Natalya Panchenko, a radical Ukrainian activist living in Poland, has said that the Ukrainian minority in Poland should be represented in Poland’s parliament
Residents of Callac point out that the region has seen underinvestment for years, but in order to relocate 70 migrants and their families, millions are now pouring in
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Austria prepares for a record number of illegal immigrants this year, breaking the previous record set during the 2016 migrant crisis
“It is sad to watch the West commit suicide. A multi-ethnic society is not cohesive,” writes Czech commentator Alexander Tomský
The Polish suspect led officers on a wild car chase near the Hungarian-Serbian border
An already fractured European Union now faces a new wave of migration as famine hits Africa, Justice Minister Judit Varga warns
Hundreds of millions of Africans want to move abroad, and Europe remains a top destination
“There is no targeted treatment. Only vaccination can prevent it. The disease can result in permanent paralysis or death,” noted Czech physician Lenka Petroušová
The number of migrants who managed to reach the Italian coast from Tunisia quadrupled in 2021 compared to 2017
The new coalition promises to guarantee the rights of parents to decide on the education of their children
If necessary, Slovakia might build control and registration centers at the border
Populist Tomio Okamura has warned about an influx of refugees heading to Czechia from Ukraine and the effect this may have on national security and wage depression
German Antifa groups descended in Poland to riot with their Polish allies at a migrant camp, leading to a number of arrests
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The woman who fought off her alleged rapist was charged with bodily harm by police for defending herself
The National Civil Guard Association has been brought in “to deal with the increasing migratory pressure on the southern border of Hungary,” the government explained
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Most Afghan and Somali migrants only finished elementary school.
“We need to give hope to Africans so they don’t need to cross the Mediterranean,” Infantino told a Council of Europe parliamentary assembly on Wednesday
The traditional determinants of refuge migration have not changed, so a return to pre-pandemic levels can be expected after the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, pointed out Julien Boucher, who is in charge of granting refugee status
Brussels will use Covid-19 recovery funds to exert political pressure in the upcoming Hungarian elections
The polarizing stances on migration across European countries make a compromise impossible, Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga warns
The unfavorable migration situation exacerbates the already fractured relationship between the United Kingdom and France
Germany lacks both the will and the means to deport illegal migrants, and part of it has to do with the EU’s poorly maintained Eurodac database
Last year, the island of Cyprus had to deal with the most intense influx of migrants relative to its population out of all the EU countries
The migrant center in the region is almost completely full
Visegrád Group foreign ministers called on Brussels to pay Ankara for stemming the flow of illegal migration
The coronavirus crisis has not led to higher birth rates — only 84,000 children were born in three-quarters of this year
Dutch municipalities remain reluctant to take in more migrants, but the government says a migration “crisis” is making migrant quotas necessary
Refugee center employees have often become the targets of brutal murders, with a number of such cases occurring in France in recent years
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With dozens of migrants dead, the conflict between the United Kingdom and France has only intensified
People smugglers can earn some €89,000 a year
Czech troops could head to the border immediately
Kurschus wants to open up more legal routes for migration to Europe
London should stop lecturing and criticizing France, says France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin
The EU will continue to work with countries from which the migrants come and through which they travel
Finland warns its border could be the next frontier in the Belarusian illegal immigration operation
18 key arguments summed up against the German asylum system
Hungary has spent 590 billion forints on border defense since the onset of the migration crisis, but up until now, the EU has refused to pay anything toward it
Migrants have a huge incentive to travel to Germany because that is where the money is, says Greece’s migration minister
Groups of migrants walk around Minsk with nowhere to go as the crisis Lukashenko created begins to boomerang back on him
“The only way to stop illegal migration is by protecting our external borders”
Both the Commission and the Parliament are against building walls and fences
While EU politicians play lip service to halting illegal migration, their actions raise questions about their true intentions surrounding the issue, according to Hungary’s foreign minister
Number of asylum seekers in Germany reaches 100,000 this year
“We will not apologize for still trying to thwart human smuggling operations and protect Europe’s borders,” says Greece
Spain is also under increasing migration pressure, Szijjártó pointed out
“By adopting an EU asylum policy, the countries of Central Europe will not solve Europe-wide migration problems,” says the new Czech center
Hungary will not cede an inch of migration control, says the country’s foreign minister
The Hungarian PM says he will ask for Czech help with guarding the Schengen border when the number of migrants rises significantly
“A friend told me that it was easy to get to Germany via Minsk,” said one of the migrants
All politicians included in the debate agreed on anti-immigration rhetoric
We are doing our utmost to ensure that aid is not misused and goes directly to people in need, commented Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhánek
EU integration is not about stifling national strivings but about encouraging them, Áder said.
