During a visit to the Central Asian country on May 7, Austria's Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger and Interior Minister Gerhard Karner signed a "migration and mobility agreement" linking deportation cooperation with legal labor1
Turkish coast guards reportedly intercepted and rescued 94 migrants from three boats in the Aegean Sea, recovering one dead body and arresting two smuggling suspects. The NGO Aegean Boat Report accused the Greek coast guard of pushi1
A new bill adopted by the French National Assembly allows for the detention of foreigners considered "dangerous" for a period of seven months (210 days). The text will now go to the Senate, with a session expected later in May.
The German authorities cited the persistent threat to civilian shipping as the reason for the raised security alert. The raised security level 2 covers a heightened risk, while the highest level 3 represents an imminent threat. NGOs1
Family reunification now accounts for only a very small proportion of first-time residence permits issued each year for family reasons: 5 percent. A new study by the National Institute for Demographic Studies describes a decline ove1