Rescued migrants forcibly removed from cargo ship in Libya

A group of over 70 migrants have been forcibly removed from a ship that rescued and taken them to the Libyan city of...
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Austria denies asylum to an Iraqi who is also married to an Austrian

Austrian authorities have rejected the asylum application of a 24-year-old Iraqi man, who is married to an Austrian...
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Smugglers are responsible for 50 percent of abuses against migrants

Smugglers are responsible for 50 percent of all incidents of sexual violence, physical violence, robbery and...
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Kenya calls on Italy to help tackle root causes of irregular migration

Kenya has proposed that the Italian government turn its attention to the root causes when trying to curb irregular...
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YEP-Gambia launches business loan scheme for young aspiring entrepreneurs

The European Union (EU)-funded Youth Empowerment Project (YEP), in partnership with Social Development Fund (SDF),...
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First group of irregular migrants airlifted to Niger by UNHCR from Tripoli since June

As violence rages in Libya’s capital Tripoli, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it has...
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More EU states signal their intention to withdraw from UN migration pact

The non-binding UN migration pact is facing yet another major blow as Poland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and Croatia...
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Kurdish returnee builds successful business after vocational training

At the age of 18, Shwan Halaq decided to migrate irregularly to Europe through a smuggler in the Iraqi city of Erbil....
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France will follow tough but humane immigration policy

Newly-appointed French interior minister Christophe Castaner said France will not act as an appeal court for asylum...
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