Four million Afghans have already left their homeland and many of them want to be in Europe
Americans are getting the impression that they do not have the president they thought they were electing
Czech interior minister admits that his country might resume border controls if necessary
Germany has the fourth-largest diaspora of Afghans with more than a quarter of a million Afghans living there
Newly released government report has revealed that individuals with immigrant backgrounds living in Sweden are vastly overrepresented among criminal suspects.
A Somali migrant stabbed four women and a 6-year-old child
The Austrian prime minister’s stance on migration was echoed by Czech and Serbian prime ministers
According to the prime ministers, there is a need to help Afghans in their country or in neighboring states
Local authorities will not accept new registrations for temporary protection status after tensions rise between Turks and Syrian migrants
Allowing Western Balkan nations into Schengen would open up visa-free travel to their citizens into the rest of Europe
“We do not need outsiders, because they are changing the composition of European societies, the cultural image of Europe, the Christian, family-based system,” said PM Orbán
Czechia is ready to introduce border controls in a matter of hours, says Interior Minister Jan Hamáček
How many people headed to Europe from Afghanistan is anyone’s guess, but they are likely to either come through the Balkan route or be flown directly into Europe by countries willing to take them in
Pointing to the high rate of crime and lack of integration of Germany’s current Afghan community, a leading AfD politician called on Germany to reject Baerbock’s proposal
Detlef Scheele talked about targeted immigration to cover gaps in the labor market
Europe now takes a different stance on border walls than six years ago
Criminals and the Taliban are taking advantage of the West’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan
New data shows that Germany’s school-age generation increasingly features a migrant background
The number of people detained during illegal migration increased significantly
European leaders from Madrid to Moscow are expressing deep concern over a new migration crisis
Czechia is ready to send its experts to the Baltics to help with migration from Belarus, notes Hamáček
In his speech, Macron also called for a “responsible and united (international) response”
Ukraine is sending 38 tons of barbed wire to Lithuania, which wants to build a fence on its border to protect the country from the influx of illegal migrants
The 550-km, four-meter-high fence is estimated to cost €150 million
Six EU countries – Belgium, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark, Greece – have sent a letter to the European Commission asking the EU not to stop the deportation of illegal migrants to Afghanistan
According to Ellinor Zeino, an employee of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the capital of Afghanistan has been gripped by fear
Figures from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) reveal that two females are gang-raped in Merkel’s multicultural Germany each day, with foreigners making up half of the suspects.
More than three-quarters of Czech respondents consider protection against migration to be important
In recent days, NGO ships have rescued about 800 refugees, and hundreds more arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa
Border guards returned several groups of refugees from the border during the night
Blocking two users for comments on Facebook about the 2018 migration wave was illegal and violated freedom of speech
Hundreds of migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean by NGO ships over the weekend
NGO ships assisted a vessel with 400 migrants on board in the central Mediterranean on Sunday night alone
The Lithuanian Border Guard detained a record 171 illegal migrants from Iraq in a single day this week
The Lithuanian Border Guard announced that it had detained 171 people illegally crossing the border from Belarus on Tuesday night
Asylum laws are meant for individuals, not for the purpose of relocating entire countries
Andrej Babiš takes pride in thwarting migrant quotas, protecting families
Almost 66 percent of Syrian refugees in Germany need financial support, the Federal Labor Market Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit or BA) said in its June report
Tamim Sultani, a 22-year-old Afghan, arrived in Sweden in 2018
“The Lithuanian border is our common external border and Frontex is ready to help where needed,” said Frontex CEO Fabrice Leggeri
Economic migration on the rise
Competing narratives in Germany and Austria on migrant crime
The two phenomena feed back on one another
