Afghan interpreters who worked with the British armed forces in Afghanistan will be granted asylum in the UK, announced the British Home Secretary and the UK’s Defense Secretary on Saturday, September 19.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the Dublin Regulation will be replaced with a new migration plan, to be revealed next week. Under the current rules, the EU country an asylum seeker first enters is responsible for their claim, meaning states such as Italy and Greece take a much larger share.
Sources from Angela Merkel's government have said Germany will additional migrants from the Greek island of Lesbos. Over 12,000 people have been left homeless by fires at the refugee camp Moria.
After fires destroyed Europe's largest refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, politicians and organizations have been debating about how to house the camp’s former residents. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s initiative means that 10 European countries have decided to take nearly 400 unaccompanied children from the Moria camp in Greece.
Fires that devastated Europe's largest refugee camp Moria once again put a spotlight on the EU's treatment of asylum-seekers. EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson told DW about her plans to improve solidarity among EU states.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced ten EU countries would take in a share of 400 unaccompanied minors. The EU is also set to propose a new agreement on migration and asylum in the bloc.
A group of over 120 migrants, including sick children, has arrived in Germany from the Greek islands. Meanwhile, the German interior minister is warning that further offers to take in migrants from the overcrowded camps would encourage more immigration.
Several German federal states have offered to take in refugees and migrants currently stuck in Greek Island camps. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer however has blocked their efforts, arguing for a unified solution on the federal level as well as across the European Union. His critics accuse the minister of sending mixed messages.
Nearly 100,000 asylum applications are still pending in Greece with thousands of people stranded in overcrowded camps, according to the latest official data.
18 unaccompanied migrant children from Greek island camps arrived in Belgium on Tuesday, following an agreement the Belgium government made to relocate them in May. The minors had been living in the camps for several months without a parent or guardian.
The German interior ministry has halted the plan of the German capital state of Berlin to receive 300 vulnerable refugees from Greece. Officials in Berlin reacted with astonishment and outrage.
83 migrants, including more than a dozen sick children, have been flown to Germany from Greece. The migrants are the latest group to be relocated from overcrowded Greek camps under a government commitment to shelter hundreds of vulnerable people.