Afghans who have come to Germany since the Taliban took power in August can expect to be socially and economically integrated faster than those who fled after 2015-2016, say labor and migration experts in Germany.
Italy saw a huge drop in the number of residence permits issued to people from outside the EU in 2020. But the number applying to become Italian citizens went up.
The injuries were mild, officials said, in the second such scuffle in three days. Poland has drastically increased its military presence at the border with Belarus as people seek to enter the EU by the thousands.
After their dangerous evacuation from Kabul, many Afghans in Germany are struggling with bureaucratic hurdles. It has left many frustrated.
People from as far as Cuba are heading to Belarus to try to enter the European Union. But pushbacks and violence along the Polish border mean that fewer migrants are succeeding with their plans. The EU believes that Belarus is deliberately sending migrants across the border to destabilize the bloc.
Germany says the number of migrants arriving from Poland and Belarus has soared in recent months. The EU accuses Belarus of fueling mass migration, and Poland has said it will spend millions to build a wall.
Britain's proposed new laws to deal with migration have been criticized by a group of lawyers, commissioned by the NGO Freedom from Torture. The bill has already passed its second reading in parliament.
The Greek government has taken over the management of the cash assistance programme for asylum seekers in Greece from the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR).
A 40-year-old Sudanese man, armed with a knife, has died after being shot by German police. The incident took place at a home for asylum seekers near the German city of Bremen.
A group of 125 migrants was reportedly pushed back from the Spanish enclave of Peñón di Vélez de la Gomera to Morocco, according to various Spanish NGOs.
Two international bodies, United Nations agencies IOM and UNHCR, have called for "immediate access" to the Polish and Lithuanian borders with Belarus. Their demand comes after four migrants were found dead at Poland's border with Belarus over the weekend.
A Somali asylum seeker on Saturday was arrested by police after stabbing five people in Rimini. The victims include a child with Bangladeshi roots who suffered grave stab wounds to the throat. The incident sparked a political controversy with the League party attacking Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese