Today's news
An initative in Germany aims to give gifts to refugees to improve integration. Migrants in Rome have been kicked out of an office complex and refugee arrivals are on the rise in Spain. All this and more in today's roundup.
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Summer language school for migrants in Ventimiglia
A weekend summer school has been set up in Ventimiglia to help migrants in communication and integration.
Criminal network arrested for smuggling migrants on jet skis
Spanish police have uncovered a criminal gang that offered migrants passage across the Strait of Gibraltar by jet ski, charging 6,000 euros for the 10-minute ride from the coast of Tangier in Morocco to Cadiz or Malaga in Spain's so1
Angela Merkel discusses security, migration at TV townhall session
Chancellor Angela Merkel was the center of a televised question and answer session with voters tackling issues of security, the status of immigrants and the VW emissions scandal. She is standing for a fourth term.
Migrants in Rome evicted from office block as UN voices concern
More than 600,000 people from Africa, Asia and the Middle East have arrived in Italy over the last three years. The eviction of 800 migrants from a former office block in central Rome left some sleeping on the streets.