Despite the takeover of the militant Islamist Taliban in Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency UNHCR has announced that it plans to remain in the country — even after the devastating suicide attack on Thursday, which killed over 100 people.
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.
A knife attack which killed three people and injured many more in the German city of Würzburg has led to calls for more specialist psychiatric care. The attacker was a homeless Somali migrant suffering from mental illness.
Four Iraqi citizens have been arrested by authorities managing the al-Hol refugee camp in northeastern Syria. The suspects allegedly killed at least two people, Syrian Kurdish authorities said this week. The victims were refugees living in the camp.
The Italian government has launched an operation to bring to Italy some Afghans who collaborated with the Italian mission in Afghanistan, along with their families, to offer them international protection. On Monday, the first flight arrived with 82 Afghan civilians at Rome's Fiumicino Airport.
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced last week that he had stripped 147 'radicalized' migrants of their refugee status. This announcement causes legal issues, particularly regarding its implementation. It also raises questions about the impartiality of Ofpra, the body responsible for granting international protection.
French politicians have been debating whether there is a link between terrorism and immigration, after a policewoman was killed by a Tunisian man in Paris on April 23. InfoMigrants reviews the current laws on immigration and legalizing undocumented foreigners in France.
Save The Children has warned that almost 10 million children need life-saving assistance in Afghanistan, where conflict is causing hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes every year.
The Tunisian Navy announced on Tuesday that it had intercepted 93 African migrants in the Mediterranean during an attempt to cross to Europe.
The Greek police have arrested a Syrian man suspected of having been involved in an IS Jihadist group. The 27-year-old was staying at the camp with his wife and children. According to Greek police, he said he entered Greece in March 2018.
In a conference in Brussels on Tuesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, along with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called for a beefing up of the EU's borders to fight "the threat of terrorism."
Reactions to the terrorist attack in the Austrian capital Vienna on Monday have largely steered clear of the migration issue. But some, including Germany's far-right party, say several recent terrorist attacks in Europe show migration routes should be closed.