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Italy shipwreck: Relatives arrive in Calabria to claim loved ones

Relatives of some of the 67 people who drowned in a shipwreck off southern Italy have arrived in Crotone, Calabria, to claim their loved ones.

Europe News

Crotone shipwreck highlights EU inaction on migrant deaths at sea: NGO

At least 62 migrants died after a boat sank on Sunday off Italy's southern Calabria region.

Italy

At least 59 dead including a baby in migrant boat tragedy off Italy

At least 59 people including a baby and other children have died after a boat attempting to land them in southern Italy broke up and sank

Italy

Migrant boat breaks apart off Italy; dozens dead

Bodies have washed up along the coast near the town of Crotone, in Calabria, Italy after a boat carrying over 100 migrants broke apart.

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World News

Arrests in Bulgaria after 18 Afghan migrants found dead in a truck

Bulgarian police say they have arrested seven people in connection with the deaths of 18 Afghan migrants, including a child, in the back of a truck

World News

Eighteen migrants found dead in abandoned truck in Bulgaria

Authorities say they were among 40 people hidden inside the truck under bundles of wood. The cause of their death is unknown at this stage, but a road accident has been ruled out.

Greece

Greece says it prevented 260,000 migrants from entering in 2022

Ankara insists it follows international law, but if a migrant qualifies for refugee status they cannot be ruled to have broken the law by crossing a border.

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Bulgaria struggles to control migrants entering illegally from Turkey

The director of the Bulgarian Border Police Rositsa Dimitrova said officers prevented the illegal crossing of around 164,000 people last year from Turkey

World News

New US border restrictions spark protests in El Paso, Texas

Biden announced last week that immigrants from Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians and Venezuelans will be sent to Mexico if they enter the US illegally.

United Kingdom

Eritrean asylum seeker fears UK's Rwanda deportation plans

An asylum seeker in London describes her fear of being deported to Rwanda by the British government under plans to deter migrants crossing the English Channel.

Serbia

Russian immigrants prepare for Orthodox Christmas in Serbia

Russian immigrants prepare for Orthodox Christmas in Serbia amid unseasonably warm winter temperatures.

Italy

Italian rules for rescue ships are risking migrants' lives, say NGOs

Rescue ships must now request a port immediately after each individual rescue, instead of waiting to conduct more operations.

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Watch: Hundreds of migrants left disappointed on US-Mexico border

The US Supreme Court halted on Monday the imminent scrapping of a key policy used since Donald Trump's administration to block migrants at the US border with Mexico, amid worries over a surge in undocumented immigrants.

World

Review of the Year: Irregular border crossings on the rise in Europe

Some 281,000 crossings were logged in the European Union from the start of the year until the end of October via land and sea routes – a 77% increase from 2021

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US Supreme Court granted an 11th-hour request to extend pandemic bord

Migrants have been denied rights to seek asylum under US and international law since March 2020 under a public-health rule aimed to contain Covid-19 that was scheduled to expire Wednesday.

United Kingdom

High Court rules UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is legal

Judge Clive Lewis said it was lawful for Britain to make arrangements with the Rwanda government to send asylum seekers to the country for their asylum claims to be determined there.

United Kingdom

Four people dead after small migrant boat capsizes in English Channel

Dozens were also rescued after an overnight emergency operation off the coast of Kent in southern England, where many small boats arrive carrying migrants from France.

World News

The UK vows to clear backlog of asylum-seekers and to return Albanians

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged Tuesday to clear a backlog of asylum-seeker applications as he announced new measures aimed at curbing the number of migrants reaching the U.K. by crossing the English Channel on small boats.

Italy

Rescue ships carrying some 500 migrants dock in Italy

Two humanitarian boats, carrying a total of 509 migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean, arrived at Italian ports on Sunday, after days on rough seas.

Lithuania

Third migrant loses leg to frostbite at Lithuanian border: Reports

Earlier in November, two young Sri Lankan men had to have their legs amputated due to frostbite.