On Wednesday, Turkish authorities discovered eleven bodies near the border region with Greece. A twelfth person was discovered with frostbite who later died in hospital. On Thursday, they claimed to have found four more dead bodies.
At least 4,115 migrants landed irregularly in Spain in January 2022 – 42.3% more than in January 2021. Most of them landed on the Canary Islands.
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has lashed out at Greek authorities repeatedly in recent days, accusing the country of the deliberate mistreatment of migrants. Soylu has slammed Greece for committing acts of gross negligenc1
The Cypriot interior minister said on Tuesday that the EU and its border agency Frontex have helped to streamline procedures to return rejected asylum seekers. The number of people arriving on the island nation lately has been soari1
The Moroccan Navy picked up 63 migrants from their rubber dinghy off the coast of Morocco on February 1. Meanwhile, Spanish rescuers reported more rescues nearer the Canary Islands.