Tag: European Mass Migration Crisis
Croatia police say 1 killed in chase with people smugglers
ZAGREB, Croatia — One person was killed and several were injured when two cars used by suspected people smugglers to carry migrants crashed during...
UK seeks new powers to curb cross-Channel migrant arrivals
LONDON — The British government plans to give itself powers to turn asylum-seekers back at sea or send them abroad while their applications for...
Sinkings leave dozens of migrants dead off Tunisian coast
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian fishermen and naval authorities have retrieved scores of bodies of drowned migrants and rescued more than 160 others in recent...
Serbia police find illegal migrant camp, people smugglers
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian police on Sunday said they have discovered an illegal migrant camp near the borders with Hungary and Romania, and detained...
Lithuania declares emergency due to migration from Belarus
HELSINKI — Lithuania has declared a state of emergency due to an influx of migrants in the last few days from neighboring Belarus, as...
At least 43 migrants drown off Tunisia; 84 rescued
TUNIS, Tunisia — At least 43 migrants drowned off the coast of Tunisia on Saturday and 84 others were rescued after their boat capsized...
Over 6 million EU citizens apply to settle in post-Brexit UK
LONDON — More than 6 million European Union citizens applied to settle in the U.K. before the end-June deadline that the British government had...
Thousands of EU citizens may lose legal status to live in UK
LONDON — Marlies Haselton has called Britain home for more than 30 years. The Dutch national married a Briton, had her children there, and...
Girl dies during rescue of migrant ship off Canary Islands
MADRID — A young girl died during a rescue operation to save a boatload of migrants trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands, Spanish authorities...
Migrant hunger strike puts pressure on Belgian government
BRUSSELS — A hunger strike by hundreds of migrants living in Belgium without legal permission is putting increasing pressure on a government coalition weighing...