Children's cries of "long live Italy" rang out at Rome's Fiumicino Airport among a group of 30 Syrian refugees who arrived via Beirut in the second round of humanitarian corridor operations sponsored by the Community of Sant'Egidio,1
The EU migrant redistribution scheme "isn't working," Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said while welcoming Hungary's Viktor Orban in Vienna. The two leaders called for opposition to illegal migration to Europe.
Angela Merkel's CDU has agreed with potential partners the Social Democrats to set a monthly cap on refugee family reunions. The agreement removes a major obstacle in the grand coalition negotiations.
Italy's Umbria region has started a project called "Free Life," which aims to fight human trafficking and exploitation through an awareness-raising campaign.
In the past week, 36 Syrian refugees have arrived in Zagreb from Turkey under Croatia's first resettlement program. Under the scheme, it is planned that 150 Syrians will be resettled by January 2019.