MADRID, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Spain will legalise about 300,000 undocumented immigrants per year over the next three years as it seeks to expand its labour force in the face of an ageing population, Migration Minister Elma Saiz told reporters … Read More
BERLIN, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Germany plans to halve the federal aid allocated for states to cover the expenses of receiving and integrating refugees next year, the finance ministry said on Tuesday, as part of belt-tightening amid soaring inflation and … Read More
Surge in arrivals comes despite EU deal with departure country Tunisia Local authorities on the Italian island of Lampedusa have declared a state of emergency as 7,000 migrants arrived on boats across the Mediterranean within 48 hours, more than doubling … Read More
Up to 500 people are still missing from a packed migrant boat that sank off Greece, the UN refugee agency says. Large numbers of women and children were among those missing in the “horrific tragedy” that left 78 people dead, … Read More
“It’s a gruesome sight,” said the mayor of a seaside resort city. The death toll climbed to 62 on Monday after a human smuggling boat packed with migrants slammed into the rocks off the coast of southern Italy on Sunday … Read More
The European Union is becoming increasingly worried about the surging number of requests lodged by asylum seekers who are, in principle, ineligible for international protection, such as nationals from India, Bangladesh, Morocco, Egypt and Peru. The European Commission estimates the … Read More
Deportations, stricter airport controls, and a fast-tracking of the asylum decision-making process are among the measures being rolled out to address a spike in the number of non-Ukrainians seeking protection here. Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said there has been “a … Read More
Britain should take in 100,000 asylum seekers a year as part of a global programme to fix the refugee crisis, according to a top legal expert. Ivon Sampson, principle immigration lawyer at PRIVATUS, argued the UN High Commissioner for Refugees … Read More
The bodies of 20 migrants have been discovered in the Libyan desert. In a separate incident, a rubber dinghy sank in the Mediterranean with at least 30 people on board. Libyan rescue services have recovered the bodies of 20 people … Read More
The U.N. refugee agency says fatalities are rising along the Mediterranean Sea crossing to Europe, even as fewer migrants and refugees are making the dangerous journey. Migration reached a peak in 2015, when more than a million refugees and migrants … Read More