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Migrants wait at an industrial estate next to Tarajal beach, in the city of Ceuta, Spain. | Photo: EPA/BRAIS LORENZO

Officials to stand trial for allegedly expelling migrant minors from Ceuta

The Spanish enclave's former prefect and former vice governor have been accused of violating the law. Meanwhile, arrivals in Ceuta are rapidly increasing.

Churches across Europe in areas lacking space in migrant facilities have opened their doors to refugees and asylum seekers in recent years. | Photo: Vincenzo Russo

Clashes at Italian parish migrant center, 2 in emergency room

Father Don Biancalani, who has been hosting migrants at an Italian parish for years, recounts episodes

Cyprus is the most eastern EU country and located much closer to Syria, Lebanon and Turkey than the rest of the EU | Credit: France24

Cyprus seeks help from EU as surge of Syrian migrant arrivals from Lebanon continues

Following the arrival of several hundred migrants over the previous days, the Cypriot coast guard brought another 260 migrants to the island on Tuesday. In total, some 800 migrants have set sail from Lebanon to Cyprus since the week1

The truck was stopped some five kilometers from the Czech border in Bahratal, a district of the town of Bad Gottleuba Berggießhübel | Photo: Bundespolizeiinspektion Berggießhübel

Germany: 28 migrants smuggled in refrigerated truck, suspects arrested

Two Turkish nationals are accused of smuggling 28 migrants in a refrigerated, airtight truck from the Czech Republic to the eastern German state of Saxony over the weekend. Both suspects are in custody.

Migrants rescued by the Maritime Rescue vessel Guardamar Talia waiting to disembark in the port of La Restinga, El Hierro, Canary Islands. | Photo: ARCHIVE/ EPA/GERLMERT FINOL

Migrant arrivals to Spain up 277%

At least 16,156 migrants entered Spain irregularly in the first trimester of 2024, marking the highest number registered in the January-March period in the last seven years.