The UNHCR has launched a campaign in Italy called "Mettiamocelo In Testa" (Let's get it into our heads), to raise awareness and funds for refugee education. Research has shown that the millions of refugee children who are out of sch1
Spain's civil guard has intercepted an international smuggling organization that was trafficking people from Kurdistan to northern Europe. Working together with Europol, the Spanish authorities have arrested six people.
In the first eight months of 2017, 1,262 asylum requests were lodged in Croatia, with only 76 being accepted. The high influx of migrants into the country in 2015 and 2016 was a factor in the subsequent closure of the Balkan route.
A group of Israeli intellectuals has written to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and other members of parliament, to protest against the removal of asylum seekers.
The Alternative for Germany party has introduced a bill aimed at permanently banning refugees from bringing their close relatives over from war-stricken countries. The move sparked a fiery debate in the Bundestag.