The Council of Europe has released a child-friendly handbook on migration that provides guidelines for professionals working with migrant minors on how to give correct and age-appropriate information regarding their rights.
The drastic drop in migrant landings in Italy and the tightening on migrants due to the country's new security decree are resulting in a significant decrease in asylum requests. In December, requests were down 27%, with 2,753 reques1
68.8 million people around the world have been forced from home, among them 25.4 million refugees. The number is on the rise, as the UN refugee agency UNHCR reports, but fewer refugees are arriving in Germany.
The Italian government has approved 647,000 euros in funding for a language program for migrants in Sardinia.
Morocco has called on Spanish authorities to help it slow migrant flows and increase checks at the southern European border, in part by offering training programs and post-graduate courses in Spain.