Spain’s new drive to fast-track legal status for half a million migrants is already causing anxiety. Weeks before it begins, immigration offices are stretched, and the government has yet to release details on applications or provide1
With workers in short supply, Spain plans to grant residency to about 500,000 undocumented immigrants. Many in Spain oppose the plan, but one displaced person from Senegal hopes this will allow him to work legally.
EU asylum applications dropped nearly 20 percent in 2025, but the war in Iran has European officials bracing for possible refugee outflows via Turkey and the Balkans. With new EU rules set for June and Greece tightening scrutiny on1
Despite over 500 lawsuits and harsher Taliban laws, Germany's government refuses to reinstate admission promises for around 1,150 Afghans in Pakistan -- even as courts side with plaintiffs in most cases.
A decade has passed since the first humanitarian corridor brought refugees to Italy. Their flight departed from Lebanon to reach Rome's Fiumicino airport on 29 February 2016, mainly carrying Syrians who were fleeing war.