Ocean Viking saves 36 migrants off Lampedusa coast
The "Ocean Viking" rescue ship has pulled 36 people from an overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean Sea. Maltese authorities had requested the charity chip to save the shipwrecked migrants.
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Sudanese migrant dies in shooting after being returned to Libya
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said a Sudanese man died from a gunshot wound in Libya when a group of migrants resisted being sent to a detention center. They were returned to shore by Libya's coast guard after a1
Germany: Far-right murder suspect linked to stabbing Iraqi
Authorities said the main suspect in the murder of Walter Lübcke had likely stabbed an Iraqi refugee two years prior. Prosecutors said the far-right militant had tried to kill the refugee in a "sneak attack."
Afghan employees for French army left to fend for themselves
Fifteen Afghan nationals recently won legal recourse and were granted French residency permits after having worked for the French armed forces in Afghanistan. Upon their arrival in France this summer they have been left to fend for1
Asylum applications on the decline in developed countries
The number of people seeking asylum and the number of registered refugees are both on the decline in developed states, according to a new OECD report. But despite the decline in asylum seekers, humanitarian migration on the whole re1