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A handout picture provided by the Italian Police Press Office on 30 July 2016 shows a rescue operation of 437 migrants in Pozzallo (Ragusa), Sicily, 30 July 2016. Police arrested 4 immigrant traffickers. EPA/BGNES
An estimated 257,186 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2016 through 27 July, arriving mostly in Greece and Italy, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Tuesday.
New arrivals exceeded 24,000 in July. Total arrivals in Greece through 31 July were 160,233. Through 1 August, arrivals to Italy totalledaround 96,000.
Migrant and refugee deaths in the Mediterranean this year have reached 3,120, making 2016 the third straight year in which the IOM will report migration fatalities of at least 3,000 men, women and children on those perilous sea routes, the organisation said.
Bulgarian authorities are facing serious accusations of obstructing the rescue of three Egyptian teenage boys who tragically froze to death near the Bulgarian-Turkish border in late December
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs Atanas Ilkov announced that there is no evidence of violence by border police officers against migrants
In the past week, five migrants have tragically lost their lives in the Strandzha mountain area near the "Indzhe Voyvoda" settlement
On the evening of November 28, 26 migrants were discovered in a truck on the road near the town of Varshets
Bulgarian police detained a group of illegal migrants following a high-speed chase on Sofia’s ring road
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has expressed support for plans to negotiate with countries such as Vietnam, Turkey, and Iraq to help manage the flow of illegal migrants into the UK
Ukraine, backed by its European allies, is pressing Russia to agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire set to commence on May 12
Following U.S. mediation, India and Pakistan announced a ceasefire on Saturday after days of intense conflic
The European Commission has refrained from commenting on President Rumen Radev's call for a referendum on Bulgaria's entry into the eurozone
Russia is set to close its airspace over the Kapustin Yar military training and rocket launch complex from May 12 to 13
Thousands of Slovak citizens took to the streets in Bratislava and other cities on the night of May 9 to protest Prime Minister Robert Fico’s attendance at the Moscow parade
On the morning of 10 May, French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv for a key meeting of the "coalition of the willing"
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