The EU's Political and Security Committee has approved a three-month extension for Operation Sophia, the bloc's mission against human trafficking in the Mediterranean Sea whose mandate was set to expire on December 31. But there are1
Nearly a quarter million foreigners who moved Spain between January and June 2018. This has compensated for the negative birthrate in Spain, according to data released by national statistics bureau INE.
Germany is forcing people displaced by the Syrian war to get documents and hand over money at Syrian consulates loyal to Bashar Assad. Refugee advocates say this is inhumane and supports the brutal Assad regime.
Italy's guarantor for the rights of detainees, Mauro Palma, has denounced an increase in forced repatriations from Italy to Egypt or Nigeria because these countries "have not set up a national mechanism for the prevention of torture1
Countries worldwide have a "moral responsibility to welcome, protect, promote and integrate those who knock at our doors in search of a secure future for themselves and their children", the head of the Catholic Church said.