The UNHCR has reported that the number of migrants who have lost their lives in the Mediterranean this year has now exceeded 2,000 in a dramatic new death toll that includes 17 people who drowned off Spain's coast this week.
UNHCR Italy is appealing to MPs in Italy to "do the right thing" in evaluating the approval of the so-called Salvini Decree, which it said "would have a negative impact" if approved as currently drafted.
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic has urged Greece to protect the social rights of all and to improve the reception and integration of migrants. Her comments came as a report was published on a visit sh1
The UN migration agency International Organization for Migration said in a statement that migrant arrivals to Europe have already surpassed 100,000 thus far in 2018. This is the fifth consecutive year in which migrant arrivals have1
Opposition within the CDU to a UN migration pact has grown despite Chancellor Angela Merkel's backing. Critics say the Global Compact for Migration conflates economic migration and refugees.