charlotte hauswedell

• Germany
• Afghanistan

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for more financial support for the relocation of Afghans who supported German troops during NATO's military missions. The Taliban has been rapidly advancing in Afghanistan, taking control of large parts of the country, forcing thousands of civilians to flee.

• Libya
• Italy

Italian lawmakers have approved renewed funding to train Libya's coast guard. The vote came just one day after the release of a report outlining the violence that migrants rescued by the coast guard face in Libyan detention centers.

• Malta
• Italy
• Germany

The German government has not received any migrants who were rescued from boats in the central Mediterranean since September. A total of 913 people have been transferred to Germany since June 2018, according to the interior ministry.

• Italy
• Libya

Italian prosecutors said they are seeking government permission to investigate footage purportedly showing the Libyan coast guard firing shots at a migrant boat in the Mediterranean Sea. The video was filmed by rescue organization Sea-Watch, who also filed the complaint.

• Italy
• United States
• United Kingdom

As western armed forces are withdrawing from Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans who have served alongside the troops as translators or interpreters remain in the country. Fearing Taliban retaliation, they are looking to NATO countries for support, but relocation efforts vary.

• Cyprus

The Council of Europe, Europe’s human rights watchdog, has expressed concern over the treatment of migrants and asylum seekers in Cyprus. The Mediterranean island has faced a sharp rise in irregular migrant arrivals in recent years.

• Portugal

Portugal has started talks with other EU member states about the bloc's proposed asylum and migration pact. The aim is to find common ground and overcome differences, a statement from the Portuguese interior ministry said.

• Germany
• Italy
• Greece

The European Commission has unveiled a new reform plan on how to manage migration in the European Union. The proposed measures include border screenings, accelerated asylum procedures and new regulations for the distribution of asylum seekers. Here is a breakdown of the suggested changes.

• Burkina Faso

COVID-19 presents a serious risk to refugee education worldwide, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. It warns that the virus threatens to cause a ‘pandemic of poverty’, which could reverse hard-won progress made in refugee school enrolment.

• Malta
• Libya

27 migrants who were rescued at sea in the Mediterranean have been stuck on a cargo ship off Malta for more than three weeks. Meanwhile, the private rescue ship Sea-Watch 4 is seeking a port for 201 migrants.

• Niger
• Mali
• Libya

Migrants who travel through Africa in the hope of reaching Europe are often subjected to "extreme abuse", the UN Refugee Agency and the Mixed Migration Centre said in a report published on Wednesday. The report says thousands have died on land routes in Africa in the past two years.

• Malta
• Libya
• Italy

Sea-Watch has published a photo of the body of a dead migrant that reportedly has been floating in the Mediterranean for two weeks. The private rescue organization says that even though authorities in Libya, Malta and Italy had been informed, they did not retrieve the body.