Migrant arrivals on Italian shores increased significantly between mid-2019 and mid-2020. There were fewer rescues at sea during that period, but autonomous arrivals of small boats and rubber dinghies increased massively, according1
Thousands of Albanians who work in Greece have been unable to re-enter the country. New anti-coronavirus rules imposed by Athens require them to be COVID-tested three days before they are allowed across the border.
The Tuscan chapter of Italian labor union UIL has denounced that "no procedure to control all workers" was launched at a CAS reception center for asylum seekers after a coronavirus outbreak was reported there.
The UN agency for Palestine refugees UNRWA has called on the international community to ensure that aid to support Lebanon in the wake of the August 4 explosion in Beirut also goes to Palestine refugees.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have in a joint statement expressed concern about the UK’s plans to intercept and return migrants attempting to cross the English Channel irregular1