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World
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International
11/1/2021 10:29:34 PM
Bulgaria on Monday deployed 350 soldiers to the border with Turkey to help police cope with the growing influx of migrants, the defence minister announced.
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World
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International
10/20/2021 4:07:17 PM
Germany has no plans to close its border to Poland despite a sharp increase in asylum seekers arriving via Belarus, even as the EU neighbours discuss countermeasures, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Wednesday
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World
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International
10/10/2021 1:34:39 PM
Greece's police minister on Sunday said 250 additional guards would be deployed on the country's land border with Turkey, where thousands of asylum-seekers tried to enter last year.
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World
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International
9/18/2021 4:42:47 PM
The EU has committed 276 million euros ($326 million) for the new camps on Greece's five Aegean islands -- Leros, Lesbos, Kos, Chios as well Samos -- that receive most of the migrant arrivals by sea from neighbouring Turkey
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World
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International
9/16/2021 1:16:00 PM
Overall 50,000 people applied for international protection across the bloc's 27 nations plus non-members Norway and Switzerland, the highest single-month figure since the outbreak of Covid-19
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World
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International
9/13/2021 8:36:58 PM
The EU statistics office Eurostat, on which the ECA relies, says that some 500,000 migrants a year are ordered to leave the EU
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World
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International
8/12/2021 11:35:30 PM
Those evacuated will be screened both in Afghanistan and upon arrival in Denmark where they will undergo `a security interview with the immigration authorities and other relevant Danish authorities'
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World
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Region
8/11/2021 4:58:51 PM
Following the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, the Netherlands and Germany each decided to pause deportations of Afghan asylum seekers due to increasing security concerns in Afghanistan.
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World
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International
6/24/2021 8:54:04 PM
'We are proud to mark the relocation of 4,000 people from Greece during trying times and are confident that we can do more together with Greece, our partners and governments across Europe', said IOM chief Gianluca Rocco
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World
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International
6/7/2021 6:29:27 PM
Greece on Monday designated neighboring Turkey as a safe country in which to seek international protection for the majority of asylum-seekers departing its shores for Greece
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World
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Region
3/29/2021 8:09:18 PM
UNHCR has said it has received a growing number of reports in recent months suggesting asylum-seekers may have been pushed back to Turkey at sea or immediately after reaching Greek soil, or left adrift at sea
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World
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International
3/12/2021 7:39:53 PM
The move is another step to repeal policies of former President Donald Trump that discouraged people from seeking refuge in the US after it became the world's most popular destination for asylum-seekers in 2017
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World
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International
2/15/2021 8:52:18 PM
While Biden has taken some major steps in his first weeks in office to reverse Trump's hardline immigration policies, his administration hasn't lifted some of the most significant barriers to asylum-seekers
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World
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International
2/7/2021 9:40:21 PM
More than 1,200 migrants and asylum-seekers died while crossing the Mediterranean in 2020, according to the International Organization for Migration
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World
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Region
12/10/2020 6:47:22 PM
Immigrant shelters in Libya are crowded with thousands of immigrants either rescued from the sea or arrested by the Libyan security forces, despite international calls to close those centers.
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World
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International
11/8/2020 3:24:55 AM
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World
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Africa
10/28/2020 2:25:22 PM
Both Sudan and Israel have said in recent days that migration would be one of the issues on the agenda during upcoming meetings on bilateral cooperation
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World
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International
10/27/2020 2:48:14 PM
We are looking into the accusations levelled by several news organisations related to our activities at Greece's external borders, Europe's border security agency Frontex chief Fabrice Leggeri said in a statement
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Egypt
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Politics
10/6/2020 2:37:23 PM
Egypt has received refugees and asylum requests from 58 countries, including Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Iraq
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World
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International
9/24/2020 3:28:23 PM
The European Commission, the bloc's executive, published new plans on Wednesday for tougher border controls and streamlined procedures for expelling rejected asylum seekers
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