As Germany prepares to pull its military out of Afghanistan, the country’s defense minister says she could be prepared to offer protection to up to 520 Afghan translators and their families.
A total of 113 migrants on seven small boats arrived safely in the UK port of Dover on Monday. About 72 were stopped from crossing by the French authorities.
The Italian interior minister has met with Libyan leaders in Tripoli. Migration was at the top of the agenda as ministers from both countries “reaffirmed the importance of their bilateral relations.”
There are two investigations in Italy, looking in to the delayed disembarking of migrants involving former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini as defendant. The cases are now being heard by preliminary investigative judges in Sicily.
The Spanish Commission for Aid to Refugees (CEAR) presented a report in which it denounced that the Canary Islands are becoming "a new stage for migrant containment policy" such as that used in Greece.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has chosen Libya for his first trip abroad as prime minister with the aim of relaunching relations between the two countries, including on immigration. Draghi expressed "satisfaction for what Libya is doing in rescue operations", prompting criticism from a number of lawmakers and NGOs.
A child and four adults were discovered hiding on board a ship bound for Dover on April 4, reported the British press. The suspected migrants reportedly told emergency services they were from Morocco.
The EU operation monitoring the arms embargo against Libya, named Irini, is entering its second year. Despite being active in the Mediterranean, it has not rescued any migrants.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Ankara must respect basic human rights norms if Turkey wants to have a stronger relationship with the EU.
In Germany, thousands of rejected asylum seekers without identification documents are called for interviews each year with foreign delegations and embassies, in order to determine their true identities and potentially expel them.
Last week, the British Home Secretary presented a reform of the asylum system to the House of Commons that would no longer grant the same rights to people who have entered the country irregularly instead of legally. NGOs denounced the measure as "cruel and inhumane".
The UK Home Secretary Priti Patel is facing "serious questions" from a parliamentary committee after claiming that migrant accommodation in former army barracks was "safe."