Munzir and Mustafa, a Syrian father and son, both missing limbs due to the war in their home country and featured in a now-well-known photo entitled 'Hardship of Life', are starting a new life in Italy, where they arrived Friday with their family.
The German foreign minister said more needs to be done to help Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover. Some 15,000 people which Germany vowed to take in are still stranded there.
The foundation Migrantes set up by the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI) has called on European countries to open 'legal pathways of migration' to prevent human trafficking and 'deaths both at sea and on land.'
The city government of Berlin is planning to take in 500 refugees from Afghanistan over the next five years. People who are in particular need of protection will be prioritized under the initiative.
A Catholic charity in Italy, the Community of Sant’Egidio, has announced the arrival of the first group of Afghans via a 'humanitarian corridor'. The corridors were announced at the beginning of November.
A group of 95 refugees arrived in Berlin from Lebanon this week as part of the German state's refugee reception program. They flew into the capital on Wednesday.
Seventy Syrian refugees who were living in refugee camps in Lebanon arrived in Italy on Monday (November 29). The refugees flew to Rome from Beirut thanks to humanitarian corridors -- an initiative promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, the Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy and the Waldesian Table, in agreement with the Italian government.
Some 63 refugees from the Horn of Africa arrived in Italy on Friday from Ethiopian refugee camps as part of a humanitarian corridor project.
More than 170 asylum seekers have been evacuated from Libya to Niger with the help of the UNHCR. This marks the first such repatriation flight from the war-torn country in over a year.
A new protocol of agreement has been signed in Italy for the arrival through humanitarian corridors of 1,200 Afghans who need international protection.
Catholic charity Community of Sant'Egidio is planning to transfer 40 migrants and refugees from the 'Kara Tepe' camp on the Greek island of Lesbos to Italy in October. Among them are several unaccompanied minors.
Slovenian prime minister Janez Jansa has said that not only his own country but also the EU as a whole will not be opening humanitarian corridors for Afghan refugees. His comments sparked polemics among the Italian Democratic Party and left wing in general.