Italian authorities have seized a warehouse that hosted a community center in the southern city of Caserta, citing “structural deficiencies.” The center manages a hosting facility for asylum seekers and refugees.
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has expressed concern over the Italian law on immigration and security because contained within the decree is a concept which labels even children as a potential ‘social danger.’
Just this weekend, a migrant in a detention center (CRA) in the Paris region attempted to take his own life. Another attempted to set a cell on fire. One non-governmental organization working with refugees and migrants, La Cimade, has sounded the alarm yet again over the deplorable living conditions in the CRAs.
In Slovenia, police have been accused of breaching international law in dealing with applications for asylum. Police have rejected the claims.
Italy passed the "Salvini decree," clamping down on asylum rights, and refused to grant entry to rescue ships. Greece struggled – and failed – to provide adequate accommodation on Samos and Lesbos. Meanwhile, Hungary effectively banned helping asylum seekers. 2018 was not an easy year for migrants and refugees. We sum up the biggest developments of the year.
Prosecutors have ended their investigation regarding the mayor of Riace, Italy. They want to charge Mimmo Lucano with migrant reception irregularities, fraud, false accounting, complicity in corruption, abuse of power and embezzlement. But Lucano denies the charges against him.
As the year nears its end, the Italian government has boasted that it has reduced migrant arrivals to Italian shores by more than 80 percent. What is not mentioned are the tens of thousands of people who have fallen out of the system but remain on Italian soil. Some fear that the migration decree approved in November could increase their numbers, creating problems for the future.
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has claimed that asylum seekers in his country are routinely offered free mobile phones and money. The comments came in response to reports of inhuman treatment of migrants in Italy. Is what Salvini said correct?
Austria holds the European Union’s rotating presidency until the end of 2018, and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has made curbing unregulated migration a priority - not just at home but also in Brussels. InfoMigrants explores what is it feels like to live in Austria as an asylum seeker under these sentiments.
The Interior Minister of Saxony wants to put into practice what is permitted under EU law: detaining asylum seekers whose identity and nationality are in question. The regulation is not yet part of German immigration law.
Germany and the EU are looking to overhaul their asylum laws and processes. Could a program for Yazidi women run by the German state of Baden Württemberg prove a model worth following?
Hundreds of Syrian refugees are returning home from a Lebanese border town. The voluntary returns were coordinated between authorities in Beirut and Damascus.