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Italy

Nearly 100 migrants dead or missing in the Med in January

The toll of the dangerous crossing in the Mediterranean Sea continues to rise.

Cyprus

Cyprus rescues 60 Syrian migrants lost at sea for 6 days

Authorities have announced that several of those on board have been hospitalised.

Germany

Mass turnout during Germany's weekend of anti far-right protests

On Saturday, national authorities recorded a total of some 300,000 participants in protests across the country.

Germany

Germany approves legislation easing asylum seeker deportations

It remains to be seen how much difference the new rules will make, with deportations failing for a variety of reasons.

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Italy

Migrant rescue ships grounded by Italy’s strict regulation against NGO

After a 20-day detention imposed by Italian authorities, the Ocean Viking - a migrant rescue ship that has saved thousands of people in distress since 2016 - will be able to go back to sea on Friday.

France

Migrants killed during perilous sea crossing from France to UK

The five dead migrants were discovered just off the coast of France on their attempt to get to UK shores.

Cyprus

Migrant NGO slams Cyprus authorities for not condemning bomb attack

A prominent migrant rights group in Cyprus has bashed the country’s authorities for failing to properly investigate a bomb attack against its offices in Nicosia.

Europe News

EU-Niger migration cooperation at risk

Once a key partner for the European Union in fighting irregular migration, July’s coup d’état in Niger has put that partnership at risk, with the military junta repealing a key anti-trafficking law in response to EU sanctions.

World News

Migrant caravan in southern Mexico marks Christmas day by trudging onward

Christmas day meant the same as any other day for thousands of migrants walking through southern Mexico: more trudging under a hot sun.

Poland

Migrants trying to cross Belarus-Poland border risk life this winter

Médecins Sans Frontières, which has been treating migrants crossing into Poland since late 2022, said that many suffer hypothermia, dehydration, exhaustion and physical violence while making the perilous journey.

Libya

UN: More than 60 migrants drown off Libya

The deaths are the latest casualties in the central Mediterranean route often used by migrants and where, this year alone, more than 2,250 people have died.

France

One dead after migrants shipwrecked in Channel

A total of 66 people were travelling on the refugee boat which sank off the northern coast of France in the early hours of Friday, according to French authorities.

Greece

Greece failed to properly investigate migrant tragedy - rights groups

Hundreds of migrants drowned when their overcrowded boat sank off the coast of southern Greece last June.

Finland

Finland to reseal border after temporary reopening lures migrants

Finland accuses Russia of deliberately ushering migrants - most of whom are seeking asylum in Finland - to the border zone, which is normally heavily controlled on the Russian side.

Finland

Finland to close entire border with Russia again amid migrant crisis

Finland accuses Russia of deliberately ushering migrants to the border zone, which is normally heavily controlled by Russia’s Federal Security Service.

United Kingdom

Asylum seeker dies on 'floating prison' housing migrants in UK

Several human rights organisations have previously reported suicidal thoughts among residents, but claim that these warnings have been ignored by the authorities.

World News

Paris Olympics: What's happening to the homeless population?

The French government has established 10 temporary regional centres to relocate the homeless from the streets of Paris. More than 60 French organisations have condemned it as "social cleansing" and an attempt to boost the city's image ahead of the 2024 Olympics, at the expense of the homeless.

World News

Without a trace: The nameless graves along the Balkan migration route

As migrants travel along the Balkan route towards Western Europe, NGOs are trying to keep track of those who lose their lives, but many tombstones remain nameless.

Spain

Spanish hero saves migrants forced off speedboat at gunpoint

It took Javier González a minute to reach the migrants who had been forced from the speedboat off the Spanish coast, but by the time he got there, one of them had already died.

Europe News

Migrant smugglers to face up to 15 years in prison under new EU rules

The European Commission is seeking to toughen penalties for human traffickers as the bloc struggles to bring down the number of migrants lured in by networks of smugglers.