States have called on Interior Minister Seehofer to start a new Afghan refugee program for people who helped German forces on site. One coordinator told DW he had been lobbying Angela Merkel to get people out for months.
The foreign minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, has urged the European Union to accept quotas of refugees from Afghanistan. But some EU countries, including Austria, say Afghans fleeing the Taliban takeover should not be offered1
The humantiarian ship ResqPeople has docked at the Sicilian port of Augusta (Siracusa) with 166 migrants aboard, including women and children. Meanwhile another ship run by Doctors without Borders (MSF) with 322 rescuees aboard is s1
Italy's central Tuscany region on Monday started a vaccination campaign for migrants and the homeless. A telephone number has been set up for requests.
Up to 47 people are feared dead after their boat’s engine failed en route from Western Sahara to the Canary Islands. The missing migrants include three children.