Hungary has announced that it is suspending the admission of migrants to its so-called 'transit zones', claiming there is a connection between coronavirus and illegal immigration. A chief security advisor to the Hungarian prime minister on March 1 said the country will "defend its borders" and "not a single illegal migrant" will be allowed to enter.
The Skilled Immigration Act is due to come into force on March 1. It will allow foreigners from non-EU countries and with certain skills to apply for work permits, and move to Germany using legal channels. Let's find out more.
The Berlinale Film Festival is one of the biggest events for the global film industry. This year, a movie by an Afghan-German director whose parents came to Germany as refugees is in the running for the top award.
The UK has left the EU and this year is a transition year; old rules still apply until the end of 2020. At the beginning of next year, the country wants to install a new "points-based immigration system."
A new law designed to attract highly qualified foreigners from outside the EU will come into force on March 1. It is supposed to make it easier for skilled professionals to migrate to Germany for work. InfoMigrants takes a look at the new legislation and what it means for migrants.
Around 17% of participants of integration courses in Germany are illiterate; the vast majority of them are refugees, said the head of Germany’s immigration office BAMF in an interview with German media. Their integration into the labor market is considered problematic.
German workplaces have become more diverse in recent years. But diversity and inequality data is hard to come by and when available it often lacks complexity. A look at the current situation and what it means.
A proposal to use trail cameras to detect migrants along Italy's border with Slovenia has created controversy.
Alma Zadic was born in Bosnia. In the 1990s - during the war in the former Yugoslavia - she fled to Austria with her parents. In early January 2020, she was named Austria's new justice minister - the first minister in Austria with migrant roots.
In recent presidential elections in Croatia, the powerful right-wing lost to the social democrats, led by Zoran Milanovic. However, the political turnaround will have little impact on migration policy in the short term. Here’s why.
Austria's first government coalition between the conservative People’s Party and the Green Party will have ripple effects on a range of issues including immigration. The two parties took nearly three months to iron out their disagreements -- with migration being the key issue that sets the unlikely bedfellows apart.
According to a recent study by IPSOS, most people in Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Greece believe that there are far more migrants in their countries than there actually are.