Latvia: Afghan migrant smuggled from Belarus dies of hypothermia
An Afghan man who entered Latvia via a hole in the border fence with Belarus has died of hypothermia. He is said to have been smuggled across the border along with another Afghan man.
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Since 2018, 6 migrants have died per day trying to reach Spain: NGO
More than 11,000 migrants have died trying to reach Spain in the past five years, equating to a daily average of six people. That's according to a new report by Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras.
First asylum seekers transferred from Cyprus to Germany via new EU relocation scheme
Cyprus has relocated 48 of a promised 500 asylum seekers to Germany as part of a new EU 'solidarity mechanism'. It was the first relocation between the two member states.
Switzerland freezes admission of resettlement refugees
Switzerland has announced a temporary halt to its participation in a UN program to take in vulnerable refugees. The government says the influx of war refugees from Ukraine has pushed it to the limit.
Two-year-old dies in shipwreck off Lampedusa
A two-year-old girl from the Ivory Coast has died in a shipwreck some 10 miles south of Lampedusa. She had departed from Sfax, in Tunisia, with her mother and dozens of other migrants. Meanwhile, two migrant rescue vessels are expec1