Starting in June, Sweden will require that people have lived in the country for 8 years, earn a modest income and pass a test to gain citizenship. Successive governments have tightened migration rules since 2016.
A total of 48.8 percent of domestic workers in Italy are undocumented, according to the 2025 annual report issued by the DOMINA Observatory on Domestic Work. The report was presented to the Italian Senate on January 22.
The UNHCR is planning a project to provide more information to migrants arriving at Italy's main sea, air, and land points of entrance. The project is due to run from October 2026 to April 2028.
Nearly all passengers are believed to have died after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Libya over the weekend. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 53 people, including two babies, had perished in1
The Canary Islands face a tight 45-day deadline to transfer 657 unaccompanied migrant minors to mainland Spain, straining regional resources and sparking tensions with other autonomous communities. Officials from other regions in Sp1