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Europe's border agency seeks answers from Greece on alleged illegal deportations of migrants

An official says the European Union’s border agency has asked for “clarifications and information” from Greece’s coast guard on two alleged cases of migrants crossing by boat being illegally deported back to Turkey

The Independent UK

EU leaders meet to assess Russia, NATO and migration crisis

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky are the key figures at a European Union summit underway in Brussels this Thursday, highlighting the importance of protecting the EU's eastern flank from Russian aggression and bolstering support for Tunisia to combat illegal migration across the Mediterranean.

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Greece boat tragedy: What do we know about the coastguard’s role?

The European Commission calls for ‘thorough and transparent investigation’ into the deadly sinking of a boat off Greece.

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The Greek migrant shipwreck is another preventable tragedy at the borders of Europe

The Mediterranean route between Libya and Italy has been described as the “world’s most dangerous maritime crossing”. This was proven once again last week in the tragic shipwreck of a boat full of men, women and children, around 50 miles away from the southern Greek town of Pylos.

The Conversation

Diverging narratives emerge after trawler with hundreds of migrants sinks in the Mediterranean

There are still more questions than answers about what led up to one of the worst shipwrecks in recent Mediterranean history, in which some 500 people are feared dead

The Independent UK

Dozens are dead and hundreds feared missing from migrant ship sinking off Greece

Rescue workers transferred the bodies of dead migrants to refrigerated trucks as a major search continued Thursday for possible survivors of a sea disaster in southern Greece.

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Huge search seeks survivors of migrant boat sinking off Greece; hundreds feared missing

A huge search-and-rescue operation is under way off the coast of Greece after an overcrowded fishing boat carrying migrants capsized and sank

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79 dead and dozens feared missing after boat carrying refugees and migrants sinks off Greek coast

More than 100 people have also been rescued as search efforts continue

The Independent UK

59 dead and dozens feared missing after boat carrying refugees and migrants sinks off Greek coast

More than 100 people have also been rescued as search efforts continue

The Independent UK

78 migrants dead, dozens feared missing after fishing boat capsizes off Greece

A large search and rescue operation was launched following the night-time incident

Wales Online

Greece: 32 migrants dead, more than 100 rescued after fishing vessel capsizes

Authorities say at least 32 people have died after a fishing boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized and sank off the southern coast of Greece

The Independent UK

One EU policy the Tories are happy to emulate: cracking down on refugees

Greece, Bulgaria and Poland have been accused of forcibly turning away migrants – at terrible human cost, says author Daniel Trilling

The Guardian - UK

Illegal pushbacks and abandonment at sea: is EU facing a new migrant crisis?

EU authorities have called on Greece to conduct an independent investigation into video footage that appears to show asylum seekers being abandoned at sea.

The Week

Rishi Sunak to plead with Europe in desperate attempt to make Rwanda flights happen

The PM is set to meet the head of the European Court of Human Rights, Siofra O'Leary in a desperate bid to get the deportation flights - branded a "gimmick" by critics - in the air

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Europe could see record numbers trying to reach its borders this year, agency says

The European Union could see another record number of people seeking to reach its borders this year via irregular crossings, with more migrants driven by poverty and climate change rather than conflict, the EU's Frontex border agency said on Friday.

Reuters

Polish plane on EU border patrol narrowly avoids collision with Russian jet

A Polish border guard aircraft on patrol for the European Union's border agency Frontex over the Black Sea near Romania narrowly avoided a collision with a Russian fighter jet on Friday, Romania and Poland said.

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Russian jet intercepts Polish plane over Black Sea

A Russian fighter jet intercepted a Polish plane patrolling for the EU's border agency over the Black Sea, causing the pilots to temporarily lose control of the aircraft, Warsaw said Sunday.

The Guardian - UK

MEPs approve plans for long-awaited overhaul to EU asylum system

European lawmakers say that after seven years of deadlock it could be the final chance to resolve the issue

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EU's Frontex deploys border guards in joint operation with North Macedonia

The European Union's border agency, Frontex, started deploying guards at North Macedonia's southern border with Greece on Thursday in a joint operation with Skopje to control and prevent illegal migration and cross-border crime.

The Independent UK

EU border agency begins deployment in North Macedonia

The European Union’s border protection agency Frontex has begun its official deployment in North Macedonia Thursday, extending its operations outside the bloc to a fifth country

Reuters

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.

The Conversation

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 Independent UK

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

Italy rejects any blame for deadly migrant shipwreck

Italy’s interior minister has strongly rejected claims that government policies to discourage illegal migration played a role in a Feb. 26 shipwreck off the nation’s southern coast in which at least 72 people died

The Independent UK

Deadly shipwreck: How it happened, and unanswered questions

At least 70 people died in last week's shipwreck on Italy's Calabrian coast

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