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Two Britons jailed for cross-Channel people smuggling attempt

(theguardian)- Two Britons who attempted to smuggle 13 Albanian men and a child across the Channel in a small motor boat have been jailed. The boat owner, Jonathan Bridgeman, 42, was sentenced at Lewes crown court to two-and-a-half years in prison for assisting unlawful immigration into the...

Migrants begin new life outside France's 'Jungle' camp

In a dank flat in southwestern France, 23-year-old Nasir stares at a living room wall bare except for a list of emergency numbers and contemplates life for his asylum-seeking family outside the migrant camp in Calais that had become home. Nasir volunteered his family for resettlement days...

Greece returns 60 migrants to Turkey under EU deal

Greece has returned a group of 60 irregular migrants to Turkey, the Greek ministry of public order and citizen protection announced Friday. Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Morocco, Palestine, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka nationals were sent from the Greek island of Lesbos to the coastal town of...