Giorgia Meloni has claimed victory in Italy's election, and is set to become Italy's first female prime minister. This is expected to be the most right-wing government since World War Two, and will likely mean a strict anti-immigrant course.
Refugee and migrant populations in Greece have been reduced by more than half compared to last year, according to the latest figures by the Greek authorities.
As Italy gears up for the general election on September 25, a right-wing coalition government between the far-right Brothers of Italy, the League and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia is looking ever more likely to come out as the winners of the race. This could have major consequences for Italy's migration policy.
League party leader Matteo Salvini told the Spanish newspaper El Pais in an interview that if he were to return to the government following elections in Italy on September 25, he will introduce a "territorial waters entry ban" to be applied to NGOs rescuing migrants at sea.
Greece has called on the European Union to work together with Athens to address the issues of irregular migration and human trafficking.
The nationalist Sweden Democrats party, lead by Jimmy Akesson, gained around 20% of the vote in Sweden's national elections held Sunday. The reason for this success is largely attributed to Akesson's appeal with an electorate that is disillusioned by the country's traditional parties and considerably less tolerant toward migrants.
A group of Syrian refugees in Turkey is planning to form a caravan to reach the European Union. Organizers say Syrians are faced with discrimination and racism in Turkey and appealed to international organizations to facilitate the crossing.
Medical evidence in a report shows that the risk of suicide among asylum seekers in the UK has risen ever since the policy of sending them to Rwanda was first floated earlier in 2022.
The British government was reportedly warned, several times, by its own advisers that sending asylum seekers to Rwanda might not be a sensible policy.
Como Mayor Alessandro Rapinese has sparked a storm after saying Italy's irregular migrants should be sent to Barbagia, an impenetrable mountainous inland area of Sardinia.
Fleeing Somalia where he would have died of "hunger", he instead died in Italy's Ancona, when he was hit by a tanker. Mustafe Hamed Abdi, 23, did not have any identification documents and had filed a request for international protection in early August.
Debate has been sparked in Italy over a perception of growing insecurity after a series of violent incidents involving migrants as both victims and perpetrators. Those on the right are blaming the incidents on the large number of migrant arrivals.