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A group of 58 migrants arrived on the southern Greek island of Gavdos from Libya yesterday.
This brings the total number of arrivals in Greece since the beginning of the year to roughly 35,000 – compared to nearly 42,000 arrivals at this point in 2025.
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A 65-year-old man has been convicted of throwing a petrol bomb at a hotel that was being used to house migrants in southern England.
The case has emerged amid warnings that racist intimidation and violence are increasing across the UK.
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In the UK, AI has been integrated into a wide range of operational procedures by migration and asylum authorities, according to a new report by the Open Rights Group.
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Germany has deported 40 Afghan nationals toKabul.
According to the interior ministry, the failed asylum seekers had all committed crimes in Germany.
Rights activists have criticized the practice of returning Afghans to the Taliban-run state.
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Pregnant and just days away from her due date, 25-year-old Sara swam from Morocco to Spain's north African Ceuta enclave.
Shortly thereafter, she gave birth to baby girl.
Estonian police have detained 388 foreign nationals since July following irregular entries from Belarus, with 258 people held in Tallinn and 148 transferred to Latvia.
The number of people being detained is substantially higher than in 2025.
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Rwanda is reportedly set to host the EU’s first "return hub" for rejected asylum seekers.
The plan promises faster deportations but raises questions over rights, accountability and Europe’s growing dependence on third-country partners.
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A judge has given Madrid 15 days to declassify more intelligence on July’s deadly Ceuta crossing, as the government carries out its first deportations from the enclave since the crisis.
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El Hierro is struggling to cope with nearly 1,600 migrant arrivals in just over a week, putting pressure on healthcare and reception facilities. Canary Islands President Fernando Clavijo has requested urgent support from Spain’s central government.
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The EU has proposed expanding Frontex’s powers and staffing, with its standing corps gradually growing to 30,000 officers. The plan would allow faster deployments, social media monitoring for threats to border security and coordination of migrant returns between non-EU countries.
InfoMigrants travelled to Calais to mark the 10th anniversary of the dismantling of the Jungle, which was once home to up to 10,000 people.
📹 We met aid workers and local residents who regularly visited the camp. They shared their memories of what they witnessed.
The Canary Islands government relocated 471 migrants from El Hierro to other facilities on Gran Canaria on Sunday, October 25.
Nearly 1,600 people have arrived on El Hierro by sea in just over a week, with over 20 vessels reaching the island since 19 October.
Since April 2023, Sudan’s war has displaced around 14 million people, according to UNHCR. Between January and November 2025, 12,684 Sudanese arrived in Europe, 3.3 times more than in the same period in 2024. These photos show the lives of Sudanese refugees at Iridimi camp, Chad.
The European Commission wants to turn Frontex into the EU’s central returns agency, with a larger border force, faster crisis deployment and new powers to support removals beyond the bloc’s borders.
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Latvia alleges migrants are being forced into border sabotage if they cannot pay.
Rights groups say protection from refoulement, violence, and arbitrary detention must remain central to any response.
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In the Netherlands, the Public Prosecution Service has announced that it's seeking a four-year prison sentence for a man from Doetinchem.
The suspect stands accused of planning an explosives' attack against a local asylum reception center last year.
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Local authorities and regional officials in the Canary Islands have raised concerns over severe resource constraints as large numbers of irregular migrants continue to reach the archipelago — especially the small southwestern island of El Hierro.
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Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Munich Airport on Saturday, October 24, to protest against plans to establish a deportation terminal that would make the airport a central hub for removals from Germany.
In 2025, 19,897 people were deported from Germany by air.
ALT Carrying banners and chanting slogans, protesters accused the airport operator of profiting from deportations, and warned that Munich could become Germany's "deportation capital."
ALT The demonstration was organized by the campaign "Abschiebeterminal MUC verhindern" (Stop the MUC Deportation Terminal), backed by several organizations, including the Bavarian Refugee Council.
ALT It was part of a nationwide day of action featuring protests at several German airports.
ALT In 2025, Germany deported 22,787 people, of whom 19,897 were deported by air, according to official data.
More than 30 people have been rescued overnight from a migrant boat just south of Gavdos, Greece’s southernmost island.
Greece's southernmost islands continue to see an increase in migrant arrivals since August.
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Greek police have arrested seven suspected members of migrant smuggling rings in the country's north in recent days.
In one case, officers found 12 people crammed into a vehicle.
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