Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has advocated cooperation with Germany and Italy on an illegal migration crackdown. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer pledged his support but Angela Merkel voiced skepticism.
83 percent of Yazidi refugees in Germany were granted protection status in 2017. That’s a 12 percent drop compared with the previous year.
Organized in collaboration with UNHCR, the photo exhibition No Stranger Place tells the stories of refugees who European citizens welcomed into their homes. The exhibition opens in Paris on Wednesday and runs until July 29.
Amid a crisis between Italy and Malta over where the Aquarius ship will be able to dock and disembark rescued migrants, a Belgian public official has relaunched the idea of setting up refugee camps in North Africa. Flemish nationali1
There may be disagreement within the German government on how to fight illegal migration. But Angela Merkel seems to have found a potentially valuable ally in her Austrian counterpart, Sebastian Kurz.