
Libya Warns It Can’t Keep More Migrants for Europe
According to a UN report, the first quarter of 2023 has been the deadliest in six years for migrants taking the central Mediterranean route from Libya to Italy.
According to a UN report, the first quarter of 2023 has been the deadliest in six years for migrants taking the central Mediterranean route from Libya to Italy.
The interior minister’s statements come two months after 12 of the 16 federal states had to block the intake of additional asylum seekers.
Hungary, due to its location on the Schengen Area’s southeastern flank, has had to bear the brunt of the increased migratory pressure.
So far this year, around 40,000 illegal migrants disembarked on British soil after crossing the English Channel on small boats from France. For Sunak, it is a chance to prove his mettle as the new PM.
Official government data has revealed that nearly 900,000 migrants, around half of those who arrived in Germany during the migrant crisis of 2015-2016, still live on social welfare benefits.
Archbishop Wojciech Polak said he ready to take the migrants into his diocese. “But the admission itself is not enough. We need a far-reaching, wide-ranging system of assistance that would enable them to find each other, integrate, and function in a new place.”
On December 24th a migrant boat capsized in the Aegean Sea. It was the third accident involving migrants in Greek waters in less than a month, bringing the death toll of the three sinkings to 27. Three suspected smugglers were also arrested.
During his visit to the Mavrovouni refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos—his second one in five years—Pope Francis had stern words for Europe
The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, said on Thursday that under no circumstances will the bloc negotiate with the Lukashenko regime over the future of migrants stranded along the Polish-Belarusian border.