25 Kurdish migrants return home after Libya jail release

Dozens of would-be migrants from Iraq and the Kurdistan Region have been returned from Libya after being caught and arrested

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Dinghy carrying 70 Kurds stranded in English Channel: Activist

Refugee rights activists Ranj Pshdary told The New Region that he was contacted by Kurdish migrants left stranded in the English Channel "for several hours" on Friday after their vessel experienced an engine failure.

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Six Kurds detained in Libya while trying to reach Europe

Six young men from the Kurdistan Region were arrested in Libya while trying to migrate to Europe, and are currently being held in an unknown prison under poor conditions, according to their families.

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KRG confirms 17 Kurdish migrants disappeared in Libya

“We are aware that a number of migrants have faced difficulties in Libya. However, we do not know if they are arrested or kidnapped,” a DFR official told The New Region

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EU border agency urges disciplinary action against Greece over migrant pushbacks

Frontex, the European Union's border agency, has called on Brussels to initiate "infringement proceedings" against Greece over its recurrent implementation of pushback tactics against migrants crossing into its borders, a policy Athens stringently denies it carries out.

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Seven migrants dead, 23 rescued after boat capsized off Greek island

Migrants attempting to cross into Greece in the Aegean Sea drowned after their inflatable boat capsized, marking the latest fatal episode arising from the dangerous maritime migration route.

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French police rescue 70 migrants in the English Channel

French police on Sunday rescued 70 migrants, including 20 Kurds, in the English Channel.

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UK sees higher number of migrants in 2024 despite crackdowns on Channel arrivals

The number of irregular migrant arrivals was 25 percent higher than the previous year

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UK, Iraq, Kurdistan Region sign landmark border security pact

The agreement "sets out the commitments of both countries to work more closely in tackling people smuggling and bolster border security"

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