The Migration Files

Spain pleads for emergency assistance funds to handle migrant crisis

As the migration route between Libya and Italy has experienced a crackdown, migration is now following a route to the EU through Morocco. With Spain realizing a high degree of migration from its southern coast, it is assessing an additional €35 million to accommodate the situation. Morocco, at this time, is relaxing its border controls in a bid to secure even more funding from the EU, which as of now totals €100 million.
Politico reports

SYRIZA hypocrisy again exposed as open borders bonanza continues

Just days after a major protest in the island of Lesvos opposing the occupation of the main square of the island’s capital, Mitilini, by over 200 illegal migrants, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras—who once demonstrated that his geography skills are akin to his English-language skills by referring to Lesvos and Mitilini as separate islands—paid a visit to the island for an absurd propaganda speech as part of the 14th North Aegean Regional Con