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Dozens of migrants try to board cross-Channel ferry to Dover

Dozens of migrants try to board cross-Channel ferry to Dover

World

Raw Politics in full: Brexit latest and anti-vax politics

Watch Tuesday night's full episode of Raw Politics.

Hungary

Hungary accepts 'hundreds of Venezuelans with Hungarian ancestry'

Hungary's anti-migrant government has confirmed it has accepted hundreds of refugees fleeing Venezuela.

Europe News

The Brief: Migrant camps in Greece, Tusk in Ukraine and CO2 emissions

In this edition: We speak to a Greek minister about a report from the Council of Europe on the conditions in Greece's migrant camps. Donald Tusk reassures Ukraine over Europe's stance and the EU seeks to reduce CO2 emissions from trucks and buses by 2030.

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United Kingdom

34 migrants intercepted in English Channel by UK Border Force

Thirty-four migrants were intercepted in the English Channel by the UK Border Force and brought into the Port of Dover early Monday morning.

World News

How can you tell the real age of an undocumented migrant?

When turning 18 can mean a migrant's asylum request is four times more likely to be refused, how can authorities find out a person's real age?

Italy

NGO ship with 47 migrants docks in Sicily ending a two-week standoff

The migrants will be sent to seven EU member states.

World News

Fewer migrants and refugees crossing the Mediterranean in 2018: UNHCR report

The UNHCR has warned of a likely rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of the European Parliament elections in May even though the number of migrant arrivals in Europe fell last year, to a four-year low.

United Kingdom

Singer’s shock after ‘finding two stowaways’ on her UK-bound tour bus

Amy Shark was en route from Brussels when the pair were found in the luggage compartment of her tour vehicle.

Europe News

Meet the woman Calais migrants call ‘mum’

While her neighbours have built a wall so they don’t have to look at the migrants in Calais, Brigitte Lips welcomes them into her home.

World

Is Europe still facing a migration crisis? Euronews asked UNHCR chief

Is Europe still facing a migration crisis? UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi with Andrew Neil

Italy

Italy's second-biggest reception centre for asylum seekers closed

With 48 hours of notice being given, a reception centre housing around 350 asylum seekers was closed yesterday. The migrants will now be moved to other centres scattered around Italy.

Italy

170 migrants missing in Mediterranean: UNHCR

Only four people have been rescued in two seperate shipwrecks.

Spain

Spain blocks rescue ship from leaving Barcelona port

The Spanish government is preventing a rescue ship from leaving Barcelona after Malta and Italy closed its ports.

Vatican

Pope tells EU to stop bickering over migrant ship in Epiphany message

The rescue ships have 49 migrants onboard and are stuck in the Mediterranean.

Greece

Three migrants granted Greek citizenship for saving lives in wildfire

The three men rescued people who had jumped into the sea to escape the deadly July 23 blaze.

United Kingdom

UK police arrest two men for suspected migrant smuggling

A 33-year-old Iranian national and 24-year-old British man were arrested in Manchester on Wednesday.

United Kingdom

British Home Secretary questions whether migrants are genuine asylum seekers

British Home Secretary Sajid Javid questions whether migrants who cross the English Channel from France are genuine asylum seekers

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Migrants hidden in mattresses

Spanish border officials at the country’s frontier with Morocco in Melilla uncovered two migrants trying to enter the country while hidden in mattresses

United Kingdom

Britain and France to step up migrant patrols in English Channel

The British and French interior ministers say joint patrols and surveillance will be increased in the Channel, which dozens of migrants and refugees have tried to cross recently in small boats.