
The flow of migrants from Turkey into Europe has remained constant despite a pledge by the European Union (EU) to hand €3 billion in aid to Ankara, and reviving negotiations on allowing it’s middle eastern neighbour to join the bloc.
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Jan 2016, 7:18 AM PST0

The leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) is bringing legal action against key members of the government for neglect and illegal people trafficking. In advance of the suit being filed today, FPÖ leader Heinz Christian Strache said on state television that
by Oliver Lane10 Nov 2015, 10:07 AM PST0

Self-styled activists who led a mass “refugee convoy” and drove from Austria into Hungary before returning with migrants could face criminal charges of people smuggling. At least three people who took part in the mass action, an increasingly common ploy in the migrant
by Simon Kent6 Nov 2015, 8:51 AM PST0

A group of 40 Romanians, including women and children, have been found crammed into a three bedroomed house in Dudley. Another 10 were found in a nearby property. Three people are being questioned on suspicion of running the suspected slave house.
by Donna Rachel Edmunds2 Oct 2015, 9:19 AM PST0

A former doctor from Syria has described how he now makes £60,000 a month trafficking people from Turkey to Europe. He has warned European Union (EU) member states that the refugees will continue to come even if all the borders are shut,
by Donna Rachel Edmunds21 Sep 2015, 8:45 AM PST0

The people traffickers making thousands of dollars ferrying migrants across the Mediterranean have laughed at EU plans to take their vessels by military force, saying the ships are easily replaceable, and that anyway migrants are starting to make the journey
by Donna Rachel Edmunds24 Apr 2015, 9:08 AM PST0

Europol, the EU police agency, has launched a taskforce dedicated to rooting out the people traffickers who last year sent 170,000 illegal migrants in a perilous journey across the Mediterranean. 3,000 of those shipped across died as overloaded boats sank
by Donna Rachel Edmunds19 Apr 2015, 9:18 AM PST0