In the European Union plus Norway and Switzerland, asylum requests decreased for the second consecutive year in 2017, dropping 43 percent on 2016 figures. The number of Syrian refugees requesting asylum in 2017 was double that of th1
At least one of the men arrested was a member of the far-right NPD, according to authorities. Police have increased security ahead of a demonstration against the presence of refugees in the eastern city of Cottbus.
Frontex's new Operation Themis sends a political message to Italy's Mediterranean neighbors. More than 10 Frontex ships will be sailing through the sea for a year.
Four migrants were shot Thursday during a huge brawl in the French port of Calais involving a hundred Afghans and Eritreans armed with sticks and stones, local authorities said.
More than a hundred migrants have moved into a dilapidated building in the northern suburbs of Marseille. Tensions with residents are rising and city officials are worried that there may be an organized crime network at play.