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Bulgaria Adopts National Migration Strategy for 2021-2025
The Council of Ministers Wednesday adopted a National Migration Strategy of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2021-2025 period, the Government Information Service said.
Three dead as Greece dumps asylum seekers in Aegean Sea
Greece is pushing migrants back to their deaths, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on March 18, adding that irregular migrants attacked by Greek coast guards or left at sea are being rescued by Turkish authorities.
Serbia Rejected More Asylum-Seekers in 2020: Report
A new report by a Serbian human rights lawyer published on Wednesday said that the country only accepted 27 per cent of 223 applications for asylum last year, fewer than in 2019.
"The first conclusion that can be drawn from these figures is that the number of total decisions has dropped by 28 per cent in comparison to 2019 and was the lowest in the past four years," the report said.
Turkish Coast Guard rescues more than 100 asylum seekers
Turkey rescued at least 102 asylum seekers stranded in Turkish territorial waters, the Turkish Coast Guard Command said on March 15.
Acting on a tip-off, a coast guard team was dispatched off the coast of Marmaris in southwestern Muğla province after learning that 11 asylum seekers pushed back by the Greek Coast Guard were stranded on a lifeboat.
Drifting asylum seekers rescued off western Turkey
A rubber boat drifting off the coast of western Izmir province with 34 asylum seekers was rescued on March 13 by Turkish Coast Guard units.
Turkish authorities received a distress call from the asylum seekers and found the boat drifting because a strom. All onboard were rescued.
They were referred to the provincial migration office.
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Migrants on Westward Trek Meet Kindness in Romania’s Timisoara
Overwhelmed by an influx of asylum seekers, the authorities had failed to find a facility where the migrants could follow the 14-day quarantine rule required of every visitor from "yellow" zones, so called because of their high incidence of COVID-19.
Soccer helps give refugees and others a sense of belonging
Central Athens is home to people from many different social, ethnic and religious backgrounds, but if there is one big love that unites many of them, it's soccer.
Chios residents mobilize against new migrant center
Residents of the island of Chios plan to hold a protest rally on Wednesday against the creation of a closed controlled structure in the area of Akra to house asylum seekers.
UNHCR Presses Croatia to Halt Unlawful Border Pushbacks
Alarmed at the increasing frequency of expulsions and pushbacks of refugees and asylum-seekers on Europe's land and sea borders, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, on Thursday called on European states to investigate and halt these practices.
Bills toughening conditions for asylum status, residence permit pass first reading
Ljubljana – The National Assembly determined on Wednesday in a 51:13 vote that changes to the foreigners act tightening up conditions for residence for foreign nationals in Slovenia as well as amendments to the international protection act aiming to prevent asylum law abuses are fit for further debate. Both bills were met with mixed reactions.