Tag: european union
2 Turks fly to Greece in small plane in apparent asylum bid
19th April 2022
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two Turkish men who apparently flew right across the Aegean Sea in an ultralight aircraft to seek asylum in the European Union have been rescued after they ran out of fuel ...
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Cold, hungry, afraid: Migrants stuck on EU doorstep
14th November 2021
(AP) — Sarkawt Ismat was cold, hungry and terrified, trapped between Polish and Belarusian troops facing off on opposite sides of the European Union’s eastern border. The 19-year-old Iraqi taxi driver is among thousands from ...
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On the Polish-Belarusian border, the EU is violating its own commitments to human rights by brutally pushing back asylum-seekers. This is a long term trend, where the EU tacitly encourages securitisation and democratic backsliding on ...