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French authorities said Thursday that more than 150 migrants trying to reach Britain had been rescued from overloaded boats in the Strait of Dover and returned to France. “Two migrant vessels in trouble” in the English Channel strait…
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More migrants in Tunisia opted to be sent back to their home countries in recent months according to the International Migration Organization, amid rising anti-migrant sentiment and European pressure to curb migration. “Between January 1…
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Waiting at home in Iraqi Kurdistan, Khadija Hussein holds faint hope of hearing word of further survivors from the shipwrecked vessel that carried 11 of her family members from neighboring Turkiye. Khadija’s nephew Rebwar, his…
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Greece rejected Monday a BBC investigation that alleged its coast guard caused the deaths of dozens of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to reach Europe, denying accusations it had broken international law. In an investigation…
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The UN’s refugee and migration agencies have criticized Greece’s failure over the past year to shed light on one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea that left hundreds dead. UNHCR and IOM stressed the “critical”…
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A Tunisian court has sentenced five people to prison for organizing an illegal migrant sea crossing that resulted in 18 deaths or disappearances, a spokesman said Friday. The boat carrying the migrants, all Tunisians, went missing off…
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For many migrants who’ve long dreamed of Europe, one of the last stops is an expanse of olive trees on North Africa’s Mediterranean coastline. But in Tunisia, less than 161 kilometers from the Italian islands that form the EU’s outermost…
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The bodies of 11 people, believed to be migrants, were retrieved off the Libyan coast on Friday, the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) NGO said on X. “Sadly, after a search operation that lasted over nine hours, GeoBarents team retrieved the…
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China’s President Xi Jinping called on Monday for efforts to promote high-quality and sufficient jobs for college graduates and migrant workers, while presiding over a Politburo group study session, state media Xinhua reported on Tuesday.…
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Human rights groups have raised concerns that the upcoming trial in Greece of nine Egyptians who survived the Pylos shipwreck in 2023 may not be fair. The nine are charged with “smuggling, aggravated by the deaths of passengers, causing…
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