Since August 2018, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC), a non-governmental organization advocating for human rights in Hungary, has counted a total of 13 cases of starvation in Hungary’s transit zones, affecting 21 individuals.
The Italian government has issued a new decree related to migrant flows that will allow 30,850 non-EU workers to enter the country. Of these, 12,850 will be employed in non-seasonal work and freelance work, and 18,000 will be employed for seasonal work in the agricultural and tourist-hospitality sectors.
Italy's guarantor for the rights of detainees has urged authorities to order the detention of migrants in Permanent Centers for Repatriation (CPR) “only if necessary” and for the“shortest” amount of time possible.
Civil society organizations have appealed, in an open letter to the German chancellor Angela Merkel, for an emergency plan to rescue migrants from the Mediterranean. The letter also says German cities and regions should be allowed to offer 'safe havens' to refugees.
Three teenage migrants have been charged with hijacking a tanker that had rescued them off the coast of Libya. The case highlights some current problems with EU immigration policy.
ANCI is a national association for local authorities in Italy. Its Umbria branch has, over the past two years, implemented a project in the region entitled 'Puzzle'. The project's activities include the creation of a manual for the handling of procedures required for the reception of asylum seekers and one for Italian language instruction to migrants.
Around 200 refugees in Greece will have to move out of accommodation that was provided to them through an EU funded scheme. Their cash assistance will also be stopped. The caps are necessary to assist newly arrived vulnerable persons, the UNHCR says.
Oxfam and 24 other NGOs signed an open letter to EU leaders calling for modifications to EU migratory policies. They said the situation for migrants in Greece is "unsustainable".
Italy announced it is sending another four patrol boats to Libya in addition to others that were previously delivered to the North African country, in an effort to strengthen collaboration in fighting illegal immigration.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called, in his keynote speech in Strasbourg to the European Parliament, for a Europe for the people and by the people. He accused the bloc of having lost touch with what the people want and asked for more unity to address the many challenges the continent faces, including migration.
Members of the center-right in the region of Umbria are angry that the regional government has decided to allocate approximately 1,000 euros for every migrant excluded from the Salvini security decree.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats have met in an effort to shore up their credentials on immigration. The party, which now has a new leader, has seen support hemorrhage since the 2015 refugee crisis.