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 600 African migrants rescued near Spain 18 November [AlAhram] Around 600 African migrants were rescued off the coast of Spain in 24 hours, a sea rescue patrol said Saturday. The Guardia Civil and Salvamento Maritimo rescue service added that operations to recover further migrants were still under way. Spain is the third busiest gateway for migrants arriving in Europe, but far behind Italy and Greece. However, the number of people arriving by sea in Spain has nearly tripled over the last year to 17,687. Many Africans undertaking the long route to Europe are choosing to avoid crossing danger-ridden Libya to get to Italy along the so-called central Mediterranean route, and choosing instead to get there via Morocco and Spain. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) close to 160,000 people have made the dangerous crossing to Europe this year and almost 3,000 more died or went missing while trying. Afghan migrant boy, 11, commits suicide in Austria 18 November [TheLocal,at] Austrian police said on Friday that they were investigating the suicide of an 11-year-old Afghan migrant. He died in a hospital near Vienna on Monday after being admitted a day earlier, police said. It was unclear how he killed himself. The boy and his family had been living in a refugee centre in Baden, south of the capital, since last year, when a record influx of migrants arrived in Austria. Media reports said the boy felt unable to cope with looking after his six siblings after his 23-year-old elder brother left him in charge. Germany bans Syrian who flew to Greece with ankle monitor 17 November [DW] A refugee who was fitted with an electronic ankle tag monitor following violent behavior has been barred from Germany after leaving the country. Police had dropped an investigation into whether the man posed a threat. Police said 35-year-old Hussein Z., a refugee from Syria, boarded a flight to Athens from Hamburg on October 11, a few days after telling police that he wanted to get his sick son from a hospital on the Turkey-Syria border. According to Der Spiegel, he also contacted Hamburg police after his arrival in Turkey. According to a statement by Bavarian police, the man had come to their attention during his stay in the town of Aschaffenburg because of "aggressive behavior and attacks" on others in the shelter where he was living, as well as after making "various threats." Germany's federal prosecutor opened an investigation into Hussein in June after witnesses testified that he had had contact with rebels in Syria and was seen fighting in a video uncovered by the Bavarian police. Barcelona unveils new anti-terror measures in response to August attack 17 November [TheLocal.es] Barcelona will pedestrianise and install obstacles on some of its busiest tourist streets in response to the August terror attack in the city where a van ploughed into pedestrians, killing 14. Temporary obstacles have already been placed in some locations in the Catalan capital following the August attack, and they will now be replaced with permanent versions. Placing further pieces of “"urban furniture" at some vulnerable spots as additional obstacles to vehicles is also being considered. In a further seasonal measure, the number of police officers at busy commercial areas will be increased around the Christmas shopping period. Teenage Nigerian girls drowned at sea, Italian autopsies find 16 November [TheLocal.it] Post-mortem examinations on the bodies of 26 teenage migrant girls found dead in the Mediterranean in early November confirmed they almost all drowned at sea, Italian news agencies reported on Wednesday. The loss of the girls – believed to be Nigerians aged 14 to 18 – has been described by the Nigerian foreign ministry as "a monumental loss and a sad moment for our country". The autopsies found no recent trace of physical or sexual violence. The bodies of the victims were found floating in the water by a Spanish military ship and brought to Italy on November 3rd after two separate rescue operations. According to the UN, 80 percent of young Nigerian women arriving in Italy are already in the clutches of prostitution networks, or quickly fall under their control. Italy defends 'inhumane' policy of blocking migrants in Libya 16 November [TheLocal.it] Italy has defended its policy on blocking migrants in Libya, saying the deal, denounced as "inhumane" by the UN, was essential to stop boat departures towards Europe. "The alternative cannot be to resign ourselves to the impossibility of managing migratory flows and hand human traffickers the keys to European democracies," Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti said on Wednesday. Aarhus man gets prison sentence for making bomb in basement 16 November [TheLocal.dk] A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison by Denmark’s High Court for making and possessing a bomb. Somalian citizen Libaan Ahmed Warsame has also been sentenced with conditional deportation from Denmark. He was found guilt of making and storing a bomb in the basement of an apartment building on the Peter Fabers Vej residential street in Aarhus. The device was discovered by a resident in the building in October 2016. The bomb consisted of two explosive components weighing 200 grams, a fuse, detonator and a number of metal objects. Global Terrorism Index: Death toll drops globally but rises in Europe 15 November [DW] Even as terrorism-related deaths drop dramatically in some parts of the world, fatalities in OECD countries have reached a 16-year high. Research Director of the Global Terrorism Index Daniel Hyslop tells DW why.
Refugee center fire in German city of Bamberg kills one 15 November [DW] A deadly blaze has broken out a refugee shelter in northern Bavaria, killing one person in the barracks that used to house American troops. German police are working to identify the victim. Initial information seemed to indicate that the fire started inside the victim's room on the ground floor of the building that currently houses 163 people.
14 November [TheLocal.no] A parliamentary majority of 66 percent has voted in favour of the opposition Labour party’s proposal for rule changes which require certain asylum cases to be reassessed. All cases of unaccompanied minors decided since October 1st 2016 will now be reassessed, including the so-called “October children” from Afghanistan who arrived in 2015 and had been slated for deportation due to reaching the age of 18. Asylum seekers whose cases are to be reassessed will not be deported until new decisions over their applications are reached. Labour deputy leader Trond Giske told the broadcaster that around 200 to 300 people would have their cases reviewed as a result of the parliamentary vote. Terror attacks changed Parisians, but failed to defeat them 13 November [TheLocal.fr] French president Emmanuel Macron led the commemorations on the second anniversary of the Paris terror attacks on Monday. The atrocities aimed to crush the French capital's joie de vivre, but did not succeed.
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