At least 12 migrants, most of them Syrians, drown off Tunisia in shipwreck
At least 12 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy on Friday, a civil protection official...
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Government lashes out – we’ve been honest about migrant crisis
The government said Wednesday it had never tried to sweep the migration problem under the carpet, including the overcrowding at a reception centre outside Nicosia,...
Division stokes migrant crisis
Cyprus has been caught in migrant crossfire by lack of a solution and Greek-Turkish geopolitical storm By Nick Theodoulou The continued division of the island...
Islam doesn’t belong to Germany, new interior minister says
New Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Islam did not belong to Germany, in an interview published on Friday, setting him on a collision course with...
Ninety migrants, mostly Pakistanis, feared dead in shipwreck off Libya
An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler’s boat capsized early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and...
In new EU sea mission, ships not obliged to bring migrants to Italy
The European Union’s border agency Frontex launched a new Mediterranean operation called Themis on Thursday, removing the obligation of the previous mission to bring rescued...
EU considers new plan to ease disputes over migrants
EU governments will study a new proposal aimed at overcoming the deep splits over sharing responsibility for asylum-seekers that has soured relations in the bloc...
German mayor known for liberal migrant policy stabbed
The conservative mayor of a small town in western Germany who is known for his liberal migrant policy was stabbed in the neck at a snack stand...
Germany’s far-right AfD calls for repatriation of Syrian refugees
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party called on Thursday for the repatriation of half a million Syrian refugees living in Germany, saying the war...
Turkey and Italy most anti-immigration, Britain positive
The frontline states of Europe’s migrant crisis, Turkey and Italy, are most worried about immigration, a global survey said on Thursday, while Britain has become...
