Macron says 14 states back mechanism to redistribute people saved in the Mediterranean The rescue ship Alan Kurdi picking up 44 people from a wooden boat in the Mediterranean this month. Photograph: Fabian Heinz/Sea-Eye/EPA The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has said … Read More
MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Italian populist interior minister Matter Salvini has declared his country will no longer take in all migrants arriving in Europe in a letter to French interior minister Christophe Castaner. “The choices made only in Paris and Berlin are … Read More
Undocumented migrants protested in Paris on Friday to ask France to grant them legal status.CreditCreditKenzo Tribouillard/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images PARIS — Hundreds of undocumented migrants stormed the Panthéon monument on Friday, demanding that the French government pay more attention … Read More
Migrants from Honduras head north through Guatemala in January 2019. The difficulty and danger of the journey to the US is a factor in a rise in Latin American migrants heading for Europe. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters Venezuelans are behind only Syrians … Read More
An honor guard at the coffin of the murdered German politician Walter Lübcke during his memorial service this month in Kassel, Germany.CreditCreditSean Gallup/Getty Images BERLIN — The death threats started in 2015 when Walter Lübcke defended the refugee policy of … Read More
The Italian NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans’ Alex migrant rescue ship carrying 46 migrants rescued off Libya coasts, docks in the port of Lampedusa UROPEAN authorities continued to neglect NGO migrant rescue ships adrift in the Mediterranean this weekend. The Alan … Read More
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has criticized charities operating migrant rescue boats for encouraging people to embark on the perilous trip to Europe, in an interview out Sunday. “They only give false hopes and inadvertently put even … Read More
UNHCR: resettlement is a critical lifeline for refugees and needs strengthening According to latest estimates released today at an annual resettlement forum, hosted by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, more than 1.44 million refugees currently residing in over 60 refugee-hosting … Read More
Refugees from crisis-hit Venezuela are driving up the number of asylum seekers in Europe according to the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) annual report findings According to Nina Gregori, the EASO’s new Executive Director, the number of asylum seekers increased by 11% in the … Read More
37,730 asylum seekers came to the UK last year, new figures have revealed It is an eight percent increase on the 34,780 arrivals the previous year Iranians made up the highest percentage of ethnic groups at 11 percent Meanwhile across … Read More