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Prince Harry returned to Canada in the nick of time as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada will close its borders to non-citizens and non-residents in the latest effort to combat the killer coronavirus. Trudeau made the announcement Monday in an effort to ‘slow the spread of this virus’. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex … Read more
Russia will close its land borders with Poland and Norway to foreigners to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the country’s prime minister has said. Mikhail Mishustin said the ban will come into force at midnight and apply to all international visitors travelling ‘for professional, private, study or tourist reasons’. It will not … Read more
Guards have dressed up as gorillas to scare off monkeys near India’s border while the country tries to manage a growing population of rampaging macaques. Footage shows officials on the Indian side of the border wearing gorilla-type costumes and chasing a troop of macaques back to the jungle. The booming primate population has reached crisis … Read more
The EU has told Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that if he wants support for his war in Syria, he must first pull an estimated 35,000 migrants back from the Greek border. Erdogan jetted into Brussels for talks today aimed at shoring up the shattered €6bn 2016 migrant deal, where Turkey would hold back an estimated … Read more
President Erdogan called on Greece to ‘open the gates’ for migrants trying to reach Europe at Turkey’s border ahead of his talks with the EU on Monday. Thousands of migrants have arrived at Turkey’s border with Greece since Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced last month that the country would no longer prevent migrants and refugees from crossing … Read more
A boat carrying up to 113 migrants from Africa to Europe has been intercepted off the coast of Spain as it attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The sub-Saharan migrants disembarked late last night at a port in Malaga, southern Spain after they were picked up as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean in a … Read more
Greek police have launched tear gas at migrants as the Turks fired back at the border crossing where thousands are trying to get into Europe. More clashes erupted Saturday between Greek police and Europe-bound migrants gathered on the Turkey side of a border crossing near the Greek village of Kastanies. Like previous confrontations this week, … Read more
These are the desperate scenes from a sprawling migrant camp taking root on the Turkish-Greek border yesterday. Athens said the number of attempted illegal crossings had surged to 35,000 in a week as Turkey was accused of using the migrants as pawns. As tents were pitched at Pazarkule on the Turkish side of the border, … Read more
Another 28 migrants are caught by Border Force in the English Channel trying to get to UK Some 28 migrants were today detained trying to cross the English Channel They were brought into Dover Harbour on an HM Border Force cutter today Officers were pictured in white forensic-style suits with Border Force vests By Isabella Nikolic … Read more
Fire, smoke and tear gas have risen across the Greek-Turkey border today as police fight back migrants after Ankara threw open the gateway to Europe. Migrants, most of them Middle Eastern and African men, were seen hurling back canisters of tear gas on Wednesday morning, setting fire to fences near the village of Kastanies. Heavily armoured … Read more