Spain rescues 319 migrants off the coast of Canary Islands, with 18 more missing
According to Spain authorities, at least 319 migrants have been rescued while attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a variety of boats.
Finland to step up efforts to prevent exploitation of migrant workers
Finland has the goal to boost labor migration while also combating foreign labor exploitation. The recent revelations about the abuse of
Norway’s rural life is becoming more unequal as a result of labor migration
Since 2004, when many former Eastern Bloc nations joined the EU, income disparities in tiny Norwegian towns have widened.
Macron asks for EU emergency response system to control borders
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that the European Union needs an emergency reaction mechanism that a member state may activate when the bloc’s external borders are threatened.
New border law ‘fundamentally flawed’
Imran Hussain, Labour MP for Bradford East, told BBC Radio Leeds that the border law was “fundamentally flawed and means the government will turn their backs on some of the most vulnerable”.
European Parliament proposes a 5-year visa for legal migrants
On Thursday, the European Parliament suggested a five-year visa for entrepreneurs and highly qualified migrant workers operating in the EU under legal contracts.
UK: the minimum wage requirement for migrants rise to 30k pounds
PM Boris Johnson is expected to revise the proposal about the minimum £30,000 income criteria for migrants seeking to join the UK following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
Belarus places sanctions against airlines on EU and UK
Belarus has said that airlines from the EU and the UK will face retaliatory measures. Minsk also declared that it will impose a restriction on
UK firms ‘shocked’ by the migration slowdown
According to the country’s leading human resources organization, the drop in net migration to the UK has sent “shock waves” across enterprises in all sectors of the economy.
Hundreds of migrants live in a Belarusian warehouse
Thousands of migrants, mostly from the Middle East, have been trapped between Belarus and Poland for months, the result of a crisis allegedly orchestrated by Belarus’ authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, who is accused of luring them to Europe’s border in retaliation for the European Union’s support for Belarus’ pro-democracy movement.