Illegal immigration
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Pato looks at the picture on his phone. It shows him with his wife and daughter, all carefree smiles. "That's the last time we were happy," he says, completely traumatised.A few months after the photograph was taken, his life was shattered.A friend s...
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Eleven children die a week in the Mediterranean in illegal migration routes, said theUNICEF.More than 289 children are estimated to have died or disappeared annually. A total of11,600 children have arrived on the shores of Italy from North Africa sin...
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In an out-of-sight flat in one of Athens' poorest districts, dozens of migrant women and young children left exposed by Greece's dwindling asylum support programmes queue for food donations.Deniz Yobo, a 33-year-old woman from Nigerhas picked up enou...
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Hoping to escape a dire economy and bleak prospects, Egyptians are increasingly attempting the perilous sea crossing to Europe that this month claimed dozens of lives in a shipwreck off Greece."I spoke to my son for the last time on the evening of Ju...
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More than 40 people are missing after a migrant boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, the UN said.The shipwreck took place on Thursday and at least one newborn baby is among those missing, said UNHCR representative to Italy Chiara Cardol...
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Canada's Supreme Court on Friday upheld an immigration agreement that allows authorities to bar asylum seekers from entering the country from the United States.The Safe Third Country Agreement, which came into effect in 2004, says that asylum seekers...
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Greek rescuers on Friday scanned the Ionian Sea by air and boat for survivors of a migrant boat sinking, as hope faded of finding more people alive two days after the disaster.On Wednesday, a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank, k...
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Travelling hundreds or thousands of kilometers between a bird's breeding and non-breeding habitats is a challenging, dangerous voyage that not all birds are able to complete. However, there are many reasons for birds to invade the skies every autumn...
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On February 26, a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants from Turkey to Europe crashed on rocks close to the southern Italian coast, killing at least 59 people, including 12 children.This incident has reignited the discussion on immigration to Europe...
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EU leaders have agreed tougher rules aimed at making it easier to expel asylum-seekers whose refugee applications are denied, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Friday.The measures are a response to increasing European concern over r...
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By AFPThe personal data of more than 6,000migrants seeking protection from persecution was published on a US government website, the department responsible for the gaffe said Wednesday.The data dump saw the names, case statuses and detention location...
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Migratory journeys are often the only escape for some people, but unfortunately they end in a dramatic way, costing the lives of the migrants.Deaths in numbersIn a report published on November 23 under the title “50,000 LIVES LOST DURING MIGRATION: A...
