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Italy has sent back 23 Egyptian nationals to Cairo on a charter flight coordinated with Frontex and Egypt. All 23 are said to have been expelled from Italy and had criminal records for offenses against persons and property.
Police freed three Turkish and two Afghan nationals abducted in Belgrade and held for a 30,000 euros ransom at a holiday home outside the capital. Three suspects have been arrested.
As Morocco steps up efforts to curb irregular migration to Spain following a recent rise in arrivals to Ceuta, it said it had intercepted 201 migrants trying to reach the Canary Islands after departing from Western Sahara. The dispu1
Four migrants were arrested over the weekend for allegedly throwing stones at Spanish soldiers, one month after the mass arrival of migrants to Spain's Ceuta enclave. The Spanish government has moreover asked the EU border agency Fr1
The Berlin-based rescue organization SOS Humanity said it had rescued 71 migrants in distress in the Central Mediterranean during two operations, bringing them aboard its new rescue vessel, Humanity 2. The rescues come amid growing1