Latest news about Migrants in The Nomad Today

HANDOUT - 04 July 2021, Italy, ---: Migrants sit in a small boat and a rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean Sea. The Ocean Viking rescue vessel has pulled 67 people from the central Mediterranean Sea, SOS Mediterranee the private organization that runs the vessel, said on Sunday. Photo: Flavio Gasperini/SOS Mediterranee/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

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IMMIGRATION CRISIS

More than 100 immigrants arrive on Mallorca and Formentera islands

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/9/22

The majority are young men, mainly from North African countries, police said

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

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MIGRATION

Over 1,100 killed on migrant routes from Africa to the Canary Islands last year

The Nomad Today 4/30/22

Countless people are likely to have already died fleeing their countries towards the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, the UNHCR reported

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IMMIGRATION

Aid organization records over 4,400 deaths on Spain migrant route

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/4/22

Some 4,016 people died attempting while attempting to travel from West Africa to the Canary Islands alone

Gendarmes outside a warehouse in the Port of Calais, France, where it is believed the bodies of migrants are being transported after recovery from a boat which capsized off the French coast with the loss of 31 lives on Wednesday. An emergency search was sparked when a fishing boat sounded the alarm after spotting several people in the sea off the coast of France. Authorities found 31 bodies and two survivors while one person was missing. Picture date: Wednesday November 24, 2021. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/dpa.

World

IMMIGRATION

27 migrants drown in English Channel boat tragedy

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/25/21

French President Emmanuel Macron called for a crisis meeting at the European level, saying France would not allow the English Channel to become a graveyard

18 November 2021, Belarus, Bruzgi: Migrants camp near the border with Poland. Around 900 migrants on the border with Poland have spent the night from Wednesday to Thursday outdoors for the 11th consecutive day despite the low temperatures. Photo: Ulf Mauder/dpa.

World

IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Migrant tent camp at Belarusian-Polish border cleared

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/19/21

After a first case of Covid-19 was reported at the emergency shelter the day before, a vaccination centre is to start operating there on Friday

Polish security forces and a water cannon stand behind the closed border crossing of Belarus' Brusgi and Poland's Kuznica. Photo: Ulf Mauder/dpa.

World

CRISIS

Poland claims victory, says Belarus busing migrants away from border

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/17/21

According to border guards, buses were also to be organized to Minsk for people who wanted to fly back to Iraq from the Belarusian capital

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

10 November 2021, Poland, Kuznica: Police check all vehicles approaching the border between Poland and Belarus at the Kuznica border crossing. The migration crisis involving refugees trying to enter the European Union via Belarus has further escalated on Poland's border with Belarus. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

World

CRISIS

Polish forces fire water cannon at migrants on Belarus border

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/16/21

The Defence Ministry in Warsaw said the border forces had responded to an "attack" by migrants

13 November 2021, Poland, Warsaw: Protesters hold a banner that says 'We stand like a wall behind the defenders of borders' during a demonstration outside the City Hall under the motto 'No for mass immigration!' organized by members of the All Polish Youth nationalist against illegal migration and the situation at the eastern border of Poland. Photo: Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

CRISIS

Poland claims Belarus equipping migrants for border breach

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/15/21

A 20-year-old Syrian man was the latest victim to be discovered dead at the open-air camp. His body was found on Saturday

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

FILED - 11 November 2021, Poland, Kuznica: Police officers and military police check cars near the Kuznica border crossing on the border between Poland and Belarus. The migration crisis involving refugees trying to enter the European Union via Belarus has escalated on Poland's border with Belarus. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa.

World

IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Group of migrants breaks through border amid Polish-Belarus stand-off

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/14/21

Polish police reported arresting four people who had been helping the migrants across the border

09 November 2021, Poland, Narewka: A refugee family warms themselves under blankets provided by Grupa Granica organization, as they sit in a forest near the Belarusian-Polish border. The Iraqi refugee family of seventeen, including nine children, called out to activists for help after spending seventeen days in a forest and got pushed back eight times. Photo: Jana Cavojska/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Poland accuses Belarus of state terrorism as border crisis unfolds

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/11/21

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday appealed to Russia to use its influence on Minsk to find a way to resolve the growing tensions in the region

World

CRISIS

Migrants break through border from Belarus to Poland

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/10/21

The fences and barriers were violently torn down, local sources said.

09 November 2021, Poland, Kuznica: Migrants stand behind the barbed wire border between Poland and Belarus near the Kusnica border crossing. The migration crisis at the Poland-Belarus border with refugees trying to enter the European Union via Belarus worsened on Monday, with Belarusian authorities saying that many hundreds of migrants had arrived at the border, and Poland reporting that some had already tried to break through. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa.

World

IMMIGRATION

Belarus warns against 'provocations' as EU border crisis intensifies

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/9/21

Hundreds of migrants without shelter remained trapped in freezing temperatures in what is effectively a no-man's land

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