Is Frontex involved in illegal 'pushbacks' in the Balkans?
Refugees and migrants in Greece trying to reach western Europe have accused EU border protection agency Frontex of taking part in illegal deportations known as "pushbacks." DW reports.
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Italy: New police commissioner vows to focus on Balkan route
The incoming police commissioner of Italy's northeastern city of Trieste, Irene Tittoni, has promised to pay special attention to migration on the so-called "Balkan route." She also wants joint activities with neighboring Slovenia to restart soon.
Germany: Migrants smuggled between tree trunks on truck
Several Afghan migrants were found after they jumped out of truck carrying tree trunks. The driver was completely unaware that the men were in the truck until he stopped just across the German border.
More than 380 migrants arrive in Cape Verde and Canary Islands
A boat carrying mainly Senegalese migrants washed up in the Cape Verde archipelago off West Africa on Sunday night after being adrift at sea for several days. Several hundred more migrants also arrived in the Canary Islands.
Ships, airplanes to search for migrant boats off Tunisia
Italian vessels and airplanes could be deployed to monitor international waters off Tunisia in order to report to authorities in the North African country the departure of migrant boats. The plan, proposed by Italy, was discussed by Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese and her French counterpart Gerald Darmanin during a meeting held on November 7 in Rome.
Czech police stop truck carrying 48 migrants
In the latest discovery of migrant smuggling in Europe, police in the Czech Republic found 48 people inside a Turkish truck. The migrants reportedly said they were from Syria and on their way to Germany and the Netherlands.
Four migrants discovered in lorry from Slovenia to Italy
Italian police on Wednesday discovered four migrants hidden in the back of a lorry that was travelling from Slovenia to Lombardy in northern Italy. The day before a smuggler and six migrants were stopped in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region.
French Guiana: A new migrant gateway to France buckles under pressure
French Guiana in South America has become both a destination and a popular transit point for migrants hoping to reach France. The fragile social system in the French territory is buckling under the pressure of increasing migrant arrivals. InfoMigrants' Charlotte Oberti reports from Cayenne.
Giving up on the 'Eastern Route': Why increasing numbers of migrants are returning home
Although hundreds of thousands of Africans are still choosing to migrate along the so-called "Eastern Route" between the Horn of Africa and the Gulf States via Yemen, a growing number are giving up on their dream and going back home. A new report by IOM Nairobi found that many migrants who set off were largely unaware of the migration risks prior to departure.
Algeria stopped 755 from heading to Europe 20-25/9
The Algerian authorities report that they stopped 755 people from trying to leave the country in an undocumented manner to get to Europe between September 20 and September 25.
Italy: Six migrants found in refrigerated truck, one COVID-19 positive
Italian authorities have discovered in the area of Bologna six Afghan migrants who had almost frozen to death, hidden in a refrigerated truck that had disembarked at the central port city of Ancona from Thessaloniki in Greece.
Austria: Migrants found after traveling in refrigerated truck
Austrian police say they found dozens of people, including children, who had been hiding in a refrigerated truck abandoned on a highway last week. The driver has been arrested, suspected of migrant-smuggling.