EU to deport more migrants and build more detention centers
EU member states are expected to increase detention center capacity and step up migrant deportations, in line with a request from the European Commission.
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Attitudes survey shows Italians split down the middle on migrants
A report says just over half of Italians think migrants are more a problem than an opportunity. The survey suggests that in Europe, the populations in Hungary, Malta and Greece are most hostile to immigration, with the Swedes at the other end of the scale.
European Court of Human Rights: Asylum seekers in ‘degrading and inhuman conditions’
On December 7, 2017, the European Court of Human Rights found that Bulgarian authorities had held the children of an Iraqi refugee family in unacceptable conditions. Infomigrants looks at the rights of children who are held in administrative detention.
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A video game called 'Bury me, my love' traces the steps of refugees from Syria to Europe. The number of attacks on migrant shelters in Germany has decreased this year. And a photograph of a Syrian refugee child wins the UNICEF Photo of the Year Award 2017.
UNHCR seeks EU asylum reform as Bulgaria takes EU Council presidency
The UN refugee agency has presented a number of recommendations as Bulgaria takes over the presidency of the Council of the European Union. These include calls for the reformed Dublin system to include a solidarity mechanism within the EU entailing the relocation of asylum-seekers" as well as the strengthening of "legal pathways" for refugees to arrive in Europe.
Doctors Without Borders: Migrant children being abused by EU border authorities
A new Doctors Without Borders report, called Games of Violence, highlights the brutal treatment of migrant children by border authorities in the Balkans.
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Germany's interior minister has said that the country offers better benefits to refugees compared to other EU member states. Cyprus has picked up two boats carrying more than 300 Syrian refugees and InfoMigrants takes a look at the integration of migrants in Greece's Tilos island.
Dream of Europe turns deadly at Bulgaria's border
The journey to Europe by a family of Iraqi refugees ended in tragedy after Bulgarian officials blocked their path. Trifa's story illustrates the human cost of closing borders. Dimitar Ganev reports.
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Refugees in Belgrade are banned from public spaces. An Iraqi family recounts the tragedy that befell them while traveling the Balkan route, and in Germany, refugees reflect on integration two years after Angela Merkel welcomed hundreds of thousands of refugees to the country. This and more in today's news roundup.
Dream of Europe turns deadly at Bulgaria's border
The journey to Europe by a family of Iraqi refugees ended in tragedy after Bulgarian officials blocked their path. Trifa's story illustrates the human cost of closing borders. Dimitar Ganev reports.
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The Bulgarian government plans to use drones on the border with Turkey to put surveillance on migrants. Austria sends 70 soldiers to conduct checks at its border with Italy and InfoMigrants takes a look at the medical care refugees in Germany receive. All this and more in today's roundup.
Drones to secure Bulgarian-Turkish border
Bulgaria is stepping up its fight against illegal migration with plans to massively expand securement along its border with Turkey. Defense minister Karakachanov announced an increase in military and surveillance systems.