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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.

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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.

Romania

Romanian border police accused of alleged violence against migrants

Migrants have shared testimonies of their alleged physical abuse by Romanian border guards, who illegally expelled them back to Serbia.

World News

Euroviews. David Miliband: It’s time the EU restarts and scales up refugee resettlement after COVID-19 ǀ View

Resettlement programmes were put on pause by coronavirus pandemic, leaving refugees heading to EU countries to start a new life in limbo. The EU's new Migration Pact needs to be more ambitious in what it can do for those needed sanctuary.

Germany

Thousands protest in Germany to demand EU action over Moria migrants

The aunt of Alan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned in the Mediterranean in 2015, joined protesters in Berlin to urge politicians to act.

Italy

NGO blasts Italy's blockade of its migrant rescue ship as 'political'

The vessel was detained in the port of Palermo for 11 hours for an inspection the NGO Seawatch International called "arbitrary."

Greece

Migrants moved to new camp on Lesbos after blaze at overcrowded Moria

It comes after fire destroyed the Moria migrant camp, which was home to more than 12,500 migrants. Its capacity was 2,700 people.

Greece

Greece: Rescue operation continues after migrant boat sinks off Crete

Dozens have been rescued after a migrant smuggling boat sank off the southern Greek island of Crete. Three bodies have been recovered and it's not known if others are missing.