The French police are to be given powers to stop migrant boats at sea in the Channel. According to reports, the boats -- sometimes described as 'taxi boats' -- could be stopped by police in the water, as long as they have not yet ta1
The police chief of the northeastern Italian city of Trieste, Lilia Fredella, has praised the suspension of the Schengen agreement between Italy and Slovenia, stating that the measure has reduced the number of migrants travelling to1
Mauritania's coast guard has said it rescued 132 migrants from a boat off the coast on Wednesday (November 26), among them 104 Senegalese nationals. Most of the rest were originally from Gambia.
The governments of Sweden and Syria announced on Thursday (November 27) that they would be cooperating closely on the potential return of Syrian migrants who have been convicted of crimes in Sweden. The cooperation is a condition of1
The Italian Senate on November 26 gave final approval to a migrant flow decree regulating the entry of foreign workers. The text voted into law was greenlighted by the Lower House on November 18.