migration

The EU will seek Thursday to make progress on a troubled reform of its policy toward asylum-seekers and migrants, with many member states looking to coax Germany to agree key measures. Paralysis on the issue has caused frustration in the…
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Amy Pope of the United States elbowed aside her European boss Monday to land the top job at the International Organization for Migration, winning her bid to become the first woman to lead the UN migration agency. Pope, 49, defeated IOM…
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The French government sought to play down a fresh row with Italy over migration on Friday, saying Paris was not looking to “ostracise” its EU partner and its prime minister, Giorgia Meloni. Italy’s foreign minister canceled a trip to…
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A Tunisian football club said on Tuesday it had suspended activities after 32 of its players illegally emigrated to Europe. “We’ve halted activities and suspended our matches,” the fourth-division Ghardimaou club’s president Jamil…
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Without billions of dollars more to feed millions of hungry people, the world will see mass migration, destabilized countries, and starving children and adults in the next 12 to 18 months, the head of the UN World Food Program warned…
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Morocco on Sunday began welcoming an influx of its citizens living in Europe after the pandemic led to a halt in what has been called one of the world’s biggest cross-continental migrations. The last such effort in the summer of 2019 saw…
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Spain on Friday started sending hundreds of Moroccan youths, who in May crossed into its North African enclave of Ceuta, back to Morocco after reaching an agreement with Rabat. That was reported by Spanish media and signals to an…
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The Greek government on Tuesday accused Turkey of encouraging Somali migration through promotion campaigns and visa offers, and then allowing the migrants to continue on to Greece. Athens has long accused Ankara of weaponizing migration…
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