Tag: European Mass Migration Crisis
6-year-old dies of injuries in Greek migrant camp fire
ATHENS, Greece — A 6-year-old boy from Iran died of burns suffered during an overnight fire at a migrant camp northwest of Athens, Greek...
Slovenia police find 13 migrants lacking air hidden in truck
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Police in Slovenia have discovered 13 migrants from Iraq, including two children, who were hidden in a cargo truck, suffering from...
Italian vessels rescue 47 migrants after small boat capsizes
ROME — Italy’s coast guard and border police motorboats rescued 47 migrants whose small wooden boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea south of a...
Senior EU official tours migrant camp during visit to Bosnia
BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A senior European Union official on Thursday urged Bosnia to further improve living conditions for thousands of migrants stuck in the...
German soldier in alleged far-right plot facing May trial
BERLIN — A German court said Tuesday that a military officer indicted on allegations that he plotted to kill prominent politicians and blame the...
Boat with 422 migrants, some with COVID-19, heads to Sicily
ROME — A rescue ship with 422 migrants aboard, a small number of whom tested positive for COVID-19, was headed to a port in...
Syrian who fled to Germany 5 years ago runs for parliament
BERLIN — Five years ago, Tareq Alaows crossed the Mediterranean in a flimsy rubber dinghy and trekked north through the Balkans toward Germany, fleeing...
UN agencies press EU over rising migrant pushback cases
BRUSSELS — U.N. agencies are pressing the European Union to end the growing practices of denying migrants their right to apply for asylum, collectively...
Policeman gets suspended jail term over migrant child death
BRUSSELS — A Belgian court handed a one-year suspended prison sentence to a police officer on Friday over the shooting death of a two-year-old...
Pope hails Colombia for giving needy Venezuelans protection
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday praised Colombia for its recent decision to grant protection to Venezuelans who fled their homeland’s economic hardships,...
