MYSTERIOUS: 7 | Mind Blowing Facts

UN migration agency sounds alarm over sea deaths as EU arrivals rise

Three times as many people sought to reach the European Union across the Mediterranean in the first three months of 2023 compared to a year before, the bloc's border agency said, as the U.N. migration arm decried the deadliest first quarter since 2017.

Reuters · Apr 12, 2023

Illegal immigration: cracking down on smuggling makes gangs more organised – and costs migrant lives

The illegal migration bill is the government’s latest proposal to tackle the rise in small boat Channel crossings, by detaining and removing anyone who arrives in the UK without valid permission to enter.

The Conversation · Mar 20, 2023

Italy to stiffen smuggling punishment after migrant tragedy

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has brought her planned crackdown on people smugglers to a southern town near the coast where a wooden boat crowded with migrants broke apart

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

Mediterranean shipwreck: Stories of tragedy emerge after 62 drown

A baby and twin toddlers were among the 12 children who died, with survivors struggling to speak after the disaster.

Al Jazeera · Feb 27, 2023

EU border chief pledges transparency, no illegal pushbacks

The new executive director of European Union border agency Frontex says he will work at ensuring illegal pushbacks of migrants trying to reach Europe don't take place under his watch

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Number of irregular EU border crossings highest since 2016

The number of irregular border crossings into the European Union increased by 64 percent last year compared to 2021 to reach the highest level since 2016, the EU's border agency has said.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 14, 2023

The Guardian view on European migration policy: a cruel, myopic shambles

Editorial: As Sweden takes over the EU presidency, the prospects of a coherent approach are minimal, thanks to the influence of the radical right

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2023

Migrant Entry Numbers Into Europe Hit 6-year High

The number of attempts by migrants to enter the European Union without authorization reached around 330,000 last year, the highest number since 2016, the EU’s border and coast guard agency said Friday. Almost half of the 2022 attempts were made overland through the Western Balkans region, EU agency Frontex said,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 13, 2023

Migrant entry numbers into Europe hit six-year high

The European Union's border and coast guard agency says that the number of attempts by migrants to enter Europe without authorization reached around 330,000 last year

The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2023

EU's Frontex 'complicit' in forced migrant returns to Libya - HRW

Human Rights Watch said on Monday that the EU's border agency Frontex is facilitating the forced return of sea migrants to Libya rather than their rescue by NGOs or other vessels that would take them to Europe.

Reuters · Dec 12, 2022