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EU leaders fail to reach consensus on migration

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | European Union (EU) leaders failed to reach consensus on migration Friday after a two-day summit. Poland and Hungary continued to oppose a proposed obligation for EU countries to welcome migrants to their land or else pay a fee of 20,000 euros (21,826 U.S. dollars) for each …

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Appeal court rules UK-Rwanda asylum plan unlawful

London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Court has ruled as unlawful the UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership. The asylum partnership arrangement was to enable the UK to send some people to Rwanda who would otherwise claim asylum in the UK. Rwanda would consider them for permission to stay …

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EU ministers discuss challenges of migration from third countries

Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | “The migratory situation in the European Union (EU) is strained,” the member states’ justice and home affairs ministers agreed at their Council meeting here on Thursday. “There is an urgent need to strengthen the external borders, increase returns, and prevent irregular migration,” they said, according to a …

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Regional migration chief in Uganda, discusses safe labour exports

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Frank Tumwebaze has met the Regional Director of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mohammed Abdiker in Kampala. The two leaders discussed the harmonization of labour migration policies in the East and Horn of Africa region, …

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IOM relocates 6,496 refugees from Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration has resettled more than 6,400 refugees from Uganda in third countries around the globe.        The organization released data showing that the number of resettled refugees grew from 5,011 to 6,496 between 2017 and 2018. The …

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