More migrant arrivals on Lampedusa
A boat reportedly carrying 149 migrants arrived on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa on Thursday. It was the second one to arrive that day. More than 1,200 people are now in the reception hotspot on the island.
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All three rudder migrants to be assessed for asylum in Spain
Spain’s Ministry of the Interior has agreed to re-examine the cases of all three Nigerian nationals who had arrived in the Canary Islands on top the rudder blade of a cargo ship last week. This allowed them to have the status of as1
Croatia to join Schengen but Bulgaria, Romania bids rejected
Croatia will join the unrestricted movement arrangement from January 1. However, an EU official confirmed the bids from Bulgaria and Romania to join the Schengen Area have been blocked.
Migrants flee airplane after faking emergency on board to force landing
After a commercial flight from Morocco to Turkey made an emergency landing in Barcelona yesterday, 28 of the passengers fled across the tarmac in an apparent attempt to get into the country using irregular means.
Two evacuations from Geo Barents after baby born at sea
On Wednesday, a baby boy was born on board the migrant rescue ship Geo Barents in the central Mediterranean. The baby’s mother fled Libya with her three other sons. A second woman on board was also nine months pregnant. Both have no1