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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Turkey’s interior ministry on Tuesday announced that it has detained 200 individuals in the past month over human trafficking charges while apprehending over 4000 “irregular” migrants. “In continuous operations carried out by the Gendarmerie over the past month across 81 provinces, 200 migrant smuggling organizers and 4,040 irregular migrants were apprehended,” Turkish […]

Small boats, big business The industrialization of cross-channel migrant smuggling As of January 2024, over 100 000 people had crossed the English Channel using small boats since 2018. The current peak came in 2022, when over 45 000 people were detected arriving in the UK illegally using small boats launched from the coast of northern

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Fourteen people from Sulaimani, who were detained by Tunisian authorities last month, are set to go to trial on Monday, an Iraqi foreign ministry official told Rudaw, expecting a quick release for the detainees. “Those people were deceived in the name of Europe. Even if they receive a sentence they will be

Fortress Europe keeps cruelly raising its walls against the global south | Pia Klemp | The Guardian ‘I don’t see sea rescue as a humanitarian action, but as part of an anti-fascist fight.’ Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters In 2019 the city of Paris offered me the Grand Vermeil medal, an honor for bravery, to recognize work I’ve

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A Kurdish man from Sulaimani province was one of the eight people who died after a migrant boat capsized while trying to cross the English Channel on Sunday, a local official told Rudaw. “One of the migrants on the capsized boat who died is a young Kurd, a resident from Darbandikhan, who

Sulaymaniyah, IRAQ, March 31: In a significant step towards assisting Iraqi returnees to rebuild their lives, the third National Referral Mechanism (NRM) was opened in the governorate of Sulaymaniyah, following establishment of the ones in Baghdad and Erbil in December 2022. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Iraq has been supporting the Government of

Established by the Ministry of Interior of the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Joint Crisis Coordination Center, with financial backing from the European Union and International Organization for Migration (IOM), the NRM aims to facilitate the seamless reintegration of returning citizens into society. A Kurdish flag hangs in the Irbil International Airport, in the Kurdistan

Shafaq News/ The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Sunday launched a new project aimed at providing assistance to migrants seeking to return to their hometowns in the governorate of al-Sulaymaniyah. The project, held in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), offers a range of services to returning migrants, including help with obtaining residency

Channel Crossing Tracker Illegal Maritime Arrivals From Safe Countries Since 2018, illegal immigrants (many of whom make a claim for asylum) have been attempting to enter the United Kingdom by crossing the English Channel in small boats, often using inflatable dinghies.https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/8zSS2/1/ How many people are illegally crossing the Channel? At the beginning of 2023, the

Iraq’s climate migration affects Europe: PM Barzani ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani has predicted a new wave of migration spurred on by climate change that will see people from the Middle East seeking out life in Europe.  “If urgent steps are not taken, migration may start from one region to