Norway has temporarily suspended deportations of failed asylum seekers to Afghanistan, according to the country's two immigration authorities, UDI and UNE. The country follows similar decisions taken recently by Sweden and Finland.
Sweden is stopping all deportations to Afghanistan, citing the deteriorating security situation in the country. It comes after Finland last week became the first European country to announce a freeze on forced returns.
Authorities at a British military base on Cyprus have hired additional officers and procured detection equipment to better thwart irregular immigration. The move comes as more migrants have continued to arrive from the Turkish-administered northern part of the island.
Following a recent deportation flight from Germany to Afghanistan, the German government said it will continue with the practice. Critics say Afghanistan is too dangerous and rejected asylum seekers should not be sent back there.
New concrete walls are being built around migrant camps in mainland Greece. The project is part of a government plan to modernize facilities, but there is strong opposition to the changes.
Asylum seekers have sued Germany for searching their cell phones during asylum applications. Regional judges have now ruled one such search unlawful. The impact could be far-reaching.
Berlin says it is delaying a Tuesday deportation flight to Afghanistan over "logistical" issues. Human rights groups have been calling for them to be ditched permanently.
Authorities in the southern Italian city of Foggia have activated a security patrol service at the so-called 'Gran Ghetto' in Torre Antonacci, a makeshift migrant camp, after three migrants were shot in the night between April 25 and 25 and following the attempted theft of gasoline.
There are renewed calls in Germany for a freeze on deportations of rejected asylum seekers to Afghanistan. Several groups are warning that as Afghanistan’s security situation worsens, the risks from COVID have become acute.
The United Nations has launched an alarm over deteriorating security conditions at Al Hol camp in northeast Syria, where there have been 12 murders in just under two weeks.
A group of 26 rejected asylum seekers deported from Germany has arrived in Kabul. Germany resumed deportations to Afghanistan last month, after a suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Authorities in Reggio Calabria (southern Italy) decided to strengthen security measures in relation to road accidents in the Gioia Tauro plain in which migrants were victims.