A Turkish national identified by the UK’s National Crime Agency as a major supplier of boats and engines used in English Channel migrant crossings has been sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined 400,000 euros by a Belgian court.1
The German authorities have deported a second convicted Syrian criminal back to their home country following the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.
Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv near the Russian border is withstanding Russia's strikes while welcoming those displaced by the war, ANSA reports.
Hundreds of migrants have been transferred from dangerous winter seas to the Greek islands of Crete and Gavdos in recent days. Renewed overcrowding at temporary reception centers, including Agyia on Crete, has raised concerns about1
Authorities on the Mediterranean island nation state Malta have carried out one of the fastest repatriations on record, sending back a total of 48 migrants within 17 days of their landing. The majority of them were Bangladeshi natio1