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Euronews Witness

"Nothing, there’s nothing": Senegal’s plummeting fish stocks drive migrant surge to Europe

In this edition of Witness, Euronews' Valerie Gauriat takes us to Senegal, to see how the depletion of fish stocks which they blame on chinese and european vessels, is prompting many young people to risk all to get to Europe.

Poland

Poland starts construction of €350 million border fence with Belarus

The construction of the 186-km fence is expected to be completed in June.

USA

Capsized boat found near Florida; 39 people missing

The Coast Guard is calling it a suspected human smuggling case. Officials said on Twitter that they are searching by both air and sea.

France

Migrant dies and 30 rescued by French authorities in English Channel

It is the first migrant death reported in the Channel in 2022.

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France

Number of migrants rescued off Calais coast 'trebled last year'

The flow of migrants to England has caused tension between London and Paris.

United Kingdom

English Channel migrant crossings treble to a record 28,000

At least 28,395 migrants reached the English coast in small boats in 2021, compared to 8,400 the previous year.

Lithuania

Lithuania pays migrants €1,000 to return to Iraq

The largest group of migrants who broke through the Lithuanian-Belarusian border at the height of the latest migrant crisis has been returned to Baghdad.

France

Volunteers gather to help freezing migrants cross the Alps

"Why are we doing this? Because sailors never leave a person to die at sea, same as a mountaineer will never leave a person to die in the mountains," revealed Paquerette Forest, a retired teacher who volunteered to help migrants.

Belarus

Police uncover 455 social accounts encouraging Belarus-to-EU migrants

The social media accounts promoted illegal immigration by advertising the sale of counterfeit ID documents and visas or illegal transportation services.

Euronews Witness

Human pawns: the migrants trapped in a geo-political chess game

In this Witness, Euronews Valerie Gauriat reports from the border between Poland and Belarus, meeting the migrants stuck in a geo-political standoff between Minsk, Warsaw and the rest of the EU.

Hungary

Euroviews. Hungarian Constitutional Court ruling is a migration milestone | View

"It is a milestone decision since it confirms the Hungarian approach to migration policy and underscores that Hungarians have the right to defend themselves and their borders."

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Berlin: 6000 green lights in solidarity with migrants in Belarus

A collective of NGOs placed 6,000 green lights in front of the Bundestag to demand the reception of migrants blocked at the border between Poland and Belarus.

France

EU plane to be deployed over Channel after migrant deaths

A plane operated by EU border agency Frontex will be deployed over the Channel to better identify smuggling networks, said the French interior minister at a meeting with European migration officials.

My Europe Series

Why are France-England migrant crossings on the rise?

It's believed more than 20,000 migrants have attempted the crossing this year, up from 8,500 in 2020.

World News

Illegal border crossings have risen beyond 2019 levels, says Frontex

The number of illegal border crossings is up 45% more than in 2019 but is still below the levels seen in 2015.

Poland

Demonstrators on Poland-Belarus border demand more help for migrants

Demonstrators in Poland - close to the Belarusian border - demand that the government does more to help migrants.

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French authorities start moving migrants from camp in northern France

Authorities began evacuating some 1,500 migrants seeking to reach the U.K. from a muddy camp in northern France on Tuesday. Police and CRS (special forces) officers have been overseeing the operation in the camp near Grande-Synthe.

Europe News

Hungary move to criminalise helping asylum seekers 'infringes EU law'

The EU's Court of Justice found the Hungarian legislation restricts the rights to asylum in an unlawful manner.

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Scores of migrants leave camp for Belarus-Poland border

Hundreds of migrants remained stranded at Belarus' border with Poland on Monday as the European Union agreed to slap further sanctions on the former Soviet nation. Amid the crisis, Poland has also reinforced its side of the frontier with 15,000 soldiers, in addition to border guards and police.

France

UK must stop using French as 'punchbags' over migrant boats — minister

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said France did not have 'any lessons to take from the British' ahead of a meeting with his UK counterpart, as record numbers of migrants cross the English Channel.