Italy: Repatriation centers must allow mobile phones, court rules
A court in Milan ruled in favor of a Tunisian asylum seeker this week. He should have been allowed to keep his cell phone at a repatriation center, the judges found.
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Europol and German police round up suspected migrant smugglers
The European law enforcement agency Europol has supported German Federal Police and a criminal investigation unit in eastern Germany to dismantle an organized crime group suspected of smuggling migrants from Turkey to Germany along1
'Salvini decree': 15,000 spots lost in small migrant centers in Italy
In Italy, the number of residents and places at CAS migrant reception centers decreased significantly following the enactment of the 'migration and security decree' championed by former interior minister Matteo Salvini, according to1
Houthis express regret over migrant deaths in Yemen fire
In Yemen the leader of the Iran-backed Houthi group, which is fighting the government, has expressed "deep regret" over the migrant deaths in a fire last week. He said an investigation is under way, after the UN called for a probe i1
Spain: 52 migrants rescued in Canary Islands, 10 with hypothermia
Fifty-two people were rescued from a boat south of the Canary Islands on Tuesday evening. Emergency services said that 10 of the migrants were suffering from hypothermia.