Close to 27,000 asylum requests were filed in Italy in 2020 – 39% fewer than in 2019, according to the Italian Refugee Council. Roughly three in four asylum requests examined by Italian authorities were rejected.
The Portuguese government has said it will do away with its controversial Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF). But neither its own staff union nor migrant advocacy groups are happy about the new solution of putting other police for1
French civil society groups have formalized an agreement with the French government to renew the "Humanitarian Corridors" protocol. The deal benefits vulnerable Iraqi and Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
Italy's national detainee rights chief has said that severe problems remain at the country's migrant repatriation centers (CPRs). He is calling for structural changes as well as "legislative intervention."
Spanish and Moroccan authorities stopped around 60 migrants from crossing the border into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. According to local reports, it was the first such attempt in at least two years.