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Belgium

Police officer on trial over fatal shooting of two-year-old migrant

A Belgian police officer is on trial for the fatal shooting of a Kurdish migrant child during a police chase in 2018.

France

French police dismantle 2,000 strong migrant camp near Paris

Authorities said the aim of the operation was to "guarantee the safety and health" of the 2,000 migrants but an NGO deplored that there were few social workers or mediators to assist.

World

Migrant arrivals to the Canary Islands up tenfold on last year

Another 700 migrants were rescued and brought to the islands on Saturday, taking this year's total to more than 16,000.

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Italian coastguard rescues 31 migrants off coast of Lampedusa

The boat had capsized 5 km out to sea and was spotted by helicopter.

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Libya

At least 74 drown after migrant boat breaks down off Libya coast

At least 74 migrants trying to make their way to Europe drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the UN migration agency said.

Italy

EU urges Croatia to cooperate amid migrant abuse claims at border

It comes after an MEP accused the EU of continuing to give money to Zagreb for border security despite being aware of the abuse accusations

Greece

Greek authorities 'break up migrant smuggling ring' on island of Kos

Greek authorities say they have broken up a migrant smuggling ring that had been operating on the eastern Aegean island of Kos.

Serbia

Serbian police arrest two people after seven bodies found in Paraguay

Serbian police have arrested two people for migrant smuggling in connection with the recent discovery of seven bodies in a shipping container in Paraguay.

France

Four migrants drown after migrant boat sinks in English Channel

The small boat, carrying up to 20 Iranian nationals, was attempting the treacherous crossing from France to the UK, officials said

Italy

Italy: Far-right leader Salvini in court over migrant detention claims

Salvini is accused of abusing his powers as then-interior minister to block 116 migrants from disembarking from a coastguard boat last year, under his so-called "closed ports" policy.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hundreds of migrants evicted from UN-run camps in Bosnia

On Wednesday, local authorities in the northwestern Krajina region sent police to evict several hundred people from the Bira camp in the town of Bihac.

United Kingdom

UK mulls using retired cruise ships to process asylum seekers offshore

Officials also considered the idea remote Scottish islands and decommissioned oil platforms as sites for processing centres in a bid to deter arriving economic migrants

World News

English Channel migrant smuggling ring dismantled, say police

Security forces from France, Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands arrested twelve people suspected of smuggling migrants across the English Channel.

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Makeshift migrant camps grow outside Bosnian towns

The migrants have built tents in the forests after local authorities in the northwestern Krajina region decided last month to start pushing them away from urban areas, even kicking them out of the existing UN-run reception centers there

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French police dismantle large migrant camp in Calais

Tuesday's operation is thought to be the biggest of its kind since the Calais Jungle - home to up to 8,000 migrants - was dismantled in 2016.

Greece

Greek police accuse 33 NGO members of migrant smuggling

Authorities said the investigation began several months ago and included Greece's intelligence service and anti-terror police. Neither the names of the NGOs nor the nationalities of those involved were made public.

Germany

Town in former East Germany offers to take in 75 migrants

Despite the popularity of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AFD) in the region, the German town of Neuruppin has said it is keen to welcome migrants to move to and settle in the town.

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Alan Kurdi migrant rescue ship docks in Sardinia

The Alan Kurdi ship of the German aid group Sea-Eye docked Friday in the Sardinia port of Olbia to disembark 125 migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea.

Greece

Greece accused of 'pushing back' migrants at sea to Turkey

Turkey has accused the European Union of turning a blind eye to what it says is a blatant abuse of human rights.

World News

Migrants attempt to cross from France to England

The number of migrants attempting to cross to England from northern France has spiralled during the summer.