Denmark has announced plans to step up controls on its border with Sweden to counter cross-border crime. Several Swedish nationals are suspected of carrying out serious attacks in the Danish capital in recent months.
The Eritrean government ended its long period of isolation in 2018 when it signed peace accords with Ethiopia and was nominated to join the UN’s Human Rights Council. The government, however, continues to harass and intimidate its critics, even in Europe, Amnesty International reports. In a new briefing, the organization sheds light on how the abuses cause Eritrean migration on the one hand, but are sometimes facilitated by it too.
The European Union’s statistical office, Eurostat and the European Asylum Support Office EASO have released their latest figures on asylum for 2018. Overall, the total number of asylum applicants decreased by over 50 percent compared to figures from 2015. Germany welcomed the greatest number of asylum seekers, followed by France, then Greece, Spain and Italy.
Sweden and Switzerland are among the most favored destinations for skilled migrant workers, according to an international survey. The OECD poll published on Wednesday links countries' migration policies with their attractiveness to workers from abroad.
The life-and-death risks taken by many young Gambians who attempt the journey to Europe could hardly be more serious. Yet a group in Sweden has decided to create a game based on what many of the migrants go through.
An Afghan migrant in Germany is willing to pay a fine imposed on activist Elin Ersson. The Swedish activist was charged with violating aviation law after keeping a plane from departing with an Afghan deportee on board.
Elin Ersson prevented a plane from taking off that had an Afghan man aboard who was supposed to be deported back to his country. A Swedish court ruled that she will not have to spend time in jail, but ordered her to pay a fine.
A Swedish activist is facing legal action for stopping a plane from flying with an Afghan deportee on board. While she may have had good intentions, the outcome took an unexpected turn. Did she make the right decision?
In 2015, *Mohammed was arrested after being accused of selling Christian literature – a crime which carries the death penalty in his native Afghanistan. While in transit to the court, Mohammed managed to escape his captors after Taliban gunmen ambushed the police convoy he was traveling in. Now, he faces imminent deportation back to Afghanistan, because the country in which he sought refuge – Sweden – doesn’t consider his home province a conflict zone.
A Swedish court has ruled that the suspension of family unifications, under a provisional Swedish law, violates the right to family unity and the best interest of minors who are granted subsidiary protection.
A Swedish student and human rights activist famous for having grounded a Gothenburg flight in July to prevent an Afghan asylum seeker from being sent back to his home country will stand trial. The 21-year-old will be facing charges of breaking the country's aviation law.
Migrants and refugees are guaranteed certain rights under the Refugee Convention, but do they go far enough? Should they have the right to vote in national as well as local elections in their host countries? InfoMigrants takes a look at political participation of refugees and migrants across the EU.