Data provided by the Italian government showed that in 2021 only one in two migrants held at Italian repatriation centers was actually repatriated. Italy's National Guarantor for the Rights of Detained Persons has criticized the data.
Two years on probation and a monetary fine: That's the latest court ruling in Germany on a church asylum case. A pastor had granted protection to a young, apparently well-integrated Iranian migrant. The clergyman might get pardoned.
As Germany resumes deporting failed asylum seekers after a slowdown during the pandemic, fear is growing among hundreds of Bangladeshi migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected.
Paris has accused former colonies of not doing enough to allow illegal immigrants to return. Algeria has summoned the French ambassador in response to the decision.
Deportations from Germany have risen again after a downturn during the pandemic. The Left Party has demanded an end to 'cynical policies'.
Germany’s interior ministry has said that it is observing the increasing number of asylum seekers from the Republic of Moldova coming to Germany with concern, especially in the capital, Berlin.
Afghans who have been refused asylum in Europe and have ended up back in Afghanistan are now in serious danger from the Taliban, an Afghan aid worker has told InfoMigrants.
The EU could tighten visa requirements for Gambians following Banjul's refusal to accept deportees from Germany. Experts say Gambia's decision to reject its citizens could have wider consequences.
A Taliban spokesman has told an Austrian newspaper that the Taliban would accept any Afghan migrants whose asylum requests in Europe were rejected. Those with a criminal record would then face court in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Austria's interior minister is still in favor of deporting migrants with a criminal record.
France last month suspended expelling Afghan migrants whose asylum applications had been rejected, due to the deteriorating security situation in the country as the Taliban presses an offensive, the government said Thursday.
Stopping deportations would "motivate even more Afghan citizens to leave their home," the six states say. Afghan authorities have asked deportations to stop until October.
A blind Syrian, Mheddin Saho, is back in church asylum for a second time after a court ruled that he could be sent back to Spain where he had first applied for protection. Saho has been in Germany for more than two years and is about to finish his master's degree.