Eu migrant crisis
Pope urges governments to stop sending migrants back to Libya
The pontiff's message comes as Italy sees an increase in migrant arrivals from Libya, and the debate within a divided EU shifts to migrants entering the bloc's...
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Furious with Turkey, EU threatens sanctions, arms embargo
Turkey has stepped up its air and artillery strikes on Kurdish militia in northeast Syria, escalating an offensive that has drawn warnings of a humanitarian disaster and also raised the prospect of new US sanctions on Ankara.
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Migration is burning issue in EU election campaign
In all, around 7.5% of the more than 510 million people in the EU did not hold the citizenship of the country where they lived as of January 1, 2017, according to Eurostat.
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Pope urges EU to show 'solidarity' with migrants stranded off Malta
The European Commission also urged EU member states to admit them earlier this week as concern grows over their plight, with some of the migrants stranded at sea for more than two weeks.
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Europe 'record of shame' over ports closed to sick children
The latest standoff involves 32 migrants who were rescued at sea on 22 December but have not yet been given permission to land anywhere.
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British navy called out to tackle migrant dinghies
An Iranian and a British national have been arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal migration across the Channel, the world's busiest shipping lane.
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Migrants to affluent nations may be healthier than the native-born
For the analysis, researchers examined data from 96 studies with mortality estimates for more than 15.2 million international migrants in 92 countries.
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Global migration in numbers
Graphic showing major global migration statistics by region, according to UN data.
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UN conference adopts migration pact despite withdrawals
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration -- finalised at the UN in July after 18 months of talks -- was formally approved in Marrakesh at the start of a two-day conference.
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UN to adopt migration pact at meeting hit by withdrawals
The US on Friday took a fresh swipe at the pact, labelling it "an effort by the United Nations to advance global governance at the expense of the sovereign right of states".
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As many as 15 migrants die in boat off Libya - survivor
Libya’s western coast is the main departure point for migrants trying to reach Europe by sea.
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Ramaphosa: Africa is also struggling with irregular migration
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s in Brussels for seventh South Africa- European Union summit.
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Morocco navy says 615 migrants saved in weekend ops
The Spanish coastguard announced on Sunday that in 48 hours it had rescued nearly 1,200 migrants bound for its shores -- a main entry point for clandestine migration into Europe.
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60 migrants feared drowned in Guinea-Bissau capsize
No survivors have been found but local radio stations have asked fishermen to tell authorities if they spot any bodies or passengers still alive.
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34 migrants drown in Mediterranean shipwreck, 26 survivors – UN
Joel Millman, spokesman of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), told Reuters: “The boat was adrift since Sunday with 60 people aboard.
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Trump tells Spain wall across Sahara will solve migrant issue, claims official
According to Spanish Foreign Minister, Josepo Borrell, Trump said the way to prevent migrants crossing into Europe via the Mediterranean was to build a wall over the Sahara Desert.
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EU to talk with Egypt, north Africans to curb migrants
The EU has previously sealed cooperation deals with Turkey and Libya that have sharply cut migration to Europe since a 2015 peak.
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21 more bodies wash up as migrants try to reach Spain
The latest deaths bring the total of Mediterranean migrant deaths this year to 1,586, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.
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EU's Juncker wants 'new alliance' with Africa
His call came as European countries are struggling to find a united solution to slow the flow of African migrants crossing the Mediterranean, mainly to Spain and Italy, in search of a better life.
