Lithuania passes new asylum laws to deter migrants
The bill allows for the detention of asylum seekers and curbs migrants' right to appeal. Lithuania claims neighboring Belarus is using migrants as a "weapon."
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Oulx, a town at 'the crossroads of migration to France'
The town of Oulx, situated near the Italian-French border in Italy's Alta Valle di Susa, has continued to represent an "important crossroads of two migration flows directed to France," the organization Doctors for Human Rights (MEDU1
More than a hundred people rescued from the Channel in a single day
Two children were among more than 120 migrants who were rescued on Monday as they were trying to cross the English Channel from France. The migrants were brought to safety by French authorities.
EU aims for 30,000 refugee resettlements until 2022
The European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson has reported that she is working to secure €300 million for the resettlement of 30,000 refugees until the end of 2022.
More than 100 migrants break into Spanish enclave
A group of 119 migrants scaled a fence and crossed the border into the Spanish enclave of Melilla from neighboring Morocco on Monday. They were taken to the city's migrant reception center.