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24 June 2022, Spain, Melilla: A group of migrants make their way to the Temporary Immigration Center (CETI) as they celebrate crossing the Melilla fence. Photo: Antonio Ruiz/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Moving to Spain

IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Reports: 18 immigrants die in storming of Spanish border in Morocco

The Nomad Today 6/25/22

133 managed to enter Spanish territory illegally

Moving to Spain

IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Five dead as hundreds of immigrants breach Spanish border in Morocco

The Nomad Today 6/24/22

Near the two autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, tens of thousands of people, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa, often wait for a chance to enter the EU

19 May 2021, Spain, Ceuta: Agents watch from the fence that separates Ceuta from Morocco the arrival of migrants. Photo: Antonio Sempere/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

Moving to Spain

IMMIGRATION

Spain and Morocco agree on joint migration deterrence effort

The Nomad Today 5/9/22

The new contact between representatives of both countries became possible after Spain gave in on a decades-long dispute over the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara

Spain

FRAUD

Man in Valencia charged €600 to immigrants for municipal registration

The Nomad Today 11/22/21

He kept them registered in his flats for three years, the time necessary to apply for a residence permit based on roots

Still from the video published by Vox about what happened inside the plane after landing in Palma de Mallorca. Image: Jorge Campos Asensi.

Spain

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

VIDEO: This is how passengers of Moroccan plane fled in Mallorca

The Nomad Today 11/7/21

Vox says that the video images prove that what happened at the Palma de Mallorca airport was the result of an organized plan

Spain

FALSE DIABETIC COMA

Chaos at Mallorca airport after illegal migrants fake health emergency

Pablo Morilla 11/6/21

A group of more than 20 passengers on a flight from Morocco to Turkey enter Spain illegally after one of them feigned a diabetic coma

24 October 2021, Brandenburg, Guben: Federal police officers stand by a police vehicle in front of refugees who were stopped at the German-Polish border. Photo: Steil TV/dpa.

World

MIGRATION CRISIS

Poland raises number of soldiers at border as migrant surge continues

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/25/21

There were two failed attempts by migrants to force their way through the border using violent means over the weekend, according to the Polish border guards

HANDOUT - 08 October 2021, Mexico, Hidalgo: Police and officials help migrants out of a truck. Soldiers in Mexico discovered a total of 652 Central American migrants hiding in three sealed refrigerated cargo trucks, the country's INM immigration agency said on Friday. Photo: --/Regierung des Bundesstaates Tamaulipas/dpa - ACHTUNG: Nur zur redaktionellen Verwendung im Zusammenhang mit der aktuellen Berichterstattung und nur mit vollständiger Nennung des vorstehenden Credits

World

MIGRATION

Over 650 migrants found hiding in three refrigerated trucks in Mexico

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/9/21

Among the victims were 349 minors, 198 of them unaccompanied, the agency said

19 August 2021, Poland, Usnarz Gorny: Polish Border guards stand guarding the Afghan refugees stuck at the Polish-Belarusian border. Photo: Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

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

HANDOUT - 03 June 2021, Belgium, Brussels: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) receives Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte ahead of a meeting at EU headquarters. Photo: Xavier Lejeune/European Commission/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

World

CRISIS

EU approves emergency funds for Lithuania as migrant numbers rise

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/12/21

On Tuesday night, the Lithuanian parliament approved the construction of a fence along its 679-kilometre border with Belarus

08 July 2021, Lithuania, Siauliai: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (R) and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, talk during a visit to the Spanish troops on a NATO mission at the Siauliai base. Photo: Pool Moncloa/Fernando Calvo/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

World

BALTICS

Lithuania appeals to EU solidarity over immigrants at Belarus border

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/1/21

"This is a hybrid attack and a state-sponsored use of illegal migration as a weapon," Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says

A view of Vilnius, Lithuania. Photo: Pixabay.

World

BALTICS

Lithuania reports record number of illegal migrants at Belarus border

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/28/21

Estonia will provide the Lithuanian authorities with about 100 kilometers of barbed wire from its own stocks, due to shortages in the neighboring country

20 March 2021, France, Paris: A general view of the Place Louis-le-Grand square as it appears deserted after the French government introduced partial lockdowns to battle a sharp rise in Covid-19 infections. Photo: Christian Böhmer/dpa

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Outrage over illegally open luxury restaurants in Paris

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/6/21

If ministers or parliamentary members violated the rules, they would have to be fined and punished, Marlene Schiappa, minister delegate at the Interior Ministry, said on French television.

11 September 2020, Greece, Lesbos: Immigrants and refugees hold placards during a protest near the burnt-out refugee camp Moria, that was almost completely destroyed in a fire the broke out on Wednesday. More than 12,000 migrants, who lost what homes they had in the blaze that might have been intentionally set, had to spend the night on the streets. Photo: -/Eurokinissi/dpa.

Finland

IMMIGRATION

Finland updates action plan to prevent illegal entry and residence

The Nomad Today 9/11/20

Concrete measures will be promoted to prevent people from staying in the country without a legal right of residence. The project will support the objective that immigration should be well managed…