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UK PM Sunak faces leadership test over Rwanda plan
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» LONDON - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday sought to avoid a humiliating defeat for his latest plans to send migrants to Rwanda that have split his ruling Conservative party.
'Where is our future': Uganda declares war on used clothing
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» KAMPALA: For nearly three decades, the chaotic, overcrowded Owino secondhand market in Uganda's capital has been the cornerstone of Hadija Nakimuli's life, helping the widowed shopkeeper build a house and raise 12 children.
Rwanda 'safe' for deported asylum seekers: UK court told
AFP, Published on 09/10/2023
» LONDON: The UK government on Monday insisted that Rwanda is an appropriate place to deport failed asylum seekers, as it tried to overturn a court ruling that the policy is unlawful.
EU leaders clash over migration at Spain talks
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» GRANADA, Spain - Poland and Hungary expressed outrage on Friday at planned changes to Europe's migration system, vowing to veto the proposals at European Union summit in Spain two days after member states approved a key agreement.
UK opposition promises closer EU ties on migration
AFP, Published on 14/09/2023
» LONDON - The head of Britain's main opposition party promised on Thursday to put people smuggling on a par with terrorism and forge closer intelligence ties with Europe if elected to government.
Syria to Libya to the EU: how people-smugglers operate
AFP, Published on 16/08/2023
» BEIRUT: For desperate Syrians, a WhatsApp message saying "I want to go to Europe" can be all they need to start a treacherous journey to Libya and then across the Mediterranean.
Polish govt plays anti-EU, anti-German card ahead of polls
AFP, Published on 12/08/2023
» WARSAW - Poland's populist, nationalist government is increasingly taking an anti-German, anti-European Union stance in the run-up to the October 15 legislative elections in the hope of mobilising its most loyal followers, analysts say.
Sudan war summit urges calm, UN reports mass grave in Darfur
AFP, Published on 13/07/2023
» CAIRO - A summit of African leaders from war-torn Sudan's neighbours Thursday urged an end to the fighting, as UN experts reported a mass grave had been discovered in the country's Darfur region.
Romanian man jailed in UK for Vietnamese migrants deaths
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» LONDON - A Romanian man who was part of a people-smuggling gang responsible for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in the UK was jailed for nearly 13 years on Tuesday.
Serbia frees 3 captured police officers: Kosovo PM
AFP, Published on 26/06/2023
» PRISTINA: Serbia freed three Kosovo police officers taken into custody by its security forces earlier this month, Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti said Monday, after a court ordered the trio's release.