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Cyprus: pope will transfer migrants to Italy after visit

 Pope Francis is arranging to transfer a number of migrants to Italy from the east Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus, where he is opening a three-day visit next week, a Cypriot government official said on Thursday. Government spokesman Marios Pelekanos told The Associated Press...

EU border agency: 'Illegal border crossings' on the rise

BRUSSELS (AP) — The number of people trying to enter Europe without authorization has risen significantly this year to surpass migrant border crossing figures from 2019, before restrictions imposed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic severely limited travel, the European Union’s border and coast...

Kurdish doctor in Poland warns migrants not to come

A medical doctor of Kurdish origin working in Poland has warned people back in his homeland not to attempt the increasingly deadly journey into the European Union through Belarus and Poland. Dr. Arsalan Azzaddin was seeing migrants from Iraq and Syria coming into his hospital in eastern...

Migrant dies at sea off Greek island of Crete; 70 rescued

A migrant died and 70 more were rescued when their boat started taking in water southwest of the island of Crete, Greece's Coast Guard says. A Coast Guard spokesman told the Associated Press the 70 survivors, who have been brought to land after they were rescued by a cargo ship and a Coast...