Tag: refugees

AFP August 6, 2013 Migrants at Maltese detention center. Malta refused Tuesday to allow 102 migrants rescued from a leaking dinghy on to the island despite pressure from the European Commission to let them disembark on humanitarian grounds. The migrants, including a four-month-old baby and…

AFP July 21, 2013 Australian PM Kevin Rudd. Australia said on Sunday it would pay rewards of up to Aus$200,000 (US$180,000) for information leading to the conviction of people-smugglers, as it defended its tougher approach on asylum-seekers. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday announced that…