UNHCR reports that 33 Syrian and South Sudanese refugees have arrived in Portugal. These families are the first to arrive as part of a resettlement project that calls for over 1,000 refugees to be transferred from Turkey and Egypt.
The migrants - among them many families - travelled to Italy from Libya . They will be hosted by a Catholic charity. They originally hail from Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Yemen.
With the adoption of a "security decree" tightening migration policy in Italy, thousands of migrants are likely to lose their humanitarian protection permits, which allowed them to stay in Italy legally. Thousands of people now risk1
Denmark has approved funding to transform a remote island from a contagious diseases laboratory into a detention center, which would house migrant criminals who cannot be deported. The move was criticized by the UN.
Oxfam has denounced the new Italian security and migration decree. The charity says that the new law may soon leave over 12,000 vulnerable migrants homeless. Ten times as many migrants are at risk of becoming undocumented over the n1