residency

• Afghanistan
• Germany

Around 2,600 Afghans and their immediate families are to be brought to Germany where they will receive residence permits. The German government's 'human rights list' includes journalists, artists and others at risk from the Taliban.

• Afghanistan
• Italy

This is the story of Wali, an Afghan in Italy whose parents are stuck in Afghanistan. His mother and father both have Italian residence permits but they returned to their country a few months ago because one of their daughters was pregnant.

• Italy

Eurostat figures show that initial stay permits for family reunification reasons were issued to 276,200 unaccompanied minors from non-EU nations under age 15 in 2019.

• Germany
• Italy
• United Kingdom

As western armed forces are withdrawing from Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans who have served alongside the troops as translators or interpreters remain in the country. Fearing Taliban retaliation, they are looking to NATO countries for support, but relocation efforts vary.

• Italy

NGOs and groups working with migrants in the Florence area signed an open letter to the city authorities denouncing the "unsustainable situation" that "hundreds of foreign citizens are facing at the time they access the offices of the Florence police for stay permit procedures."

• Bangladesh
• Italy

Three Bangladeshi nationals have received a stay permit for social protection in Italy after being exploited at work in the area of Prato, in Tuscany.

• United Kingdom

Applying for asylum in the United Kingdom has become a complex maze full of mixed messages for those in need of protection -- especially since Brexit. In this article, we discuss the risks and opportunities involved in lodging your asylum case in the UK.

• Germany

More than 60 organizations and associations are calling for the abolition of the reporting requirement for people without residency status in Germany seeking healthcare.

• Afghanistan
• Germany

As Germany prepares to pull its military out of Afghanistan, the country’s defense minister says she could be prepared to offer protection to up to 520 Afghan translators and their families.

• Italy

Italian authorities uncovered a criminal organization in Sicily that was operating as a "wedding agency," with single women who needed money and were willing to marry foreigners who needed to be married in order to legally stay in Italy.

• Italy

Italy's highest court has ruled that a migrant mother of twins must be granted humanitarian protection status. The court said the children increased her vulnerability.

• Italy

Two asylum seekers in Italy have received a special stay permit due to serious labor exploitation, after having been victims of a criminal organization that exploited them as field hands at farms.