December 9, 2023
UK leader Rishi Sunak insisted Thursday that his latest immigration plan would work, as the issue threatened to tear apart his ruling Conservatives, putting his premiership in jeopardy. Sunak came out fighting after his government’s latest attempt to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda sparked the resignation of his immigration minister, who said it did not
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The opposition in Albania on Wednesday spoke up at the Constitutional Court against the ratification of a contentious deal the government has signed with Italy to jointly process some asylum applications of migrants arriving in Italy by sea. Last month, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni announced a five-year deal in
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Vision has emerged of hundreds of illegal immigrants coming through a breach in the border wall and crossing into Lukeville, Arizona. Fox News National Correspondent Bill Melugin shared footage of the group and described the situation as a “free for all”. There was a record breaking 12,000 migrant encounters on Tuesday, according to Fox News,
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UK cracks down on migration: Health and social care workers, however, will be exempted from new skilled migrant worker visa requirements. Britain’s embattled Conservative government unveiled a raft of measures Monday aimed at cracking down on record levels of regular migration, including raising the minimum salary threshold for a skilled worker visa. UK visa in
READ MOREFinland said Tuesday it will close its last remaining border crossing with Russia amid concerns that Moscow is using migrants as part of “hybrid warfare” to destabilize the Nordic country following its entry into NATO. Finland already had shut seven of the eight checkpoints on its 1,340-kilometer (830-mile) border with Russia this month following a
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Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told a press conference in Helsinki that the last remaining border post, in the Arctic, would be closed until 13 December. ADVERTISEMENT Finland will close its entire eastern border with Russia due to concerns over migration. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo made the announcement during a news conference on Tuesday in Helsinki. Finland
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Finland will close its remaining border crossing with Russia after accusing Moscow of flooding its borders with migrants over the Nordic nation’s decision to join NATO earlier this year. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told reporters on Tuesday that his government will close its last open border crossing with Russia due to the “exceptional” situation
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The Niger junta’s decision to repeal an eight-year-old law designed to crack down on migrant smugglers could lead to an influx of migrants into Europe, according to EU home affairs chief Ylva Johansson. ADVERTISEMENT Niger’s military government – which seized power last July – announced on Monday evening that it would revoke a 2015 bill
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The figure for the number of people who have died or gone missing while crossing the Mediterranean is at its highest rate since 2018, according to the International Organization for Migration. ADVERTISEMENT At least 2,480 migrants have died or disappeared in the Mediterranean since the start of the year – a harrowing figure that already exceeds
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A two-year-old girl has drowned, and eight other people are missing after a migrant boat capsized near a reef off Lampedusa island. ADVERTISEMENT A small boat crammed with migrants capsised off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Monday evening, killing a 2-year-old girl and leaving at least eight people missing, rescuers said. The Italian
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