Tag: #Migrants
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Bodies of 12 migrants found in Turkey near border with Greece
The partially clothed bodies of 12 people have been found inside Turkey close to the border with Greece, after they apparently froze to death
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Over 160 migrants drowned in two separate shipwrecks off Libya during past week: UN
IOM spokesperson Safa Msehli says at least 102 migrants died when a boat capsized on Friday, before another 62 died in another incident on Saturday
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Pope Francis denounces the treatment of migrants in Europe
Greece: Pope Francis condemns the “narrow self-interest and nationalism” regarding the manner in which Europe treats its migrants. While upon the Greek island of Lesbos, The Pope said that the migrants were being framed for selfish political propaganda. He pressed focus on the causes of migration, instead of punishing those who feel the effects of…
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European countries slammed by Amnesty International for “horrific” migrant abuse
The Amnesty report reveals ‘harrowing violations’ of detained migrants returned to Libya with the complicity of European states
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Zagreb: 4 migrants killed and 19 injured in road accident
Zagreb, March 22 (08:48 PM PKT)(AFP/APP): Four migrants were killed and 19 injured after a truck they were hiding in overturned Monday on a Croatian highway, police and hospital staff said. The EU member state is a key transit country for migrants and refugees from the Middle East, Asia and Africa crossing the Balkans in hopes…
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France Rescues 72 Migrants in Channel on Way to UK
France has rescued 72 migrants in the Channel on their way to the UK.
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More than 100 migrants rescued off Canary Isles
Madrid, March 7 (AFP/APP):Spain’s coast guard rescued 107 migrants from boats off the Canary Islands over the weekend as the migrant surge showed no letup on the Atlantic archipelago, a spokesman said Sunday. A total of 56 migrants were plucked from two vessels on Saturday. One boat was found off the island of Tenerife carrying…
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EU border agency probe into allegations of migrant pushbacks
Warsaw, March 3 (AFP/APP): An EU border agency probe into allegations of illegal migrant pushbacks on the Greece-Turkey maritime border has proven inconclusive, according to a report seen Wednesday by AFP. The report by a working group appointed by Frontex management, which was shared by a source close to the investigation, said it was “not…
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Complex culture clash as Venezuelan migrants flood into Chile
Colchane, Chile, March 1 (AFP/APP):Anyier sits at the side of the road gasping for breath as the beating sun and 3,700-meter (12,000-foot) altitude take their toll. It has been seven hours since she entered Chile from Bolivia on foot — her fifth border crossing since leaving Venezuela nearly a month and 5,000 kilometers (more than…
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Migrant found hiding in toxic waste in Spain
Madrid, Feb 22 (AFP/APP):Police found a would-be migrant hidden in a sack of toxic waste at the port in Spain’s Melilla enclave on Morocco’s northern coast, police said Monday. The discovery was made on Friday when a person was found unconscious in a sealed plastic bag containing flue ash, a by-product of burning coal which…