UK: Nearly 30,000 migrants crossed Channel in 2023
The UK says there has been a 36% drop in the number of migrants arriving in small boats from 2022 after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced prioritizing stopping these arrivals.
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Italy confines Ocean Viking migrant rescue ship for 20 days
Italian authorities have detained the Ocean Viking migrant rescue vessel for 20 days over its alleged failure to follow a prescribed route after rescuing dozens of people off the Libyan coast, the ship's operator SOS Mediterranee sa1
France will no longer accept imams trained by foreign countries
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has announced in a letter that from 1 January 2024, France will no longer accept new imams trained and sent by other countries. This in a bid to reduce "foreign influence" on Islam in France.
2023 EU migration trends: border patrols, homelessness and offshore detention
Countries across the EU have ramped up border security in 2023 to stem the flow of irregular migration: Germany, Austria, Italy, Denmark, Poland, Hungary and Latvia -- to name but a few. Meanwhile, a severe shortage of housing acros1
One dead, one injured among migrants who reached Lampedusa after Christmas
Migrant arrivals have resumed at Lampedusa due to improved weather conditions. However, one migrant arrived dead and one with an injury on December 27. Both reportedly had gunshot wounds. Investigators are now probing the case.