Authorities in Portugal have dismantled a criminal group alleged to have attempted to illegally regularize the immigration status of about 4,000 migrants in the country. Police have arrested two suspected ringleaders of the scheme.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has spoken out against the forced return of Afghan refugees and migrants to their home country. However, European countries want to see more people sent back to the Central Asian nat1
Germany's Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has reiterated plans to expedite the deportation of criminal foreigners from Germany, including to unstable countries like Syria and Afghanistan. He has also outlined a timeline1
Nearly 16,500 foreigners were detained in administrative detention centers (CRA) in metropolitan France in 2025, but more than 60 percent were released "mainly following court decisions," according to a report written by several ass1
A record number of people received a German passport in 2025, a media report says. Numbers have been rising since Germany changed citizenship requirements in 2024.