Portugal has pledged 30 million euros for the police and to open two migrant repatriation centers, with capacity for up to 300 people. Financing for the centers will come from Europe's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP).
In a statement issued last week, the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR sounded the alarm over the worsening humanitarian crisis in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Border police in the northeastern Italian city of Trieste have arrested five people of various nationalities -- two suspects on the run and three alleged migrant smugglers -- during border control operations carried out between Janu1
The 2024 immigration report, presented in the Italian city of Termoli on February 13, noted that 13,771 foreigners were present in the region of Molise in 2024.
Migrant workers are responsible for producing at least one third of the food produced in the southern Puglia region of Italy, said Italian farmers' association Coldiretti recently.