Migration crisis, page 2
Migration in the EU
We are in for a hot summer
Europe has done very little to prepare for a reprise of mass refugee flows.
Hoax: George Soros made it rain sand in Europe
Two hoaxes involving burning tyres, George Soros and the Sahara were spread recently by Slovak media and social networks.
Slovakia will give €8 million for solving migration problems
The money will mostly go to Libya.
Police detain 78 illegal migrants in two lorries
In the city of Žilina, vehicles were stopped with dozens of illegally transported Iraqi, Iranian and Syrian nationals.
Austria launches random checks close to Slovakia’s borders
Refugees are using new smuggling routes, according to the Austrian minister.
Coalition Council meets on Friday
Danko called on remaining coalition parties to postpone the cabinet session scheduled for Wednesday
EU court’s advocate general proposes to dismiss quota lawsuits
Yves Bot rejects arguments from Slovakia and Hungary on the legality of the relocation plan.
Asylum seekers avoid Slovakia
The country has accepted only 16 people through its quota system.
Manager of one of the biggest refugee camps will lead discussion in Bratislava
Kilian Klenschmidt will talk about dire conditions in the Za’atari camp in Jordan, situated close to the Syrian border.
Do migrants earn hundreds of euros more than Slovaks for the same jobs?
Only in fake news. This is the selection of hoaxes that appeared over the past week.
Conditions for temporary stay for third country students get stricter
The coalition SNS party pushed through changes to prevent alleged abuse of temporary residence by foreign students.
Kaliňak: voluntary quota system has failed
Only 12 percent of a total of 160,000 migrants have been relocated so far.
Police officers dispatched to Macedonia
It is the second group tasked with protecting the borders with Greece.
Two Syrians from Germany arrested in Slovakia for smuggling migrants
They face 10 years in prison if convicted.
Police officers may help in the Mediterranean
Their task will be to check vessels in the sea to curtail human smuggling.
This is not the monster you are looking for
Slovaks should know better than to trifle with religious freedoms, given their history of totalitarian regimes that have divided citizens into ‘worse’ and ‘better’ categories based on their religious beliefs.
Slovakia has the sixth lowest number of foreigners in the EU
The most common myth is that too many foreigners live in Slovakia.
Analyst: Society has the tools to prevent the worst from happening
Robert Fico did not appear in the Washington Post story about European far right by accident, says political analyst and director of the Institute for Public Affairs Grigorij Mesežnikov.
Kaliňák considers general asylum a main mistake
The current migration crisis was aggravated by the ditching of a quality readmission process, the interior minister said.
Slovak police officers leave to protect Serbian borders
The country has already sent over 300 police officers to protect the EU’s external borders over the past year.
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