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In 2014, more than 280,000 illegal migrants were detected at EU borders, according to the European border agency Frontex. The record numbers raise concerns ranging from the threat…
Earlier, one migrant was killed and 22 injured on October 22 while trying to scale a six-metre border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Morocco has become…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239701
ISSN: 2633-304X
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They focus predominantly on restricting the number of rescues that vessels operated by NGOs can perform during a single deployment at sea. The government hopes that the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276255
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The Central Mediterranean route, used by half of all irregular migrants to the EU in 2016, now accounts for only 9% of irregular travel to the EU. Meanwhile, the pace of arrivals…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250622
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Migration pressures are increasing, with arrivals this year via the Mediterranean expected to be the highest since 2017. The EU has significantly hardened its policy towards…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278844
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The latest tragedies in the Mediterranean come as the Libyan arm of the Islamic State group (ISG) released a video purporting to show the killings of 30 Ethiopian Christians. Both…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB199057
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Europe's immigration challenge.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB242993
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LIBYA: Migrant drop will validate Italian policies
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES223960
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The EU’s Dublin regulation, which determines the member state responsible for an asylum application, has never worked satisfactorily. Attempts at a fundamental overhaul have…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238314
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LIBYA: NGO hiatus is unlikely to reduce migrant flows