Greece said it has prevented about 600 migrants from crossing the Aegean Sea into its territorial waters from Turkey. A spokesman for the Greek coastguard said that five sailboats and four dinghies had set off from the Turkish coast early …
Turkey has called for a joint international cooperation to coordinate efforts to tackle the unprecedented refugee crises. “Migration is a global challenge and Turkey is hosting the world’s largest refugee population since 2014,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. In …
The United Kingdom has scheduled the transfer of the first batch of asylum seekers to Rwanda in the coming days amid criticisms from refugee rights organizations and activists. According to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the UK government had informed …
Human Rights Association (iHD) said Thursday that Somalian refugees living in Turkish capital city Ankara have been facing immense pressure and police regularly creating “unnecessary problems” for them. Ankara co-chair of the iHD, Fatin Kanat said they met with refugees …
The Turkish naval forces on Friday rescued 17 irregular migrants who were drifting in a boat off the Libyan coast. The Turkish Defense Ministry said that the migrant’s vessel disconnected the seashore of the Libyan metropolis in the city of …
The German Ministry of Interior on Friday revealed a plan to cap the admission numbers of refugees from Afghanistan. According to the German news magazine Der Spiegel, Germany is planning solely to admit no more than 5,000 Afghans per year …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said his country is working on a new project that will allow the voluntary return of 1 million Syrians back to their country. Erdogan said during a speech to inaugurate a housing project …
The Lebanese army on Friday said they have busted a migrant smuggling network while it attempted to smuggle dozens of people by sea. The five-member smuggling network was detained in the city of Tripoli late Thursday when they were preparing …
The United Nations on Friday said that over 3,000 migrants died or went missing in the Mediterranean and Atlantic while trying to reach Europe last year, calling for urgent support to protect refugees. In its latest report, UNHCR called for …
Turkey on Monday deported 227 illegally Afghan refugees back to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan as Ankara accelerated its efforts to deal with the influx of irregular migrants from more conflict zones. The plane carrying the migrants took off from the eastern province …
