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United Kingdom

Record daily number of migrants cross sea to reach UK

At least 1,185 people arrived on Thursday, the Home Office confirmed.

Italy

Nine-day standoff ends as migrant ship allowed to dock in Sicily

"The relief on the Ocean Viking is indescribable."

Belarus

Belarus state airline Belavia and Turkey move to stop migrant flights

Belarus' Belavia airline and Turkey say Iraqis, Syrians and Yemenis are to be banned from flying to Belarus from Turkey as of Friday.

Belarus

Belarus: Lukashenko threatens to cut gas supplies over EU sanctions

Belarus' autocratic leader has suggested he may halt gas supplies from Russia to Europe via its territory.

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Poland

Belarus border chaos a 'hybrid attack not a migration crisis': VDL

The European Commission president vowed to protect democracies and threatened sanctions against countries found to be aiding Lukashenko's efforts to damage the EU.

Poland

Poland-Belarus: Putin behind migrant crisis at border, says Morawiecki

Poland's prime minister accused the Russian president of orchestrating the influx of migrants attempting to cross from Belarus, in a parliamentary debate on Tuesday.

Spain

Suspects accused of faking medical emergency to force plane's landing

Spanish authorities suspect the men faked an in-flight medical emergency to force the plane to land so they could illegally enter the country.

Italy

German ship with 800 rescued people sails to Sicily after days at sea

The humanitarian organisation Sea-Eye said its vessel Sea-Eye 4 was granted permission to dock by Italian authorities, on Saturday evening.

France

One migrant dead and three injured after being hit by train in France

It happened between Dunkirk to Calais.

Bulgaria

Bulgaria sends 350 soldiers to Turkish border over migration levels

Bulgaria's interior ministry says the number of migrants illegally entering the country has more than trebled in 2021.

Germany

Germany says more than 5,000 migrants arrived from Belarus in October

German police say that they registered more than 5,285 unauthorised border crossings last month by people who had arrived from Belarus.

World News

Polish lawmakers approve anti-migrant wall along Belarus border

Lawmakers in Poland have approved a proposal to build a barrier on its border with Belarus in attempt to reduce the flow of migrants using the route to enter the EU.

Poland

Poland's senate approves €350 million wall along Belarus border

A draft bill to construct the new border wall was approved by the opposition-dominated Senate in a second vote on Friday.

Greece

Greece: Ship with 400 migrants onboard rescued after engine problem

The Greek Coast guard said it was "one of the biggest search and rescue operations carried out in the eastern Mediterranean."

Poland

Volunteers gather to help migrants at Poland-Belarus border

At a makeshift warehouse inside the Polish town of Michalowo's fire station, locals can drop off dry winter clothes and food, and also provide legal help to the migrants.

My Europe Series

How migration is fuelling the remarkable rise of cricket in Germany

Germany made history recently by moving a step closer to qualifying for next year's T20 World Cup.

Greece

Three children among victims as migrant dinghy sinks near Greece

At least three migrant children have died after a dinghy capsized near the coast of Turkey, according to Greek authorities.

Spain

Child dies after migrant boat rescue off the Canary Islands

Nearly 900 people have died or gone missing this year by trying to reach the Canary Islands by boat in what has become one of the most dangerous migration routes to Europe.

Italy

Migrants 'must not be sent back' to danger, says Pope Francis

“How they suffer, those who are sent back” after rescue at sea, the pope said. Detention facilities in Libya, he said “are true concentration camps.”

Italy

Italy's Salvini goes on trial for refusing migrant ship docking

Salvini is charged with kidnapping.