UN to Malta: drop terrorism charges against migrants
The United Nations human rights office called on Malta on Tuesday to drop terrorism charges against three African teenage migrants arrested for hijacking a small
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Bus full of children set alight by angry driver in Italy
A bus full of school children was set on fire by its driver in the outskirts of Milan on Wednesday in an apparent protest against
Afghan migrants suspected of terrorism links, smuggling
Six Afghan migrants suspected of links to terrorism and people trafficking have been detained in Bosnia since the beginning of the year, the country’s service
Dutch refuse Italian request to accept 47 migrants
The Netherlands refused on Monday an Italian request to take in 47 migrants on a humanitarian ship that is being blocked from Italian ports, saying
Migration pushes German population to recordof 83m
Germany’s population last year reached a record high of 83 million people due to positive net migration that easily offset a chronic deficit in births,
Almost 500 migrants brought back to Libya
The 473 people found trying to cross the Mediterranean on inflatables in different operations since Saturday included some who were picked up by a cargo
Finns rush to back withdrawing asylum from sex offenders
A Finnish citizens’ initiative to withdraw asylum from people convicted of sex crimes received tens of thousands of signatures over the weekend and has become
Spain replaces Italy as EU’s main destination for migrants
Most of the migrants who crossed the Mediterranean to Europe last year arrived in Spain, according to European Union estimates published on Friday, as Italy
UNHCR: 250,000 Syrian refugees could return home next year
Up to a 250,000 Syrian refugees could return to their devastated homeland in 2019, while many others face problems with documentation and property that the
Merkel’s potential successor questions sacrosanct asylum pledge
A conservative running to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel as head of their party has raised an outcry by questioning Germany’s constitutional guarantee of asylum that
Poland to snub UN migration pact, Slovakia has reservations
Poland‘s government said on Tuesday it would join a growing list of mainly ex-Communist European countries planning to snub a UN pact on regulating migration,
Italy accuses NGO migrant ship of dumping toxic waste
Italian magistrates on Tuesday accused the Doctors without Borders (MSF) charity of illegally dumping toxic waste at ports in southern Italy in what MSF said
Libyan Coast Guard picks up 315 migrants attempting sea crossing
The Libyan Coast Guard picked up a total of 315 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday who were trying to reach Europe in three
German spy chief attacks ‘naive’ left, reopens coalition row
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer faced calls on Monday to dismiss the outgoing head of domestic intelligence from a new advisory role, after the spy
Czech PM wants to leave UN migration agreement
Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Thursday he wanted to pull the Czech Republic out of a United Nations migration deal and would discuss this
Merkel ally wants tough message on sex crimes for refugees
Asylum seekers must be taught that Germany has zero tolerance for sex crimes, its migration commissioner said, following widespread shock over the rape of an
EU moves closer to overcoming migration feud
The head of the European Parliament said on Thursday EU countries who refuse to host refugees could instead pay more for EU migration and development projects in Africa, signalling possible
Election thumping on the cards for Merkel coalition parties
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) both face a drubbing in a regional eelction on Oct. 28 that risks further
11 dead after car carrying migrants in Greece crashes
A car carrying migrants has collided with a truck in northern Greece – killing 11 people, police said. Ten of the victims were believed to
Austria has concerns about UN migration pact, might back out
Austria may follow the United States and Hungary in backing out of a United Nations agreement on migration, its government said on Wednesday, citing concern
