Riot police engaged to break up clashes among some a hundred of African migrants armed with sticks and rocks in the northern French city of Calais during the weekend, local police said, following similar brawls the night before. (Photo: illustration) 16 injured in mass brawl between African migrants in #Calais https://t.co/n9emxrQUBf pic.twitter.com/oSrKsyqBKe — RT (@RT_com) July 1, 2017…
Category: Immigration
Swiss for referendum to end free movement
Switzerland’s right-wing People’s Party (SVP) aimed to launch a referendum on ending the Swiss-EU agreement on free movement of people, in order to get grip on illegal migration, flooding Europe. (Photo: illustration. At Swiss-German border). The initiative has been launched after the Swiss parliament opted for a moderate immigration law instead of caps and quotas…
MEPs to grant renewable card for refugees
Residence permits for all beneficiaries of international protection in the EU should be valid for five years and be renewable for additional five-year periods, MEPs say. #Refugees in the EU should get five-year renewable residence permits, MEPs @EP_Justice agree. Read more: https://t.co/c3bB9t8Lxr@tfajon — LIBE Committee Press (@EP_Justice) June 15, 2017 Civil Liberties Committee MEPs backed…
Avramopoulos applies legal pressure to impose migrants on V4
The European Commission launched a legal case on against Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic for refusing to take in asylum seekers, ratcheting up a bitter feud within the 28-nation bloc about how to deal with migration. The eurosceptic, nationalist-minded governments in Poland and Hungary have refused to take in anyone under a plan agreed…
Verhofstadt for investigation of refoulement of Turkish migrants
Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the Liberal group in the European Parliament, has urged European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos to investigate allegations of refoulement of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey. According to the Hellenic League for Human Rights (HLHR), Turkish citizens have crossed the Evros river on the border between Greece and…
Afghan refugee murders a child taken hostage
A knife-wielding assiliant from Afghanistan has taken hostage and lethally injured a 5-year-old boy and wounded his Russian mother in a centre for refugees in the Bavarian municipality of Arnschwang. The carnage unfolded in the shelter on Saturday afternoon, police report. (Photo: police, illustration) Police, who had promptly arrived at the scene, shot dead the…
Migrants overpay for money transfers
Migrants in Belgium send from two to five billion euros each year to families and friends in their country of origin, according to research by 11.11.11 and the KU Leuven (Catholic University). Often they are not aware that they pay overly high transfer costs. Many migrants regulary send family or close ones in their country…
Spain saves 157 migrants in Mediterranean
Spain’s maritime rescue service has saved 157 migrants from five small boats attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea. (Photo: illustration) The service completed five different rescue missions in waters east of the Strait of Gibraltar to reach the small craft from late Friday through until Saturday evening. The service said that it reached the first…
Europol arrests forgery gang
The criminal gang is accused of facilitating the illegal entry of migrants – mainly Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis – to and within Europe and the Schengen area, through the production and supply of false documents. It is estimated that the irregular migrants paid EUR 2 000 – 3 000 for each false document. Investigations revealed…
Commission proceeds with relocation plans
The European Commission will take a decision next month on any legal cases against countries failing to open doors to asylum-seekers (migrants) as agreed in the EU27, taking a step toward potential punishment for Poland and Hungary. (Illustration: terroristic act in Stockholm). .@SkaKeller: Italy & Greece currently take care of most refugees entering the EU….
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