fence

Moving to Spain

IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Death toll climbs to 23 after migrants try to storm Melilla en masse

The Nomad Today 6/27/22

 However, NGOs working in the area put the death toll at least 37

Moving to Spain

IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Rights group: Morocco used force against migrants storming Melilla

The Nomad Today 6/26/22

The independent Moroccan Association of Human Rights, known by the French acronym AMDH, believes the final death toll is higher than reported

Spain

BORDER ASSAULT

Over 800 migrants force way into Spanish North African territory

The Nomad Today 3/3/22

A total of about 3,700 people had tried to climb over the 6-metre-high border fences from Morocco, the government in Madrid announced

World

IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Estonia practises erecting barrier at border with Russia

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/18/21

Unlike Poland, Latvia and Lithuania, Estonia does not share a border with Belarus

World

MIGRATION

Fortress Europe? EU members fortifying borders against immigration

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/31/21

Since the massive migration movement in 2015, fortifications and barb wire have gone up along the EU borders, mostly to keep out migrants

World

IMMIGRATION

Poland erects 2.5 metre high fence on Belarus border

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/23/21

Nine hundred soldiers are already deployed along the 418-kilometre-long border with Belarus

World

IMMIGRATION

Lithuania starts building fence amid influx of immigrants via Belarus

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/10/21

The installation of a barbed wire barrier has started, it will have a total length of 550 kilometres