Albanian migrants crossing the Channel will be repatriated within a few days thanks to an expulsion agreement signed last night between Great Britain and Albania between Bledar Cuci, Albanian Minister of Internal Affairs, and Priti Patel, English Minister of the Interior. Albanians who come from a safe third country will be considered ineligible to [...]
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Germany suspends participation in the 'Sophia' operation, the EU's naval deployment to combat human trafficking across the Mediterranean. According to information received by the Dpa, after the deployment of the 'Augusta' frigate, no other ships of the German navy will participate. Berlin's decision would be the consequence of the Italian government's reluctance to allow refugees to disembark, the Dpa still reports. In front of […]
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The Italian embassy in Libya revealed that on Thursday 44 “special needs” migrants left Libya for Italy, through a new humanitarian legal corridor. "The migrants left Libya in cooperation with the Italian Ministry of the Interior, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR in Libya", [...]
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The government of Rwanda together with the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have launched a program to verify refugees and asylum seekers residing in Rwanda. The joint program, launched in the Rwandan capital Kigali, is aimed at updating information and verifying the physical presence of refugees in the country through [...]
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