With over 2,000 migrants in an overcrowded hot spot designed for just a few hundred people, the small island of Lampedusa has not yet witnessed any improvement since the change of government
The British government announced on Wednesday it would soon be relocating more than 52,000 migrants currently living in hotels to military bases and disused ferries
Often forgotten, the island nation received more than half of all migrants who trekked the Eastern Mediterranean migratory route into Europe last year
A total of 2,814 small boat migrants arrived in Italy on Friday alone, a record for a single day
The intervention by the Council of Europe is the latest attempt by a European body to involve itself in Britain’s domestic agenda
The British government could announce the new policy as early as next week
Despite the near-record backlog of asylum claims, the Netherlands is still receiving high numbers of new asylum applications every month
Of the 4,631 deportation orders issued in the last five years, just 314 were enforced by the Irish state
Andreas Roßkopf expects the figure to rise considerably as warmer temperatures arrive
A defiant Giorgia Meloni offered a staunch defense of her government’s handling of the migrant crisis in the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday
AfD’s popularity is growing as the Green Party’s sinks
While Denmark’s migration minister offers some tough talk, he also presents a notably softer approach to the topic of immigration than his predecessor
Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto accused the Russian mercenary Wagner Group of facilitating the increase in migration reported this year from Africa to Europe
So far this year, the Mediterranean route has been the most popular for migrants trying to reach Europe
Bence Rétvári claimed it is the people smugglers who now determine who becomes a European resident
Tunisia delivers powerful anti-immigrant crackdown
Despite dozens of criminal convictions, the Swedish courts’ decision to continuously grant Milad Salari parole has nearly cost a young girl her life
Nantes was an “extremely peaceful” provincial city a decade ago, but now it is riddled with crime and violence, with illegal immigrants alone accounting for over half of the crimes committed on its streets
The protest is the latest in a long list of demonstrations by local residents concerned about the effects that mass migration will have on their communities
The local authority claims its hands are tied in order to comply with federal refugee distribution quotas
FPÖ security spokesman Hannes Amesbauer accused the Austrian interior ministry of “throwing sand in the eyes of the Austrian population” over the asylum figures
The Home Office will grant more than 12,000 asylum seekers refugee status off the back of an uncontested questionnaire, enabling them to forgo an immigration interview
Kais Saied claimed a criminal enterprise was at work to turn Tunisia from an Arab-Muslim country into a purely African one
NGO vessels must return to Italian ports “without delay” after a rescue, rather than remaining at sea and enticing more migrant boats to head for Italy
One school principal says one of her schools features 23 different nationalities, many of whom do not speak German. The resulting chaos this produces is now being seen throughout the German school system
Some were quick to criticize the mainstream media’s demonization of protesters as “far right”
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has proven much tougher on French nationals staging peaceful protests against the French government’s open border policy than on immigration itself
Mass protests against record levels of asylum seekers have rocked the historically immigrant-friendly nation, but the government is planning for more of the same this year
The migrant has a history of violent offenses and sexual assaults and had just been arrested days before the attack
The number of asylum application in the EU increased by 46% compared to 2021
As the rate of illegal immigration accelerates across the continent, almost 4 in 5 Europeans consider the issue to be one of their top concerns
Organized demolition crews, mostly made up of Moroccan migrants, are putting German lives at risk with their high-explosive ATM heists
More than 80 percent of illegal migrants detected were adult men
Two men are now on trial for dragging Axelle Dorier’s body for 800 meters behind their car, but neither has been charged for murder, sparking fury among her family
The man punched his pregnant girlfriend, whipped her with a cord, poured oil on her, and rubbed cooking spices in her eyes, but he will nonetheless be allowed to stay in Sweden
Some 75% of Americans think less than 1 million illegal immigrants entered the United States last year, while the true figure is estimated at 2.75 million
Affluent EU nations France and Germany aren’t pulling their weight when it comes to the migrant crisis, leaving Italy and eastern Europe to bear the brunt, the Italian prime minister claims
A major rescue operation was underway in the English Channel on Wednesday morning after a boat with dozens of migrants sank in the early hours
Politicians froom the borough of Blackburn with Darwen in the northeast of England argue the quota is unfair when local public services are already stretched thin
The Dutch government had been attempting to suspend the reunification of asylum seekers’ family members for six months to cope with a recent influx in asylum claims
Net migration into Britain is 170,000 higher than the country’s previous annual record
Austria’s problems with illegal migration are now big problems for Romania and Bulgaria
The leaked report to French newspaper Le Monde proves to be difficult reading
Marine Le Pen said the French government had once again been humiliated after more than half the unaccompanied minors to disembark the Ocean Viking have given their supervisors the slip
The reality with the Conservative parliamentary party, with mass migration unlikely to be reduced to a level the majority of Brits will find satisfactory, is that it appears to be the case among the party’s MPs of “immigrants for thee, but not for me”
The charity’s call for anonymity regarding where new arrivals are situated raises concerns over public safety after a number of incidents involving a small minority of asylum seekers being reported by local authorities and MPs
The French conservative politician stood in solidarity with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni for her hard-line stance on illegal immigration
The agreement is the latest in a long line of deals between the two nations that have so far failed to stem the flow of illegal immigration into Britain
The 234 people on board the Ocean Viking vessel have been granted permission to disembark in Marseille
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Over 2,000 migrants reached Britain illegally over the weekend as the next prime minister, Liz Truss, vows to ramp up Boris Johnson’s failed deportation scheme
Péter Szijjártó warned that the migration pressure along the EU’s external border was intensifying and would become more and more serious due to the impact of the Russo-Ukrainian war
Hungary and Poland have long opposed migrant relocation schemes from Brussels, but the EU is putting renewed pressure on member states
Despite the U.K. government’s pledge to crack down on illegal immigration, including the announcement of the Rwanda resettlement scheme, migrants continue to embark on England’s southern shore in their hundreds
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A total of 13,160 illegal border-crossings were recorded at the European Union’s external border in January 2022, according to Frontex
There are now 1,700 asylum seekers living in the Cypriot village of Chloraka, which has a population of just 4,420
The Home Office also admitted that of the 28,000 migrants to arrive in Britain illegally last year via the English Channel, the number of removals was “tiny,” with previous updates suggesting just 10 had been deported
