German chancellor Angela Merkel says that letting in legal migrants from a UN program helps head off illegal migration. Her remarks were made before a meeting with UN High Commissioner on Refugees Filippo Grandi.
The UN's refugee agency has said that the continuing instability in southern Libya has created an urgent need for humanitarian aid.
More than a dozen asylum seekers were injured during violent clashes with members of a right-wing group on Sunday. Police have evacuated the island’s central square of Mytilene where migrants had staged a sit-in to protest against d1
The ECRE, a pan-European alliance of NGOs, denounced that asylum seekers in the United Kingdom are being deprived of their right to study. This is following the enactment of a legislative change to immigration law.
The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) said in its annual report that Italy doesn't offer detained migrants any complaint mechanisms. These are an essential safeguard against abuse.