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Italian news reports say the coast guard has recovered the bodies of seven migrants near Lampedusa, an island south of Sicily. CBC | World News
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A ‘good amount’ of Venezuela’s millions of fleeing migrants won’t ever return, UN envoy says
The Venezuela migration crisis has now entered a new stage in which many of those fleeing their country’s devastating economic downturn and political turmoil are increasingly unlikely to return, a United Nations special envoy said. CBC | World News
Read More »Nine suspected migrants found in back of M20 lorry just hours after 39 found dead in Essex
POLICE have found nine suspected migrants in the back of a lorry on the M20 hours after 39 have been found dead in Essex sending shockwaves across the UK. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »‘We cannot remain insensitive’: Pope decries world’s indifference to migrants, refugees
Pope Francis on Sunday decried “the culture of comfort” that leads to indifference in the face of a global migration and refugee crisis, in a mass on the World Day for Migrants and Refugees in Rome’s St. Peter’s Square that closed with the unveiling of a bronze statue by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz depicting migrants packed in a boat. CBC ...
Read More »Slave sale video prompts France to push for UN meeting on trafficking of migrants
France demanded on Wednesday an urgent UN Security Council session on human trafficking in Libya and raised the possibility of sanctions on the country after a video appearing to show African migrants being sold as slaves there sparked global outrage. CBC | World News
Read More »Boat carrying Rohingya migrants capsizes, killing at least 12
An overcrowded boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized Monday in the Bay of Bengal near a Bangladeshi fishing village, killing 12 people, including six children, police said. CBC | World News
Read More »‘We need answers!’ Fury as one million illegal migrants ‘set to remain in UK’
MORE than a million illegal immigrants are unlikely to be ever removed from Britain, a former border control chief admitted last night. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Europe’s pushback against migrants enters new phase — with Libya’s help
For more than two years, Italy has been at the forefront of a crisis that has seen hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers arriving on Europe’s shores. But with public mood souring and a possible election looming, the Italian government has moved to take away the welcome mat. CBC | World News
Read More »Gang of migrants who carried out strings of raids across UK jailed
A GANG of migrants who carried out a string of raids across England and Wales during a three-month crime spree have been jailed. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »EU has just weeks to relocate 130 THOUSAND migrants as bloc to fail on ANOTHER pledge
THE European Union is set to fail on its pledge to relocate hundreds of thousands of migrants across the Brussels bloc as Mediterranean nations deal with the brunt of the crisis. Daily Express :: News Feed
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