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The coronavirus pandemic resulted in a 50% drop in deportations of asylum seekers from Germany | Photo: Michael Trammer

German deportations up again after decline due to COVID

Deportations from Germany have risen again after a downturn during the pandemic. The Left Party has demanded an end to 'cynical policies'.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borell (L) with Libyan Foreign Minister Najla el-Mangoush (R) during a news conference in Tripoli on September 8, 2021 | Photo: ANSA

EU's Josep Borrell visits Libya

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visited Libya on Wednesday. He said that he hopes that more political stability in the country will make it "easier to find more humane solutions for migrants."

Many migrants are in limbo, trapped at the border between Lithuania and Belarus | Photo: Reuters

Lithuania expels Afghan migrants despite court order

Lithuania has expelled five Afghan nationals back to neighboring Belarus in spite of an order by the European Court of Human Rights that they be allowed to stay.

The new camp of Kara Tepe on the Greek island of Lesbos. M. lives in the refugee camp with her family, her husband and her 2-year-old daughter, and she is also expecting another child | Photo: MSF

Greece: MSF criticizes new 'prison-like' refugee camps

Doctors Without Borders strongly criticized Greece and the European Union for their treatment of migrants and refugees, one year after a fire destroyed the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. They also denounced the constructi1

From file: Italian coast guard rescues migrants near the island of Lampedusa on September 1, 2021 | Photo: Juan Medina/REUTERS

Italian coast guard rescues 125 people stranded on uninhabited island

The Italian coast guard rescued 125 people from the rocky shore of a tiny uninhabited island on Thursday. Rescue workers said the migrants were in a 'state of shock'.