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# migrants - Thursday 12 March, 2020
EU to offer migrants in Greece €2,000 to return to their home countries
The plan, available for a month only and based on a €2,000 stipend, is only open to those who arrived in Greece before 1 January.
# migrants - Monday 2 March, 2020
Refugees gather at borders as fighting between Syria and Turkey escalates
Turkey’s decision to ease border restrictions came amid a Russia-backed Syrian government offensive into a Syrian province.
# migrants - Sunday 1 March, 2020
At least 13,000 migrants and refugees gather at Greek border as fighting escalates in Syria
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened his country’s borders with Europe.
# migrants - Thursday 30 January, 2020
'I might never see my parents again': Asylum seekers share their experiences of isolation and PTSD
Many female asylum seekers and refugees in Ireland are living with depression, anxiety and PTSD, a new report has found.
# migrants - Saturday 11 January, 2020
12 dead after migrant boat sinks off Greek coast
Six coastguard patrol boats and three helicopters were engaged in the continuing rescue effort.
# migrants - Wednesday 4 December, 2019
Garda investigation in Waterford after eight migrants discovered on cargo ship
The eight people are all reported to be male.
# migrants - Friday 22 November, 2019
16 men and boys discovered in truck container are believed to be Kurdish, gardaí say
A local councillor told RTÉ that the men and boys may have believed they were bound for the UK.
Northern Irish man arrested by UK police in connection with 39 Essex lorry deaths
The man was arrested on the M40 motorway in Buckinghamshire.
# migrants - Thursday 21 November, 2019
'They are being treated with compassion': Gardaí say 16 men on Irish ferry 'fortunate' to be found
The men are aged from 20 to 40 and are said to be in good health.
# migrants - Wednesday 20 November, 2019
25 migrants found alive in refrigerated container on boat going to Britain
The people found received medical attention at the port.
# migrants - Tuesday 19 November, 2019
Families of Essex lorry victims to borrow from government to repatriate remains to Vietnam
Vietnam’s foreign ministry said it would help but that families would have to foot the bill.
# migrants - Friday 8 November, 2019
Here are the names of the 39 victims of the Essex lorry tragedy
Two 15-year-old boys are among the dead.
# migrants - Thursday 7 November, 2019
Irishman in his 50s arrested after 15 males found in back of a lorry in Wiltshire
A Cork-based company confirmed their vehicle was seized in the incident.
# migrants - Sunday 3 November, 2019
'Seeing that little body was unbearable': How Europe is responding to the migrant and refugee crisis
The recent discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry in Essex has put the crisis back under the spotlight.
# migrants - Friday 1 November, 2019
All 39 migrants found dead in lorry were Vietnamese, UK police say
Investigators initially believed the migrants were of Chinese origin.
# migrants - Monday 28 October, 2019
Accused lorry driver ‘part of global people-smuggling ring’, court told
Maurice Robinson has been charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people and money laundering.
# migrants - Tuesday 27 August, 2019
Body of Iraqi man found off Belgium after he tried to swim the English Channel from France
The man was wearing a makeshift life jacket made of empty plastic bottles.
# migrants - Friday 23 August, 2019
Breakthrough as Ireland agrees to help with relocation of people stranded on migrant rescue ship
356 migrants have been stranded aboard the Ocean Viking boat in the Mediterranean.
# migrants - Sunday 18 August, 2019
Migrants jump off rescue boat in bid to reach Italian island
Some of the people on board have spent months or years in Libyan detention camps, suffering torture and sexual abuse.
# migrants - Thursday 15 August, 2019
Six EU countries agree to take some of the 147 migrants stranded on Opens Arms ship, Italy says
The announcement comes amid a war of words between Italy’s interior minister and the premier.
# migrants - Monday 15 July, 2019
Undocumented migrants in US wait in fear as no immediate sign of threatened large-scale raids
ICE agents were expected to conduct raids in at least 10 major cities yesterday.
# migrants - Saturday 13 July, 2019
Pence claims migrants 'well cared for' during visit to centre as protestors decry 'concentration camps'
The US Vice President said the situation at the border is a “crisis that is overwhelming our system”.
