Immigration

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

02 June 2022, Spain, Ceuta: Migrants queue at the port of Ceuta to embark to mainland Spain. The group, which includes 30 migrants of sub-Saharan origin, have left the Center for Temporary Stay of Immigrants (CETI) to take a boat to various NGO resources in mainland Spain. Photo: Antonio Sempere/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Moving to Spain

MIGRATION CRISIS

Spain and four other nations call for EU solidarity on migration

The Nomad Today 6/4/22

The Mediterranean countries in particular have repeatedly called for more support and redistribution mechanisms, because they are where most migrants arrive

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

16 November 2021, France, Dunkirk: Migrants wait at a makeshift camp on the site of a former industrial complex in Grande-Synthe, as French police are evacuating migrants from the site, where at least 1,500 people had gathered in hopes of making it across the English Channel to Britain. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa.

World

IMMIGRATION

France clears 1,500 Britain-bound migrants from makeshift camp

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/16/21

There have been mutual accusations about who is responsible for the increase in numbers

Spain

IMMIGRATION

Eight migrants die on sea journey from Africa to Spain's Canaries

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/14/21

The UN's Organization for Migration (IOM) has confirmed at least 785 dead or missing at sea from the beginning of the year until August

19 August 2021, Poland, Usnarz Gorny: Afghan refugees rest in the makeshift camp on the Polish-Belarusian border. Photo: Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

World

UPDATE - IMMIGRATION

Tensions high as Poland fears migrants breaking through from Belarus

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/8/21

One attempt to break through the border fencing occurred near the border town of Kuznica, the Defence Ministry in Warsaw wrote on Twitter

Spain

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Police investigate whether Palma plane deviation organized on Facebook

The Nomad Today 11/8/21

"Follow this plan: all the boys from Brooklyn to book a plane to Turkey that flies over Spain," reads a text posted by the administrator

Prime Minister Sanna Marin, talking to the media during the budget negotiations. Photo: Fanni Uusitalo/Vnk.

Finland

LABOUR MARKET

Finland drafts roadmap to double work-based immigration by 2030

The Nomad Today 9/14/21

At the same time, the number of new foreign students should triple to 15,000 students a year, with the aim that 75% of them stay in Finland for work after graduation

01 September 2021, Poland, Usnarz Gorny: Police officers stand on guard next to the village of Usnarz Gorny near a makeshift camp where a group of migrants stay and are not being let into the Polish side. The Polish government is introducing a State of Emergency on the border with Belarus in two voivodeships (the highest-level administrative division of Poland) to stop migrants crossing illegally. Photo: Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

World

MIGRATION

State of emergency at Polish-Belarusian border set to go into effect

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/2/21

Civil rights will be restricted and media representatives will also be kept out of the zone

World

AFGHANISTAN

EU interior ministers to discuss migration as Afghan crisis unfolds

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/18/21

Some EU leaders are strategizing how to avoid a repeat of 2015 and 2016, when hundreds of thousands made the perilous journey to seek protection in the bloc

The new leader of the Perussuomalaiset, Riikka Purra (L), speaking in parliament. Photo: Hanne Salonen/Eduskunta/File Photo.

Finland

POLITICS

Purra debuts as leader of True Finns with anti-immigration message

The Nomad Today 8/14/21

The five leaders of the parties that make up the Finnish government congratulated the new head of Perussuomalaiset on her election

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

People queuing early Friday morning outside Migri's office in Helsinki. Photo: Bambi Dang.

Finland

IMMIGRATION

Migri's Helsinki office to remain closed for two days in autumn

The Nomad Today 8/9/21

Customers should receive an email or a text message from Migri with the date and time of their new appointments

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