The housing crisis for migrants and asylum seekers in Brussels appears to have worsened. Since the recent evacuation of several hundred people from a squat, the number of tents along the city’s canals and streets has multiplied.
Germany's interior minister is hosting a meeting with local politicians, as many German states say they can no longer deal with a stream of refugees arriving. But the city of Goslar has demographic change on its side.
Two small boats carrying a total of 82 migrants were rescued in the night between February 19 and 20 off Lampedusa. On February 19, 848 people reached the tiny island on 17 boats while 958 arrived on February 18 in 20 separate landings.
One in five places in Italian reception centers was empty as of December 2021, a report by ActionAid has found. The numbers confirm the non-existence of a reception emergency, a rhetoric which has been revived recently, the organization said.
Four minors aged 15-16 apprehended by border police in Ventimiglia are believed to be part of a group of migrants who had left a reception center in the countryside of Isola Sant'Antonio, some 50 kilometers away.
The Serbian Refugee and Migration Commissariat has reported current figures and those of last year, noting the time the migrants stayed and where they were from.
The Dutch are calling on the European Union to temporarily suspend visa benefits as part of efforts to compel countries to deport migrants who do not meet EU requirements. EU justice and home affairs ministers are set to meet in Sweden today to discuss rising irregular migration to the bloc.
The prefecture of the Marches city of Ancona has decided where to house the migrants who have reached the Adriatic port city on board NGO-run migrant-rescue ships Ocean Viking and Geo Barents.
On December 31st, in the presence of dozens of police, coast guard officials and medics, the Ocean Viking rescue ship disembarked the last of 113 migrants at the port of Ravenna in northern Italy. Frey Lindsay reports for InfoMigrants.
The Italian government is working on introducing tougher measures to limit the capacities of private rescue organizations carrying out rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea. Italy says sanctions will be included in a new code of conduct.
A private security firm tasked with safeguarding an arrival facility for migrants and refugees in Berlin is facing serious accusations. Aside from alleged blackmail and coercion, employees of the firm are said to have sold beds and appointment cards to refugees.
The Migrantes Foundation of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) has published its new report on migration in Italy. It includes figures on how many people were hosted in the public reception system, the number of 'readmissions' at the French border as well as resettlement statistics.