MADRID—A humanitarian aid group that monitors the plight of migrants taking perilous seaborne routes to Spain said that 21 women and one girl have died and several dozen more people were lost at sea while trying to reach the Canary Islands. Helena Maleno, founder of nongovernmental organization Walking Borders, tweeted Thursday that 22 bodies have…
Michael Yon: The Incentives That Caused a Global Migrant Crisis, from Lithuania to the Darién Gap
August 14, 2021
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“They’re dying in that jungle in huge numbers.” Longtime war correspondent Michael Yon has been tracking the migrant crisis from the Darién Gap in Panama to America’s southern border. Record numbers of people from dozens of countries are making the harrowing journey north through the Darién Gap, says Michael Yon, but “almost all of them…
EU Border Agency Trials High Tech Controls as Afghan Fighting Spreads
ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece—The EU’s border agency is trialing new high-tech surveillance equipment to detect illegal migrant boats, just as rapid gains by Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have raised the prospect of a surge in people fleeing to Europe. A balloon system equipped with cameras is being tested at Alexandroupolis airport near the Greek-Turkish land border in…
Illegal Immigrants Attempting to Cross English Channel Rescued as Boat Sinks
A Belgian helicopter and French fishing boats have rescued illegal immigrants attempting to cross the English Channel after their boat began to sink about 15 miles off the coast. One survivor was airlifted, unconscious, to hospital. A rescue operation was launched by French authorities on the morning of Aug. 12, after passing vessels reported that…
42 Migrants Feared Dead as Boat Capsizes Off Western Sahara
BARCELONA, Spain—Some 42 migrants, including 30 women and eight children, are believed to have died when their boat capsized in rough seas shortly after setting sail from the coastal town of Dakhla, in Western Sahara, a Spanish migrants rights activist said. Helena Maleno, founder of the NGO Walking Borders, tweeted late Thursday that she had…
Lithuania Denies Belarus Reports of Migrant Death on Border
Lithuania’s interior ministry on Wednesday dismissed Belarusian reports that an Iraqi migrant had been found beaten to death after being turned away at the Lithuanian border, describing it as part of a “hybrid war” being waged by Minsk. Lithuania has accused Belarus of manufacturing a refugee problem on its border in retaliation for European Union…
Turkey Rescues 37 People From Sunken Migrant Boat: Ministry
ISTANBUL—Thirty-seven people have been rescued from a migrant boat with 45 people on board that sank south of Turkey, and Turkish naval ships and an aircraft are continuing search and rescue operations, the defence ministry said on Friday. The ministry said in a statement that it had received information on Thursday evening that the boat…
English Channel Crossings Continue as Numbers Approach 2020 Record
People continued to risk making the perilous journey across the English Channel to the UK on Tuesday, with numbers for 2021 now approaching the entire figure for 2020. More than 8,000 migrants have succeeded in making the dangerous trip so far this year, according to data analysis by the PA news agency. Men, women, and…
UK Bases on Cyprus Boost Fight Against Migrant Traffickers
PERGAMOS, Cyprus—Authorities at a British military base on Cyprus have hired 50 percent more customs officers and procured detection equipment to better thwart illegal immigration from the breakaway north of the ethnically split island. The addition of 24 new officers and four SUVs—two with thermal imaging cameras—allows authorities to patrol around-the-clock along a 45-kilometer (28-mile)…
Cyprus Wants EU Border Agency to Stop Illegal Immigrants From Turkey
NICOSIA, Cyprus—Cyprus wants the European Union’s border agency Frontex to step in and prevent the flow of illegal immigrant arrivals from Turkey that authorities say have stretched the eastern Mediterranean island nation’s asylum system to its limits. It’s also asking the EU to “activate all available mechanisms” to help the country manage the arrival of…
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