Migration crisis in Europe

Russia to tighten liability for organizing illegal migration

Russia's Federation Council approved a bill classifying as an especially grave crime the organization of illegal migration committed by an organized group or with the aim of perpetrating grave or especially grave crimes. …

Russia to tighten liability for organizing illegal migration

Erdogan and Scholz to discuss Middle East and migrants

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on October 19, where they will discuss the situation in the Middle East, German government spokesperson Wolfgang Buechner said. …

Erdogan and Scholz to discuss Middle East and migrants

Migrants make up 3.6% of global population

The number of people forced to leave their countries because of conflict, persecution, natural disasters or other reasons, as well as those who moved for work or education, has more than tripled in the past 50 years. According to the …

Migrants make up 3.6% of global population

Armenians leave their motherland

Newly released data confirm that the numbers of Armenians leaving the country are comparable to previous periods of economic and political crisis

Armenians leave their motherland

Some migrants still try to enter Poland after Belarus camps cleared

Migrants still tried crossing overnight from Belarus, although in smaller numbers and smaller groups, Polish authorities said on Friday, a day after Belarus cleared the main camps where people from the Middle East had huddled at the border. …

Some migrants still try to enter Poland after Belarus camps cleared

Germany refuses to admit refugees from Belarus-Polish border

Germany will not take in refugees stranded on the Belarus-Polish border, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said after talks with his Polish counterpart. "If we took in refugees, if we bowed to the pressure and said 'we are …

Germany refuses to admit refugees from Belarus-Polish border

Belarus border crisis: Poland detains 100 migrants

The Polish Defense Ministry reported Thursday that there had been numerous attempts to cross the border from Belarus. It said on Twitter that around 100 migrants had been detained. As regional leaders consider the next step in …

Belarus border crisis: Poland detains 100 migrants

Polish border guards unleash tear gas on Belarusian border

The Polish border guards used a water cannon and unleashed tear gas on the border with Belarus in response to actions by migrants who started to pelt them with sticks and stones. A group of about 100 migrants on the border with Poland …

Polish border guards unleash tear gas on Belarusian border

Lukashenko pleads for migrants to go home

Belarus is ready to facilitate the repatriation of refugees stranded on the border with Poland back to their homeland, but they do not want to return home, President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus said on Monday according to BelTA news …

Lukashenko pleads for migrants to go home

Merkel blames migration tensions on Belarusian authorities

Germany’s acting Chancellor Angela Merkel in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the current worsening of the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border and the influx of migrants should be blamed on …

Merkel blames migration tensions on Belarusian authorities

People leaving Armenia in record numbers

In the three quarters of 2021, 103,000 more Armenians left the country than entered it, according to official data. Armenia's population is 2.963 million people, so this is an extremely alarming figure, because  that amounts to about …

People leaving Armenia in record numbers

Ankara denies involvement in bringing illegal migrants to Belarus

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu refuted claims of Ankara's involvement in bringing migrants to Belarus in a recent phone conversation with Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, a source in the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on …

Ankara denies involvement in bringing illegal migrants to Belarus

Greece boosts border guards over Afghan migration fears

Greece will increase the number of border guards on the country's border with Turkey, fearing a spike in illegal migration linked to the crisis in Afghanistan, officials said Monday. An additional 250 officers will join the …

Greece boosts border guards over Afghan migration fears

EU to support Afghanistan neighbors to prevent illegal migration

The European Union should strengthen its support to third countries to prevent illegal migration from Afghanistan, according to a draft of a statement that the interior ministers of the 27 nations released after an emergency meeting in …

EU to support Afghanistan neighbors to prevent illegal migration

Asylum and migration in the EU: Facts and figures

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on migration flows in the EU. Movement restrictions put in place in light of the coronavirus pandemic have led to a reduction in migration, both legal and illegal, as countries have closed …

Asylum and migration in the EU: Facts and figures
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