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Italy

Italy: Outcry at jail term for pro-migrant ex-mayor Domenico Luccano

The Calabrian town of Riace had become a symbol of the reception of migrants while Domenico Lucano was mayor.

France

France slashes visas for Maghreb countries over illegal migration

France has been criticised by northwest African countries for cutting the number of visas available to citizens from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.

Spain

Bodies of eight migrants found on beaches in Almería, Spain

Eight bodies of Algerian and Moroccan migrants, including a child, have been found since Sunday on beaches in the southern Spanish province of Almería.

Poland

Poland sends more troops to Belarus border after migrant deaths

Three migrants, including an Iraqi man, were found dead close to Poland's border with Belarus.

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Europe News

EU system for deporting migrants 'encourages illegal migration'

Instead of deterring illegal migrants, the EU system actually encourages people to attempt the journey to Europe, says an EU auditors report.

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Coast guard rescue migrants off coast of Lampedusa

The Italian Coast Guard rescued 125 migrants along the coast of Lampedusa. The organisation said the migrants were trapped on a reef, pushed there by rough seas.

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Mayday call over migrant rescue in Mediterranean

Migrants clinging to an overturned boat off the Libyan coast were spotted by air and were rescued last week, NGO SeaWatch Italy said Friday

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Mexico's National Guard detain Haitian migrants as they walked through the southern state of Chiapas

Dozens of migrants on Thursday were detained by officers of Mexico's migration authorities and the national guard, as they walked through the southern state of Chiapas on their way to the United States

United Kingdom

Record number of migrants cross English Channel in a single day

The UK Home Office says more than 800 migrants crossed the English Channel on Saturday, a new record for a single day.

World News

Euroviews. EU must stop pre-emptive panic over Afghans coming to Europe | View

"Instead of engaging in pre-emptive panic, the EU should ensure member states ... actually implement existing asylum laws and work together to host refugees."

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Illegal border crossings into EU rebound sharply in 2021

A total of 124,000 illegal border crossings were recorded in 2020. So far this year Frontex has observed more than 82,000.

My Europe Series

Europe's garden is ridden with poverty, plastic and contradiction

Spain's southern region of Andalusia attracts two very different kinds of foreigners: those that flock to its beautiful beaches every year and the growing army of migrants that harvest fruit and vegetables in what has been coined as Europe's back garden.

Tunisia

Will Tunisia's political crisis affect migration numbers to Europe?

Some believe there is no future in Europe. For others, Kais Saied’s recent power grab will persuade people to stay.

World News

Lithuania takes a tougher line on the migrant influx from Belarus

Lithuania has struggled with a flow of migrants from the Middle East and Africa, a huge influx that the Baltic country has blamed on Minsk as part of a "hybrid war" against the EU.

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Dozens of migrants rescued in Mediterranean

Another 26 people were rescued from a sinking boat on the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, by German charity Sea Watch.

Senegal

EU funds for African IDs: migration regulation tool or data risk?

More people in Africa cannot prove their identity than anywhere else in the world. EU funding is changing that to fight illegal migration — but data protection is a worry

My Europe Series

How Frontex became the most contentious EU agency

The EU's external border agency is facing the most serious crisis of confidence in its history just as it prepares to expand its mandate, budget and personnel.

Lithuania

Illegal crossings into Lithuania this year hit 3,000

Lithuania's border guard service said it detained 171 people caught illegally crossing from Belarus into Lithuania on Tuesday night, the largest number in a single day in 2021 and bringing the total number of migrants detained so far this year to 3,027.

Spain

More than 200 migrants climb fence to enter Spanish enclave of Melilla

Spanish authorities said it constitutes one of the largest arrivals in recent years.

World News

UK to pay France €62.7 million to curb Channel migration

The deal between the two countries will see French authorities double the number of officers deployed along the coast with their patrol area widened.