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12/18/2021 11:30:53 AM
French boats have rescued 138 migrants stranded in the Channel as they tried to reach Britain from France on makeshift vessels, authorities said on Friday.
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12/15/2021 7:14:38 PM
Tunisia's navy rescued 78 migrants on Wednesday and retrieved the body of another after their boat sank off the country's coast during a bid to reach Europe, the defence ministry said.
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12/10/2021 4:13:47 PM
Rescue workers rushing to a highway accident found a horrific scene of death and injury after a freight truck jammed with as many as 200 migrants tipped over and crashed into the base of a steel pedestrian bridge in southern Mexico.
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12/10/2021 1:05:16 PM
Ziad Hilweh knew his family might die on the way. But the risk was worth it, he said, to reach the shores of Europe for a new start with his wife and three kids, away from the daily humiliation of life in Lebanon.
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12/9/2021 9:19:05 PM
A group of 15 EU member states have agreed to take in 40,000 Afghans for resettlement, Commissioner Ylva Johansson said on Thursday after meeting interior ministers.
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12/5/2021 11:14:36 AM
Pope Francis returns Sunday to Lesbos, the Greek island at the heart of a massive wave of migration into Europe six years ago, after pointedly criticizing European governments on their current handling of migrants during a visit to two hard-hit countries.
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12/3/2021 6:23:50 PM
Pope Francis held an ecumenical prayer service for migrants and refugees in a church on the divided island of Cyprus on Friday, in which he spoke out against "closed-mindedness and prejudice".
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12/2/2021 9:54:16 PM
The United States, European Union, Britain and Canada on Thursday slapped simultaneous sanctions on dozens of officials, organizations and companies in Belarus, with the EU taking aim at those accused of taking part in a ‘hybrid attack’ on the bloc using migrants.
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12/2/2021 5:26:12 PM
Pope Francis arrived on the divided island of Cyprus on Thursday as part of a landmark trip to push two of his priorities: the plight of migrants and inter-confessional dialogue.
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12/1/2021 6:50:30 PM
Top European Union migration officials offered Wednesday to ease asylum rules for Poland, Lithuania and Latvia in response to what the EU says is a "hybrid attack'' by Belarus to destabilize the bloc using migrants.
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12/1/2021 5:20:40 PM
The EU appealed to Arab states Wednesday for closer cooperation against traffickers exploiting migrants trying to reach its shores, warning that the same networks were peddling arms and narcotics.
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11/30/2021 8:21:07 PM
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Tuesday that the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted migration flows and labour mobility as well as remittances from expats to their home countries.
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11/29/2021 10:33:07 PM
France wants a new post-Brexit accord between Britain and the European Union on handling illegal immigration, in the wake of the disaster in the Channel last week that left 27 migrants dead, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday.
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11/27/2021 5:50:39 PM
Austrian authorities said Saturday they have arrested 15 people suspected of smuggling migrants into the country, and seized 14 vehicles that were used to transport them.
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11/26/2021 3:41:18 PM
Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday promised food and warm clothing to migrants who opt to stay at the border between the ex-Soviet nation and Poland and won't return to their homeland.
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11/25/2021 6:47:20 PM
Two Iraqi planes took off Thursday night for Belarus in order to repatriate Iraqis stuck on the ex-Soviet state's border with Poland, the transport ministry said.
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11/25/2021 5:26:47 PM
Britain on Thursday demanded a "coordinated international effort" across Europe to deter people smuggling after at least 27 migrants drowned as they tried to reach England.
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11/25/2021 11:56:08 AM
A fifth suspect has been arrested in connection with the migrant boat that sank in the English Channel, killing at least 27 people, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Thursday.
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11/24/2021 9:54:09 PM
At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died Wednesday when their boat sank in the English Channel in the ``biggest tragedy'' involving migration to have taken place on the dangerous crossing to date, according to France's interior minister.
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11/23/2021 8:41:39 PM
The 27-week-old foetus of an Iraqi migrant who lost her baby after crossing the European Union border into Poland was laid to rest on Tuesday in a Muslim cemetery.
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