Tag: migrants
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Ceuta migrant-invasion was coordinated while Moroccan Army was busy with Day of the Throne: Spanish declassified documents
The Spanish government has declassified a cache of documents on the Ceuta mass-migration incident including documents by the Spanish Police, Army and Intelligence Services. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that the documents show that no one could have foreseen the escalation of crossings and that the authorities acted on time when the events started occurring.…
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Malta’s Foreign Affairs Minister says asylum applications need to be processed faster and human lives taken in consideration
Malta’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chris Fearne was interviewed by Al Jazeera over the recent crisis in Ceuta relating to migration. The Foreign Minister said that the event was not an eye-opener but a reminder of the ongoing crisis, which is being addressed collectively by the European Union through the recently approved Migration Pact. He reiterated…
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Illegal migrant arrivals remain flat in Malta as “Fortress Europe” tightens its screws
Illegal boat-migrant arrivals in Malta in 2025 have remained nearly flat compared to last year with 8 boats and 246 migrants in total. The 2024 figure was 6 boats and 238 migrants. The statistics were published by the NSO marking World Refugee Day. The EU is tightening its asylum procedures this year allowing for faster-track…
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4.2 million immigrants to the EU in 2024: Malta with the highest immigration rate per resident
The European Union received 4.2 million first-time immigrants in 2024, according to the latest figures published by Eurostat. This figure does not include refugees or migrants from Ukraine. Up to 1.5 million EU citizens migrated to another EU country. There were in total up to new 9.2 immigrants per 1,000 EU residents. Relative to the…
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Up to 200 migrants in Kufra freed from slavery: several arrests take place
Up to 200 African Black migrants held captive in the Libyan city of Kufra have been freed. The migrants spent up to two years under captivity and several arrests took place. Kufra, near to the border of Sudan, is commonly known as a smuggling hub. This is not the first time that raids took place…
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Another immigrant boat capsizes in Libya earlier this month
According to the International Organization for Migration another migrant boat capsized off the coast of Libya on November 8th resulting in the death of up to 42 migrants, with most them being Sudanese migrants. This is the second case recoded case of a migrant boat capsizing in Libya since late October. The boat left Zuwara…
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Who are Haftar’s loyalists blackmailing Europe?
Yesterday, Khalifa Haftar’s Prime Minister Osama Saad Hammad released a statement declaring that the EU delegation to Libya had violated Libya’s protocol and entry requirements. This is untrue because the actual reason for sending back the EU delegation upon its arrival to Benghazi was a refusal by Khalifa Haftar to directly meet with EU Migration…
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Despite the smiles and business fora: Libya’s reality of migration is overshadowed by blackmail and Russian terrorism
Despite the smiles, yesterday’s European Council meetings was overshadowed by various grim realities including the reality of blackmail by Libya’s new dictator Khalifa Haftar. European leaders forecast a renewed wave of migrants heading towards Europe from Libya this Summer. The EU and Italy have deals with the north African countries to prevent the migrants from…
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10 undocumented migrants detained in Marsaxlokk during immigration inspection
Yesterday morning, in Marsaxlokk, during a joint inspection carried out by the police and the Agency for Detention Services, authorities detained ten individuals who lacked the necessary documentation to reside legally in Malta. The detainees are nationals of Benin, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, and The Gambia. Following the inspection, all individuals were transferred to a detention…
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The Libyan authorities continue their operations against human smugglers in the Libyan desert
The Libyan authorities have continued with their extensive operation against human smugglers in the desert, stating they have freed up to 82 Ethiopian and Eritrean migrants from captivity in the town of Zalla. The migrants were held for ransoms of up to $10,000, which were demanded from their families. Several suspects were also arrested. The…
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Tragedy in the Mediterranean: 27 migrants dead as boats capsize off Tunisia
Twenty-seven migrants, including women and children, lost their lives after two boats capsized near the Kerkennah Islands off central Tunisia, officials reported today. Rescuers managed to save 83 people, all of whom were from sub-Saharan African countries, according to Zied Sdiri, head of civil defence in Sfax. The Tunisian National Guard added that search operations…
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Race riots continue in the UK as rioters burn hotels housing immigrants
Race riots have continued in the United Kingdom with rioters burning Holiday Inn hotels in several cities that were housing immigrant. The UK government funds housing for many illegal immigrants who are also lodged in budget hotels. The one shown below is the Holiday Inn of Rotherham. Groups of Muslims (video in the bottom) were…