Ukrainians entering EU back to pre-war levels

BRUSSELS, July 11 (Reuters) - The number of Ukrainians crossing into European Union countries has returned to levels from before Russia's invasion and more people will be coming - and going -…

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EU, Morocco renew migration deal after Spanish border deaths

The European Commission vowed to step up its work with Morocco to fight human smugglers who are using “new, extremely violent methods” — a move that comes two weeks after…

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Italy starts relocating refugees after Lampedusa centre overcrowding

The Italian navy is relocating hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers from the Sicilian island of Lampedusa after its refugee identification centre was overwhelmed with new arrivals. The Italian Interior…

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Big international police operation smashes gang ‘behind quarter of Channel migrant arrivals in UK’

Concerted work on several national law enforcement investigations across the EU has led to the dismantling of one of the most active criminal networks smuggling migrants across the English Channel…

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EU tells Greece to stop “violent” migrant deportations

The European Union's top migration official told Greece to stop "violent" deportations of migrants or risk losing funds. After becoming one of the main destination points during the migration crisis…

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Bodies of 20 migrants found in Libyan desert two weeks after last contact

The bodies of 20 migrants who got lost in the Libyan desert near Chad have been found, the ambulance service said, showing pictures of them lying around a black pick…

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NATO to monitor migration as risk of instability to members

Irregular mass migration is among the "hybrid threats" that hostile powers can use to undermine the stability of NATO countries, the alliance said in its new Strategic Concept agreed at…

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Two more men charged in truck smuggling incident that killed 53 migrants in Texas

The suspected driver of a truck packed with dozens of migrants who died in sweltering heat during a smuggling attempt in Texas and an accused conspirator were charged in U.S.…

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Two Mexicans charged after death of 51 migrants in sweltering Texas truck

At least 51 migrants have died after being trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer truck found abandoned in Texas, authorities said, as two Mexican nationals tied to the unprecedented smuggling tragedy…

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18 migrants die in storming of Spanish border in Morocco

MADRID — Morocco said 18 migrants died trying to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla on Friday, after a violent two-hour skirmish between migrants and border officers that…

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Ukrainian refugee influx could ease euro zone labour shortage: ECB

FRANKFURT, June 20 (Reuters) - The influx of Ukrainian refugees into the European Union could gradually ease labour shortages in the euro zone as some of those fleeing the war are likely…

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Greek coastguard rescues 108 migrants off Mykonos, four missing

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's coastguard continued to search for four missing migrants off the island of Mykonos on Sunday after rescuing another 108 migrants on a sailboat that sent a…

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UK courts to hear last-minute appeals to stop first Rwanda deportation flight leaving

LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - London's courts will hear two last-minute legal challenges on Monday to block the British government's controversial policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda before the…

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Prince Charles ‘remains politically neutral’ despite ‘calling Rwanda policy appalling’

Prince Charles is said to remain “politically neutral”, despite having reportedly branded the government’s policy to send migrants to Rwanda “appalling”. The Times newspaper said a source had heard the…

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More than 7 million border crossings registered from Ukraine

More than 7 million people have crossed the border from Ukraine since war broke out there, according to the UN Refugee Agency. A total of 7,023,559 border crossings have been…

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Number of Syrians becoming German citizens tripled in 2021

BERLIN, June 10 (Reuters) - The number of Syrians who became naturalised German citizens was three times higher in 2021 than the year before, as many of those who fled…

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Spain wants NATO to flag migration as ‘hybrid threat’ in policy roadmap

Spain, as host of an upcoming NATO summit, will push for the inclusion of "hybrid threats" such as irregular migration, food insecurity and terrorism in the alliance's new policy roadmap,…

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Poland takes in most Ukrainians fleeing war in March, EU figures show

Poland was the European Union country that in March granted temporary protection to the highest number of Ukrainians fleeing war, while other countries have since increased how many people they…

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Europe’s south expects over 150,000 migrant arrivals this year – minister

Mediterranean countries on major migrant routes into Europe expect over 150,000 arrivals this year as food shortages caused by the Ukraine conflict threaten a new migration wave from Africa and…

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U.S. in talks with Spain, Canada about taking more refugees

The Biden administration is in talks with Spain and Canada about taking more Western Hemisphere refugees for resettlement, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, signaling possible commitments that…

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UK aims to send the first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda on June 14

Britain aims to send a first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda in two weeks' time as part of a policy which the government says is designed to break people-smuggling…

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IOM: Up to 600 missing at sea in 3 months in Central Mediterranean

The International Organization for Migration says up to 600 people attempting to reach Europe by sea from Tunisia and Libya have gone missing during the first three months of 2022,…

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Afghans ‘largest group’ fleeing to the UK by crossing the Channel, figures show

People fleeing Afghanistan were the largest group among migrants crossing the Channel in the first three months of the year, leaving campaigners concerned the government's resettlement scheme is failing. Out…

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75 people missing, one dead, after migrant boat sinks off Tunisia

Seventy five people were missing after a crowded boat of migrants sank off Tunisia on Wednesday, the International Organization for Migration said and a security official said, as the numbers…

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