The latest draft of the decree to modify two previous security decrees by former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is now headed to the Italian cabinet. The draft includes a reform of the migrant reception system, the broadening of conditions that allow for applying for humanitarian protection, and the possibility to convert stay permits into work permits.
NGO-run ships in the Mediterranean are systematically conducting search-and-rescue (SAR) operations at sea and should therefore follow the requirements of the service they are undertaking on a regular basis, the head of the coast guards' Sixth navigation and maritime security department, Admiral Luigi Giardino, told ANSA in a recent interview.
A judge has ruled against the municipality of Castel Volturno in Italy's southern Campania region after it refused to pay a maternity grant and family benefits to a Nigerian migrant. The judge said that similar EU legislation demanded the woman be treated equally.
Baden-Württemberg will now ban full-face coverings for all school children. State Premier Winfried Kretschmann said burqas and niqabs did not belong in a free society. A similar rule for teachers was already in place.
A German national is on trial after promoting the illegal practice of "civil society asylum" on a website under his name. Among other means, he is alleged to have advocated hiding rejected asylum seekers in private homes.
Greece is accused of pushing back migrant boats to prevent them from reaching EU waters. To what degree does that contravene international law? DW looks at the key issues.
Hungary is depriving migrants of their right to ask for asylum, an advisor at the European Court of Justice said Thursday. He argued that significant parts of Hungary’s migration and asylum policies violate EU law.
The city-state's new law explicitly bars public authorities, including police, from discriminating based on skin color, gender and other factors. Lawmakers say the new rules help to address systemic racism in Germany.
A court in the French city of Lyon has scrapped all charges against Cedric Herrou, a farmer in southern France who had helped about 250 migrants cross the border to France from Italy in 2015 and 2016. His case became synonymous with the term “crimes of solidarity.”
For the first time anywhere, Syrian intelligence officers are facing trial — in Germany. The court aims to probe the defendant's alleged crimes as well as cast light on Bashar Assad's system of torture and oppression.
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.
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.