Which countries people are fleeing from – and why
Sanwal Hussain, Aston University The US government halted all applications for green cards, citizenship and asylum from 19 mostly African…
Category: Migration
Spain: Police clear Catalonia’s largest migrant squat in Badalona
Police on Wednesday began clearing the former B9 school in Badalona, site of Catalonia’s largest migrant squat, after a court…
Turkey: 68 migrants rescued off Izmir coast
Turkey’s coastguard said it had rescued 68 migrants from two rubber boats that had drifted off the coast of Izmir…
Bangladeshi Migrants Die After Drinking Petrol on Sea Journey
Two Bangladeshi migrants died after mistakenly drinking petrol during a boat journey from Libya to Greece, the Bangladesh Embassy in…
Hungary Rejects EU Migration Pact, Vows Not to Accept Migrants
Hungary will not implement the European Union’s new migration pact and will refuse to accept any migrants under the scheme,…
Greece: 12-Year-Old Migrant Dies After Smuggler Forces Passengers Into Sea Off Samos
A 12-year-old boy was killed after a trafficker forced migrants to jump from a speedboat off the Greek island of…
IFRC Ends Partnership With SOS Méditerranée
Famagusta Gazette — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) will end its partnership with SOS…
18 Migrants Found Dead on Drifting Boat Off Crete
Eighteen migrants were found dead on a boat drifting off the southern coast of Crete, while two survivors were rescued,…
Lithuania to Accept Half of EU‑Assigned Migrants, Pay for Rest
Lithuania will take in half of the migrants allocated to it under the European Union’s solidarity mechanism next year and…