Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto slammed the new Italian government's decision to open its ports to private charity ships disembarking migrants rescued at sea. He called the move "deplorable and dangerous" and said the move would create a lasting diplomatic clash between his country and Italy. His Italian counterpart meanwhile called for sanctions for EU member states who refuse to take on migrants under a proposed redistribution scheme.
The UK government policy to charge overseas visitors and those without papers in the UK for national health services (NHS) is putting vulnerable migrants at risk, say midwives in a new report from Maternity Action and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).
The former mayor of Riace, in southern Italy, Domenico “Mimmo” Lucano has returned to his town. Riace became a symbol of migration under Lucano who was famous for implementing integration policies to help migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. He had been blocked from returning but the Locri Court has now revoked its ban. Upon his return, Lucano was welcomed by a group of refugees.
The outgoing interior minister closed Italy's refugee camps and its ports. But even with Matteo Salvini out of government, asylum-seekers are still trapped in a cycle of homelessness, harassment and frustration.
The ongoing Brexit drama is keeping Europe on its toes. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's views on and future plans for migration – one of the most important issues that helped the "Leave" campaign win the vote – remain divisive.
The UK is one of few countries in Europe to implement a de facto policy of indefinite detention for immigration cases. The Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group (GDWG) is one group calling for an to end that policy. It was set up almost 25 years ago in Crawley near Gatwick Airport. As well as campaigning, its volunteers visit those in detention and try and provide help in their cases.
The ADA card issued to asylum seekers in France will no longer function as a cash withdrawal card from November 5. It will only work as a "payment card" in shops and markets. This has sparked criticism from migrant rights groups.
While climate change is growing in the public conscience, migration is still the major issue for more EU citizens, according to the results of the European Commission's biannual Eurobarometer public opinion survey.
Under a new amendment to the second security and immigration decree in Italy, NGO skippers will be arrested if they fail to obey the orders of police or navy ships. In addition, NGO-run migrant rescue ships will be fined up to one million euros for defying a ban on entering Italian waters.
Greece's new government announced its intention to reinforce the country's borders, as a rise in numbers of migrants crossing over from Turkey has recently been recorded once more. The EU's migration commissioner, Dimitris Avramopoulos, pledged his help to this end, as he met with the new prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The UNHCR has asked the Italian Parliament to reconsider the government's second security decree which can ''have an impact on search and rescue operations at sea."
The Terra Aperta ('Open Land') network has been set up in the Italian city of Pistoia to help migrant reception and as a response to a recent 'security decree' passed by the Italian government.