Following two stints of church asylum and over three years of uncertainty, a blind Syrian asylum seeker has been awarded refugee status and can therefore remain in Germany. The 27-year-old no longer has to live in fear of getting deported to Spain.
As a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Germany has for the time being stopped deporting people to eastern European nations like Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Romania. That's according to a media report.
If an asylum claim is 'inadmissible' it generally means it won't be considered. This is usually because the authorities believe another country is responsible for the claim.
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In a town in southern Germany, a weight has been lifted for Mheddin Saho. The Syrian, who is blind, has been given a second chance to apply for protection in Germany and is no longer in church asylum.
The Swiss Refugee Council has called on the government to stop returning migrants with mental health problems to Italy. It says reception conditions in Italy remain extremely precarious, and deporting vulnerable people may be putting their human rights at risk.
According to Didier Leschi, director general of the French Office of Immigration and Integration (OFII), all exiles, regardless of their administrative status, can benefit from accommodation in reception centers in northern France. Many irregular migrants generally refuse to go there, for fear of being detected and deported.
More than 184,000 irregular border crossing into the EU were detected by Frontex in the first eleven months of this year. That's a 60% increase compared to the same period in 2020.
Cypriot MPs have voiced strong criticism of conditions at the Pournara emergency shelter for migrants, west of Nicosia. Significant inter-community violence has already broken out in the overcrowded facility.
Cisse, Christian and Narcisse were among the first migrants to be rescued by the NGO vessel Sea-Watch 4. One year later, they are still fighting for a future in Europe.
France deported four Afghans back to Bulgaria on Monday under the Dublin Regulation which allows asylum seekers to be sent back to the first country of arrival in Europe. Lawyers fear that these Afghans will now be deported back to their country of origin, as Bulgaria has not suspended its deportations to Afghanistan despite the Taliban takeover.
A blind Syrian, Mheddin Saho, is back in church asylum for a second time after a court ruled that he could be sent back to Spain where he had first applied for protection. Saho has been in Germany for more than two years and is about to finish his master's degree.