Stepping up deportations has been a key objective of Germany's coalition government. But the policy continues to suffer setbacks and it is particularly problematic in the city state of Berlin.
A report drafted by UN refugee agency UNHCR and the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has denounced that the international response to COVID-19 did not succeed in guaranteeing the rights of refugees.
A Greek appeals court has sentenced two asylum seekers from Afghanistan to four years in prison for starting a fire which burned down the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos in 2020. Thousands of migrants were living at the facility at that time, with COVID-19 and unhygienic conditions dictating their daily lives.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought international migration to a standstill — and migrant workers have borne the greatest cost. But Bangladeshi workers are doing surprisingly well.
The Italian government has decided to abandon the use of quarantine ships adopted during the pandemic to isolate migrants at sea after their arrival in Italy.
The founder of the StraBerry start-up will face trial in Italy on charges of exploiting 73 foreign laborers on berry farms in the Milan area. The first hearing of the trial will be held on July 13.
The war in Ukraine has made the situation for refugees around the world much more difficult, a representative of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said.
As France hails a "great surge of generosity" from its citizens in welcoming refugees from Ukraine, some experts warn that Europe must prepare for a continuing influx of unvaccinated people.
A doctor in the southern Italian city of Bari has received an award for administering a record 25,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines with her mobile team. Their goal: To reach the most fragile members of the community, including migrants at reception centers and Afghan refugees.
The ASGI association has sounded an alarm in Italy over new rules, which require those accessing all public offices to have a Green Pass. This, they fear, could potentially compromise some migrants' potential to seek asylum.
A joint police operation between Greek and German forces has resulted in one arrest and four raided locations belonging to a smuggling ring operating between Germany and Greece.
A new administrative detention center (CRA) opened on January 17 in Lyon, in southeastern France. Over the past four years, French authorities have doubled the capacity of these facilities which are reserved for migrants awaiting deportation. Aid organizations once again condemn the "prisonization of detention centers" and the "criminalization of immigration."