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Deaths and abuse of migrants 'clearly linked' to EU policies, says Amnesty
Italy has recently threatened to close its ports to foreign ships in an effort to force the EU to react.
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Jul 6th 2017, 7:42 AM
Italy threatens to close its ports to foreign ships that rescue migrants from the sea
More than 10,000 people were pulled to safety between Sunday and Tuesday off Libya — including 5,000 on Monday alone.
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Jun 29th 2017, 8:12 AM
Irish naval vessel rescues over 180 refugees in the Mediterranean
The LÉ Eithne is now enroute to assist in another rescue operation.
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Jun 25th 2017, 2:16 PM
This I can carry - Irish exhibit shows the meagre possessions refugees hold following a harrowing journey
Dutch-Irish artist Annabel Konig spent a month in the migrant accommodation centres in Athens in early May.
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Jun 20th 2017, 6:15 AM
Dramatic video shows migrants rescued from burning boat off coast of Spain
The 34 people were travelling on board a boat that caught fire.
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May 30th 2017, 8:18 AM
An Irish Naval vessel is heading to the Mediterranean for our seventh migrant rescue mission
The LÉ Eithne was previously deployed to the region in 2015.
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May 23rd 2017, 6:30 AM
Massive arson attack guts French migrant camp
The population of the Grande-Synthe camp has swelled since the destruction last October of the squalid Jungle camp near Calais.
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Apr 11th 2017, 7:01 AM
Irish soldiers who served in the Mediterranean to receive extra €15 a day
There had been concerns raised previously about soldiers struggling to travel to work.
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Apr 10th 2017, 9:17 PM
What happens to the 12 men and two women found in a truck in Rosslare?
The Immigration Council of Ireland said this was one example of Europe’s lack of response to the migrant crisis.
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Apr 3rd 2017, 8:39 AM
Bodies of 74 people wash up on Libyan beach
Officials said there was no transport available to move the bodies and no cemetery to bury them in.
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Feb 21st 2017, 9:00 PM
Nearly 100 people missing, eight dead, after latest migrant boat tragedy off Libyan coast
More than 5,000 people died in the Mediterranean last year, the majority of them on the Libya-Italy migrant route.
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Jan 15th 2017, 9:27 AM
The first 40 minors coming to Ireland from the Calais migrant camp will be teenage boys
About 20 of the unaccompanied minors will be coming in the coming weeks.
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Jan 10th 2017, 4:30 PM
The number of migrants entering Europe by sea dropped massively in 2016
Data from EU border agency Frontex suggests the number of migrants entering Europe via two main routes dropped by two-thirds to 364,000 in 2016.
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Jan 6th 2017, 3:42 PM
'They're going to make that journey anyway - the question is can you sit back and watch people lose their lives?'
A look at the migrant crisis through the eyes of the Irish defence forces.
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Dec 27th 2016, 8:00 PM
Majority of Irish people think we can't cope with planned intake of refugees
The government has pledged to resettle 520 refugees here in 2017.
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Dec 13th 2016, 10:38 AM
Defence Forces honoured with award for humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts
The Irish force has been involved in the rescue of thousands of migrants.
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Dec 12th 2016, 10:23 AM
'I wanted to sweep them up and bring them home': Ministers meet refugees in Greece
Zappone said she wants Ireland to take as many unaccompanied minors from the camps as we can.
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Dec 12th 2016, 9:57 AM
'The full veil must be banned... wherever legally possible': Merkel wants a burqa ban in Germany
She underlined her support for a proposal by her interior minister to outlaw the full-face burqa Islamic veil in public places.
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Dec 6th 2016, 2:00 PM
Hundreds arrested after riot in Bulgaria's largest refugee camp
Migrants were protesting a recently imposed ban on leaving the centre pending medical checks.
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Nov 25th 2016, 9:35 AM
FactCheck: How many refugees is Ireland taking in at the moment?
One FactCheck reader was curious about a claim made by Simon Harris last week, so we looked into it.
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Nov 13th 2016, 9:15 PM
Ireland is looking to take more refugee children from camps in Greece and Calais
Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone says Ireland wants to offer “hope” to the unaccompanied children.
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Nov 7th 2016, 6:00 AM
Almost 250 migrants, who were forced to sail at gunpoint, feared drowned in Mediterranean
Many of those who sailed today from Libya are believed to have been forced to do so at gunpoint.
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Nov 3rd 2016, 9:25 PM
Italy's 'get tough' approach to refugees leading to unlawful expulsions, ill-treatment - report
Amnesty International has released a new report claiming to offer testimonies of abuse and ill-treatment by Italian authorities which “may amount to torture”.
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Nov 3rd 2016, 6:20 AM
'Some flee immediately': Migrants pretending to be children to get into Ireland
So far this year, Tusla has received 97 referrals into its team for separated children seeking asylum.
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Oct 29th 2016, 9:30 PM
'We will not tolerate other camps': Hollande hails 'Jungle' clear-out as a success
The French president said there were no incidents “from start to finish”, when police moved in to evacuate people from the camp.
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Oct 29th 2016, 2:46 PM
French police on standby as migrants start evacuating Calais 'Jungle' camp
Camp residents have begun arriving at designated spots to be bussed to French reception centres.
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Oct 24th 2016, 7:33 AM
A three-year-old girl and four other people have been found inside a shipping container in Wexford
The migrants were found inside a unaccompanied container from Cherbourg on the Irish Ferries Oscar Wilde ship.
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Oct 18th 2016, 12:04 PM
Irish navy rescues 220 people from the Mediterranean
They were taken aboard the LÉ Samuel Beckett, where they received food, water and medical treatment where required.
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Oct 4th 2016, 10:01 PM
Hungary expected to reject refugee resettlement as PM accused of mobilising 'fear and hatred'
Voters are being asked to approve the EU’s plan to deal with the migrant crisis.
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Oct 2nd 2016, 8:39 AM
42 people drown after boat carrying 450 migrants capsizes at sea
The vessel overturned off the port city of Rosetta in Egypt, police and health officials said.
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Sep 21st 2016, 10:39 PM
Dialogue is the only way to deal with the irreligious hatred of Islamic State, says the Dalai Lama
The Buddhist spiritual leader also said Europe should educate for the children of hundreds of thousands of refugees, mainly from the war-torn Middle East, to help them go home rebuild their countries.
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Sep 13th 2016, 8:09 PM
'Normal birth in dangerously abnormal conditions': Baby born on rescue vessel in international waters
The baby boy’s mother said she was having contractions for three days on a rubber boat.
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Sep 12th 2016, 10:01 PM
The LÉ James Joyce has rescued another 108 migrants in the Mediterranean
Yesterday the Irish naval vessel oversaw the rescue of almost 2,000 migrants.
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Sep 11th 2016, 4:00 PM
LÉ James Joyce helps to rescue almost 2,000 migrants off the coast of Libya
The rescue, which took place 40 nautical miles north-east of the Libyan capital Tripoli, (about 75 miles, or a third of the way to Malta) followed a request from the Italian Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre.
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Sep 10th 2016, 5:13 PM
Refugees in Turkey are to be given debit cards by the EU
They did not give details of how much each card would be worth.
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Sep 9th 2016, 6:04 AM
Farmers and truckers blockading Calais in protest at migrant camp "The Jungle"
Around 70 trucks have begun a go-slow on the main motorway into the French port.
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Sep 5th 2016, 10:16 AM
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
A murder investigation in Kildare, Mother Teresa’s sainthood and a stunning win for Tipperary had everyone talking…
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Sep 4th 2016, 7:58 PM
Irish Naval Service crew to be given medals for assistance with migrant crisis
The Irish Naval Service has rescued over 11,500 migrants to date.
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Sep 4th 2016, 6:31 PM
Exit polls: Germany's anti-migrant populists unseat Merkel's party
The polls opened today, exactly a year after Angela Merkel decided to let tens of thousands of migrants into the country.
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Sep 4th 2016, 5:20 PM
Refugee dies in German shelter after trying to set his wife on fire
The man was known to police.
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Sep 1st 2016, 2:18 PM
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