Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak has decided to resign in protest at Parliament’s decision to reject a UN pact on the perception of migration #GlobalCompact, his office said. Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák decided to leave the post following the November 29 voting of the parliament on the UN's Global Compact for Migration. https://t.co/3kcJchtGWn —…
Category: Immigration
EU believes in Migration Compact while Austria abstains
“We regret the decision the Austrian government has taken. We continue to believe that migration is a global challenge where only global solutions and global responsibility-sharing will bring results” a Commission spokesperson said at press-briefing in Berlaymont, while commenting on Austria’s abstention from UN migration Global Compact signature. Austria rejects UN migrant pact https://t.co/oqCa8BygsQ via @EC_AVService…
Migrants siege at Croatia border
Croatian police clarified the situation blaming circulation of false information that the authorities would open its borders letting in hundreds of illegal migrants and refugees gathering at crossings in Serbia and Bosnia, hoping to enter the EU via Croatia. Meanwhile border crossing Maljevac between #Bosnia and #Croatia is now closed after group of migrants broke…
Hundreds of Africans stormed Spanish border
One African illegal migrant died and three others were injured when a crowd of more than 300 people stormed the border fence separating Spanish enclave Melilla from Morocco, the local authorities informed. https://twitter.com/rubnpulido/status/1053948016049225728 Hundreds of illegal migrants managed to scale the seven-meter high metal barrier and were taken to a reception center in Melilla where…
Salvini suggests chemical castration of rapists
A 20-year-old Tunisian migrant allegedly raped a 38-year-old Slovakian woman in the Baobab volunteer-run migrant centre outside Rome’s Tiburtina rail station at night on October, 11, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said, calling for the chemical castration of the alleged rapist. (Image: illustration). Tunisian, 20, rapes Slovak, 38. Chemical castration says Salvini https://t.co/cnFuK7MmQE — Ansa English…
UNHRC laments Italian stance on migration
The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed hope that the Italian parliament changes Interior Minister Matteo Salvini‘s migrants and security decree to bring it into line with the Geneva Convention and international norms on human rights. UNHCR hopes for change to migrant decree. To bring it into line with Geneva…
Castaldo calls for Dublin Regulation reform
Fabio Massimo CASTALDO, the vice-president of the European Parliament, Italy, M5S Movement, calls for the urgent reform of the EU Dublin Regulation, which unequally shares burden of illegal migration flows. Unlike the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, the Italian politician is convinced that the migrant crisis is far from being solved, reflecting profound structural problems…
Malta demands Aquarius to clarify its status
Fifty-eight migrants aboard the #Aquarius NGO rescue vessel will be trasported to Malta and from there to France, Germany, Portugal and Spain, after a deal was reached to share the responsibility for the arrivals among EU member-states. #Malta & #France again step up to solve #migrant impasse. 58persons to disembark in international waters,be distributed in…
Kurz regards Egypt as key partner in defeating human trafficking
Salzburg – After the Salzburg summit, the EU intends to deepen its migration cooperation with Egypt and other African countries. President of the European Council Donald Tusk said there was agreement to hold a summit with the Arab League in Egypt in February. On Thursday, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) described Egypt as exemplary in…
Channel human smuggler arrested in UK
A suspect wanted by Antwerp’s authorities for his connection with an alleged people smuggling network was arrested by the UK’s National Crime Agency in close cooperation with Belgian law enforcement. https://twitter.com/yorkspride/status/1042472885024186368 British national Saman Sdiq (33) was arrested at his home address in the UK September, 17. He is suspected of providing vehicles from the…