All news on the topic: Migrants
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Paris police evict 400 migrants from cultural centre in pre-dawn raid
Protesters trying to prevent the raid were pushed back by officers employing teargas and riot shields.
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UK government halts further payments to Rwanda after migrant deal cancellation
The UK government has said it will not send further payments to Rwanda following the cancellation of the migrant deal between the two countries.
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Mass graves of migrants found in Libya amid intensified crackdown on smuggling
Libyan authorities uncovered mass graves containing dozens of migrant bodies, allegedly linked to human trafficking networks, as part of an ongoing crackdown on smuggling operations.
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Trump’s border czar tells Pope Francis to ’stick to the Catholic Church’ after pope slams mass deportations
President Trump’s U.S. border czar Tom Homan lashed out Tuesday at Pope Francis after the leader of the Catholic Church strongly criticized the mass deportation of migrants that Mr. Trump has initiated in his second term.
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Over 8,000 social media accounts promoting people smuggling were shut down last year
Social media accounts featuring ad-style video testimonials from people smuggled into the UK were among more than 8,000 shut down for promoting the crime last year.
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Trump launches largest deportation operation in U.S. history
President Donald Trump has begun flying ‘illegal immigrant criminals’ out of the United States yesterday in what he calls the ‘largest deportation operation’ in American history.
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French theatre at risk of bankruptcy as 250 migrants remain on premises
A theatre in Paris which is known for its radical shows and exhibitions has been occupied by more than 250 African migrants after they were let in for a free event five weeks ago.
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Migrant gives birth on dinghy surrounded by 60 people
A mother gave birth to a healthy baby girl while making the perilous crossing from Africa to the Canary Islands - the world’s deadliest crossing.
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Illegal migrants purchase fake UK passports and driving licenses for £5,000 before traveling to Britain
Illegal migrants are buying fake UK passports and driving licences before they travel here.
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Deportations reach five-year high despite concerns of rights groups
Campaigners fear lives could be put at risk as government sets record number of deportations
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The overlooked human smuggling route through the Darien
After a long flight over a sea of trees, the ocean begins to emerge through the window of the twin-propeller plane. The vast Pacific meets the Darién jungle in the remote Colombian town of Juradó, in the northwestern Chocó department.
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More than 20,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats since Labour won the election
Labour will be publishing a migration plan this week but it will not include targets, a minister told Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips.
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EU operation dismantles violent smuggling ring
Europol and Eurojust coordinated efforts to arrest 25 suspects, seize assets, and dismantle a violent criminal group profiting off migrants.
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’Major’ Turkish supplier of small boats for Channel migrant crossings arrested as UK’s ’British FBI’ conducts airport operation
A suspected people smuggler has been arrested in Amsterdam, accused of supplying small boats for English Channel crossings.
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Croatian and Bosnian police break up migrant smuggling ring
Law enforcement authorities from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have dismantled a smuggling network responsible for moving at least 159 migrants in life-threatening conditions.
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Nine dead and 48 missing after migrant boat sinks off Canary Islands
Rescue services say they saved 27 of the 84 people aboard the vessel believed to have come from Mauritania
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At least 12 people have died after a boat carrying dozens of migrants "ripped open" in the Channel, according to the mayor
Helicopters and boats are being used in the search for survivors after the vessel got into difficulties on Tuesday morning.
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Bulgaria dismantles migrant smuggling ring
In a series of raids, authorities arrested eight alleged members of a migrant smuggling ring, including four high-value targets, Europol said in a prepared statement.
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Three men sentenced to 22 years for leading UK people smuggling ring
Three men have been sentenced for their roles in an organised crime group linked to the smuggling of migrants into the UK by lorry.
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Shocking moment man shoves Tube passenger onto tracks at Oxford Circus station
A postman was just inches from death from electrocution and seconds from being hit by a train after being pushed from a Tube platform.
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Bosnia arrests suspected smugglers involved in migrant trafficking
In two separate operations on Wednesday, Bosnian authorities arrested four individuals suspected of orchestrating organized crime activity, including the smuggling of over a hundred migrants.
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Children missing from Home Office hotels likely to have been trafficked, report finds
Study sparks new calls for public inquiry into ‘scandal’ of missing migrant children in UK
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Four people drown trying to cross Channel near Boulogne-sur-Mer
Deaths are first to happen since election of Keir Starmer, who has pledged to ‘stop the criminal gangs’
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Tony Blair urges Starmer to maintain immigration control to counter far-right rise
Former PM says immigration benefits UK but controls are needed to ‘close off avenues’ for populists
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Banksy has claimed credit for a migrant boat artwork displayed in the crowd at Glastonbury
The art installation drew criticism from government ministers after Rishi Sunak made "stopping the boats" one of his five priorities.
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