# migrants - Monday 8 July, 2019
Trump says migrant detention centres will be opened up to visits by journalists
His comments come after reports over the weekend described one centre in Texas as filled with hundreds of children wearing filthy clothes.
# migrants - Friday 5 July, 2019
Over 80 people feared dead after migrant boat capsizes off Tunisia
The tragedy comes after 44 migrants were killed in an air strike on their detention centre in Libya.
# migrants - Thursday 4 July, 2019
UN Security Council fails to condemn fatal attack on Libya migrant centre
Meanwhile, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has condemned the attack.
# migrants - Monday 1 July, 2019
Bodies of father and daughter who drowned trying to cross US border returned home
An image of Oscar Alberto Martinez and his daughter went viral last week.
# migrants - Wednesday 26 June, 2019
A $4.5 billion emergency fund approved for US border as its chief quits amid child-detainee outcry
John Sanders was appointed to the post just two months ago.
# migrants - Monday 20 May, 2019
Fifth migrant child dies after detention by US border patrol since December
The teen has been identified by US Customs and Border Protection as Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez.
# migrants - Friday 10 May, 2019
Dozens of migrants feared dead after boat sinks off Tunisian coast
The boat was travelling from Libya to Italy.
# migrants - Monday 22 April, 2019
The young Venezuelan migrants trying to make their way in a troubled Colombia
Amanda Coakley reports from Bogotá.
# migrants - Friday 12 April, 2019
350 migrants 'break violently' into Mexico as new caravan arrives
The caravan first set off on Wednesday from the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula.
# migrants - Wednesday 3 April, 2019
Trump '100% ready' to shut down US-Mexico border despite being warned of 'catastrophic economic impact'
“Sure it’s going to have a negative impact on the economy. Security is more important to me than trade.”
# migrants - Monday 1 April, 2019
Decision to end migrant rescue operation labelled 'outrageous abdication of responsibilities'
The EU is winding down Operation Sophia amid pressure from Italy and other countries.
# migrants - Saturday 30 March, 2019
Cork launches plan to better integrate refugees, asylum seekers and migrants
Cork will be the latest area to become a so-called place of sanctuary – making it part of a wider national, and indeed international, movement.
# migrants - Tuesday 15 January, 2019
Hundreds of Hondurans set off in new migrant caravan towards US
Trump tweeted today that “only a wall, or steel barrier, will keep our country safe”.
# migrants - Thursday 10 January, 2019
Ireland to accept 5 migrant minors from Malta following EU deal to relocate almost 300 people
Almost 50 migrants who were stranded at sea for weeks aboard two rescue ships arrived in Malta yesterday.
# migrants - Thursday 3 January, 2019
German far-right group launches vigilante street patrol after alleged asylum seeker attacks
Local authorities said they were shocked to hear about the news in a Bavarian town.
Explainer: Why Brexit could be behind the upsurge in migrants aiming to cross the English Channel
Four in five people who attempted to cross the English Channel in dinghies in 2018 did so in the last three months. But why?
# migrants - Monday 31 December, 2018
Britain and France to step up English Channel patrols after spike in migrant crossings
Both countries are to increase surveillance patrols and target trafficking gangs.
# migrants - Friday 28 December, 2018
UK treating rise in migrant crossing the Channel as 'major incident'
The move follows the interception of two more vessels carrying 12 migrants off the southeast English coast.
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PEOPLE AROUND IRELAND and across the world are spending a lot more time indoors than most of us are used to.
This means evenings in, more free time and finding ways to keep children occupied.
Between Netflix, Amazon Prime and the latest Disney+ and regular television channels, there are plenty of ways to watch the latest series or catch up on some older ones.
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So today we’re asking: Have you started any new TV series recently?
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Wellness Wednesday: IBS is no joke, but there are simple things you can do to help yourself
By Dr Deirdre G. O'Donovan
Opinion: Boris is England’s King Midas. All he touched turned to gold, but now must be disinfected
By Peter Flanagan - @peterflanagan
Peter Flanagan says Covid-19 has stripped Johnson of his dreams of a clean Brexit legacy.
Opinion: Emergency Covid-19 legislation harks back to the Civil War, ‘the Emergency’ and the Troubles
By Conor Casey
Conor Casey of Trinity College says a challenge to the new legislation would be unlikely to succeed.
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