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‘Pushed to the limit’: the tiny Greek island in people smugglers’ sights
Fears of a new migration route grow as more than 800 people land on Gavdos, population...
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Rushed bill forcing hundreds of non-citizens to facilitate own deportation passes lower house
Human Rights Law Centre says bill ‘deliberately separates families’ and risks non-compliance with obligations under refugee...
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Mass grave of at least 65 people found in Libya, UN migration agency says
International Organization for Migration believes those discovered ‘died in process of being smuggled through the desert’A...
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Mexico: report challenges official story of migrant facility fire in which 40 died
Investigation asserts that detention centre staff had key to cell in which men were being held...
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Missing migrants’ families say they were asked to pay hundreds for information on relatives
Families say they were promised details of relatives’ whereabouts after contacting people they thought were linked...
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Libya coastguard accused of hampering attempt to save more than 170 people
Médecins Sans Frontières says ‘dangerous manoeuvres’ by coastguard put refugees at even greater riskAn NGO performing...
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EU seals €7.4bn deal with Egypt in effort to avert another migration crisis
Six of bloc’s leaders sign agreement in Cairo aimed at boosting economy and bringing stability to...
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‘Longing for home’: letters of Irish emigrants to US reveal 400 years of trials and triumphs
A collection of more than 7,000 letters will form a publicly accessible digital archive that offers...
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Drowning deaths at US-Mexico border up 3,200% since Trump raised wall height – report
Thirty-three people attempting to cross the border into San Diego died in the Pacific Ocean from...
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Panama orders MSF to stop treating people who crossed Darién Gap
Loss of Doctors Without Borders services will probably leave void in potentially lifesaving services for migrantsPanama...
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Dutch ministers trying to stop tech firm ASML moving abroad over foreign labour fears
Prime minister will reportedly meet CEO of semiconductor equipment maker ASML, which has warned against anti-migrant...
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EU group backed by von der Leyen plans Rwanda-style migration reforms
Centre-right European People’s party says it wants to create deportation deals with non-EU countries to head...
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Seven-year-old girl dies after makeshift boat heading to UK capsizes in France
Boat carrying 10 other children between seven and 13 years old, along with girl’s pregnant mother,...
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Over 3,000 stranded as boat captain arrests halt Darién Gap migration
Attempt to stop movement through perilous rainforest leaves people stuck in two remote Caribbean townsMigration towards...
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One person dead and two missing in Channel boat incident
Officials say 179 people trying to cross Channel were rescued after four French-led operationsOne person has...
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Watchdog urges EU rescue rules change after migrant boat disaster off Greece
Ombudsman says papers show EU agency made four offers to help Greece with surveillance of boat...
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Councils call for funding help as more Ukrainian refugees become homeless
Continuation of war has left more refugees unsettled, with councils stepping in to to relieve most...
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Ukrainians can extend UK visas by 18 months in new scheme
Refugees will have ‘certainty and assurance’ says Home Office, but charities say move insufficient as many...
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‘The only option is to be patient’: Sudanese refugee waits on Spanish asylum claim filed from Morocco
Lawyers see Basir’s case as test of European policies that fail to provide safe routes to...
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France unveils plan to curtail right to French citizenship in Indian Ocean island of Mayotte
Interior minister Gérald Darmanin plans to change constitution to remove birthplace right to citizenship on island...
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Italian court jails people smuggler over shipwreck that killed at least 94 migrants
Gun Ufuk, 29, sentenced to 20 years in prison over deadly sinking that occurred metres from...
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Spain and EU to sign migration deal with Mauritania as people-smuggling rises
More than 7,000 people used route between west Africa and Canary Islands last month, up from...
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Number of people arriving by boat in Canaries from west Africa jumps 1,000%
Atlantic route to chain of islands is deadliest migration passage to Spain with 6,007 people dying...
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Refugee files complaint to UN against Spain over 2014 border deaths
Country accused of violating torture convention in hope of finding justice decade after incident in which...