Tunisian coast guards rescued late Sunday 86 illegal immigrants who attempted to cross the Mediterranean toward the Italian coast, National Guard spokesman Houcemeddine Jbabli said Monday. A total of three illegal immigration attempts were foiled [Read More]
One person is confirmed to have died and seven were still missing on Wednesday after Spain’s Maritime Rescue Services rescued 43 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries from an inflatable dinghy off the coast of Lanzarote [Read More]
Finland needs net immigration of up to 44,000 people annually to stabilize the size of the country’s labor force, said a report published on Friday. The report by the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy [Read More]
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday that 331 migrants were rescued and returned to Libya in the past week. “In the period of Jan. 22-28, 2023, 331 migrants were intercepted and returned [Read More]
“The migratory situation in the European Union (EU) is strained,” the member states’ justice and home affairs ministers agreed at their Council meeting here on Thursday. “There is an urgent need to strengthen the external [Read More]
Tunisia foiled four illegal migration attempts to cross the Mediterranean toward the Italian coast on Tuesday, National Guard Spokesman Houcemeddine Jbabli said on Wednesday. A total of 150 illegal African immigrants were arrested late Tuesday [Read More]
The Swedish government on Tuesday announced an “international information campaign,” which it expects to discourage refugees from coming to the country. “The main objective is to inform about the Swedish migration policy so that fewer [Read More]
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday that 1,067 migrants were rescued and returned to Libya in the past week. “In the period of 1-7 January, 1,067 migrants were intercepted and returned to [Read More]
The Lebanese navy on Saturday rescued 232 Syrian migrants who were onboard a boat off the Batroun beach in northern Lebanon, and recovered the bodies of a drowned woman and her child, a Lebanese security [Read More]
Two irregular migrants died, and 43 others were rescued in rubber boats on the Aegean Sea, the Turkish Coast Guard said on Thursday. The Turkish Coast Guard said in a statement that they found the [Read More]
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