Poland upset after Germans return Afghan migrants
German police returned an Afghan family that had illegally departed Poland. Warsaw decried the move as a violation of law, German police say Polish counterparts left them waiting for hours.
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Deportations of Afghans via Tashkent under review by German lawmakers, report
An exclusive report published by the German magazine Spiegel suggests that German lawmakers are in talks with Uzbekistan to send Afghan nationals back to Kabul via a stopover in Tashkent. Such a deal with the Uzbek government would1
Almost 95,000 migrants passed through Lampedusa over a year
Nearly 95,000 migrants were received at the hotspot on the Italian island of Lampedusa between June 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024. This figure was provided by the head of the Italian branch of the Red Cross, which has been managing the1
Amnesty and HRW demand action on Greek shipwreck probe
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have urged greater progress in an ongoing investigation into the shipwreck of an overcrowded trawler off the coast of the Greek town of Pylos, still in the preliminary phase one yea1
Poland, Baltics step up border controls amid migrant crisis
Since the start of the EU-Belarus border crisis three years ago, migrants have made nearly 150,000 attempts to illegally cross into either Poland, Lithuania or Latvia, DW analysis shows.