Tag: European Mass Migration Crisis
Spain recovers 24 bodies from migrant boat off Canaries
BARCELONA, Spain — The bodies of 24 sub-Saharan migrants, among them two minors, who are believed to have died of thirst and hunger as...
Greek police pressed to answer migrant pushback claims
ATHENS, Greece — An independent investigation in Greece says authorities have failed to adequately respond to multiple allegations of summary deportations of migrants at...
EU unveils plan to send more unauthorized migrants home
BRUSSELS — The European Union unveiled a plan Tuesday to encourage migrants refused entry into Europe to agree to be deported voluntarily, to persuade...
German held after racist attack on Syrian caught on video
BERLIN — A 39-year-old German man has been arrested in connection with a racist attack on a teenage refugee in the eastern city of...
Pope: Migrants begged for help at sea, shamefully ignored
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday decried as shameful the deaths of 130 migrants in the Mediterranean, saying they pleaded for two days...
Lebanon thwarts attempt to smuggle 69 Syrians to Cyprus
BEIRUT — Lebanese troops aborted early Sunday an attempt to smuggle dozens of Syrian migrants to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the military said....
Rescue groups decry loss of migrant lives in Mediterranean
ROME — Rescue groups and the Vatican are decrying the latest deaths of migrants who put to sea in traffickers’ unseaworthy boats, amid laments...
Denmark tells some Syrians to leave, separating families
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — An email brought Faeza Satouf’s world to a standstill.
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130 Europe-bound migrants feared dead off Libyan coast
CAIRO — More than 100 Europe-bound migrants are feared dead in a shipwreck off the Libyan Mediterranean coast, independent rescue groups said.
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Bosnia resettles migrant families found in ruined house
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A group of 8 migrant families, including 15 children, found sheltering in a ruined house have been moved to an organized...