Tag: European Mass Migration Crisis
Hungary activists vow to resist LGBT law, symbol of EU rift
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Activists in Hungary erected a 10-meter-high (30-foot-high) rainbow-colored heart opposite the country's neo-Gothic parliament on Thursday, vowing to wage a civil...
Spanish police arrest 2 for migrant tragedy in Atlantic
BARCELONA, Spain — Spanish police said Wednesday that they had arrested two people for their alleged responsibility in the deaths of more than 20...
Croatia police say 1 killed in chase with people smugglers
ZAGREB, Croatia — One person was killed and several were injured when two cars used by suspected people smugglers to carry migrants crashed during...
UK seeks new powers to curb cross-Channel migrant arrivals
LONDON — The British government plans to give itself powers to turn asylum-seekers back at sea or send them abroad while their applications for...
EU vows to help Lithuania amid flow of migrants from Belarus
VILNIUS, Lithuania — The European Union promised Tuesday to help bloc member Lithuania handle an influx of migrants from the Middle East and Africa,...
Sinkings leave dozens of migrants dead off Tunisian coast
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian fishermen and naval authorities have retrieved scores of bodies of drowned migrants and rescued more than 160 others in recent...
Serbia police find illegal migrant camp, people smugglers
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian police on Sunday said they have discovered an illegal migrant camp near the borders with Hungary and Romania, and detained...
Lithuania declares emergency due to migration from Belarus
HELSINKI — Lithuania has declared a state of emergency due to an influx of migrants in the last few days from neighboring Belarus, as...
At least 43 migrants drown off Tunisia; 84 rescued
TUNIS, Tunisia — At least 43 migrants drowned off the coast of Tunisia on Saturday and 84 others were rescued after their boat capsized...
Over 6 million EU citizens apply to settle in post-Brexit UK
LONDON — More than 6 million European Union citizens applied to settle in the U.K. before the end-June deadline that the British government had...
