The Association for Legal Studies on Immigration (ASGI) has announced that the first appeals by foreigners living in Italy will soon be filed against the ''discriminatory'' nature of a basic income introduced in the country.
France has introduced a new law that allows gendarme, police and customs officers to carry out random identity checks at, and near, the country’s border port facilities. Depending on the legal status of the migrants intercepted, they are then transferred to regional reception centres.
A directive requiring hospital staff to report all people who are not legal to authorities has caused a scandal in Switzerland. Physicians who oppose the measure cite the need for "professional secrecy" and the obligation to give care "to anyone in need".
The German government has moved closer to passing a long-awaited law lifting obstacles to skilled labor from around the world. Businesses say Germany could benefit from nationalist policies in the US and the UK.
Right-wing members of the conservative CDU/CSU alliance have questioned Germany's constitutional right to asylum and its commitment to an international migration treaty. Bavaria's state premier does not want any changes.
Germany's ruling parties have hammered out a new draft law for easing access to employment by non-EU citizens. However, citizens of several nations are expected to be banned from enjoying the new regulations.
Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini has presented new guidelines for tenders for migrant reception services, cutting funds for assistance from 35 euros to between 19-26 euros per person.
Human Rights Watch has called on Greek authorities to release a number of activists who have worked to rescue asylum seekers and migrants at sea and are now facing criminal accusations that "appear entirely unfounded."
Italy's main humanitarian-medical organizations have sent a letter to Parliament, denouncing that a decree on immigration and security, known as the ''Salvini decree', could have serious implications on the right to health of migrants.
The British Home Office has been accused of forcing migrants with residency permits to take DNA tests to prove that their children are really their own.
Media reports have accused Germany of disregarding a ruling from the EU's top court on the rights of unaccompanied minors to be joined by their families. The key point is the minor's age during the asylum process.
The family reunification program was resumed on Monday after it was halted last year. The plan will eventually reunite families across Germany.