France Afghan evacuee convicted for leaving surveillance in France One of the five Afghans placed under watch after being repatriated to France has been convicted of leaving surveillance, the French government has announced. 24/08/2021
world news Europe's capitals scramble to evacuate nationals from Kabul airport From Madrid to The Hague, via Paris, Bucharest, London... European governments have been trying to rescue their nationals from Kabul, and where possible help Afghans who worked for them. 16/08/2021
Spain Spain defends the return of unaccompanied child migrants to Morocco Spain’s interior minister has defended sending unaccompanied child migrants back to Morocco and denied accusations by rights groups that the returns breach international law. 16/08/2021
Belgium Belgium repatriates 6 mothers and 10 children from Syria camps The operation marks Belgium's largest repatriation effort from jihadist camps since the fall of the so-called Islamic State group in 2019. 17/07/2021
Spain Bodies of Spanish and Irish victims repatriated from Burkina Faso Several European countries have vowed to keep fighting extremism in Africa's Sahel region. 30/04/2021
Syria COVID-19 has slowed repatriation of foreign children in Syrian camps According to Save the Children, an estimated 200 foreign children were repatriated in 2020 from camps in north-east Syria, down from 685 in 2019. 02/02/2021
Germany Germany repatriates 3 women, 12 children from camps in Syria European governments have so far been reluctant to take back their citizens who joined jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq. 20/12/2020
Norway Norway government under pressure after populist party quits coalition Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has said she will continue to govern with a minority three-party coalition. 20/01/2020
Netherlands Netherlands not required to return children of IS families, says court An appeals court has ruled the Netherlands is not required to repatriate the children born into families of its fighters that left to join the Islamic State. 22/11/2019
United Kingdom Thomas Cook: UK to fly 135,300 people back after after firm's collapse British travel firm Thomas Cook collapsed on Monday, stranding 600,000 holidaymakers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in UK's history. 23/09/2019
Belgium Six Belgian orphans of Islamic State fighters taken in by Belgium European countries are currently wrestling with the idea of whether to repatriate citizens captured in Syria and Iraq fighting for IS, who are considered a security risk. 15/06/2019
France France repatriates five young children from camps in Syria Five children were repatriated to France from camps in Northern Syria on Friday, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement 15/03/2019
Myanmar Muslim Rohingya children: "a lost generation" That's the stark warning from the United Nations. It's exactly one year ago when 700,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar, fleeing a brutal crackdown by the military 25/08/2018
Myanmar Myanmar announces first Rohingya repatriation Myanmar says it has repatriated the first family of refugees from its mainly Muslim Rohingya minority, after some 700,000 fled to Bangladesh to escape a military crackdown 15/04/2018
Libya Libya repatriates 250 African migrants They were the latest to be sent home as part of a voluntary deportation scheme 20/02/2018
